Lets Organize with Elaine Brown
Hello Somebody
The Black Effect Podcast Network and iHeartPodcasts
4.8 • 768 Ratings
🗓️ 22 January 2021
⏱️ 57 minutes
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Summary
Former leader of the Black Panther Party, Chairwoman Elaine Brown retells the incredible story of Michael Lewis convicted of a 1997 murder at age 13 in Atlanta and sentenced as an adult to life in prison. Through this young man’s experience (one of millions), Senator Turner and Chairwoman Brown look at the chilling system of incarceration in this country, the criminalization of Black people, how there has been no effort to change the design of this country AND MORE. (Elaine Brown is so hot in this episode, she burns.it.down. Hello Somebody!)
Learn more about Elaine Brown’s work including Mother’s Advocating Juvenile Justice and National Alliance for Radical Prison Reform: http://www.elainebrown.org/about.html
Michael Lewis:
1994 Crime Bill: https://www.aclu.org/blog/smart-justice/mass-incarceration/how-1994-crime-bill-fed-mass-incarceration-crisis
Thomas Jefferson, Notes on the State of Virginia: https://www.masshist.org/thomasjeffersonpapers/notes/
Afropunk:
https://afropunk.com/
Slavery by Another Name: The Re-Enslavement of Black Americans from the Civil War to World War II by Douglas Blackman
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B001NLKT24/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1
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| 1:08.7 | Welcome to Hello Somebody, a production of the Black Effect Network on I Heart Radio. |
| 1:15.7 | Before we begin, I want to give a big thank you to my team, the team that makes this show happen every week. |
| 1:22.9 | Thank you, Grace and Co. for graphics, Pepper Chambers, the hot one for writing. |
| 1:29.3 | Angelo Greco and Anna Mesa for social media. Tiffany Hale for everything. |
| 1:35.9 | Erica Eklund for Patreon support and production by the folks at large media. That's L-A-R-J media. |
| 1:51.5 | In 1997, at the age of 13, Michael Lewis, also known as Little B, was convicted of a murder |
| 2:00.1 | he and his defense team say he did not commit. |
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