Reconstructed, Ep 4: The Book of Trayvon (2022)

Into America

Trymaine Lee, MS NOW

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4.6 • 3.4K Ratings

🗓️ 26 January 2023

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

As we revisit our “Reconstructed” series, we’re closing out with the story of how the movement built in memory of Trayvon Martin is part of the ongoing fight to force America to make good on its promises of freedom.

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0:00.0	This week we have the final episode of Reconstructed, all about the enduring legacy of reconstruction.
0:11.8	Last week was about how faith has always been a source of black power, pride, and rebellion.
0:19.3	This week, how Reconstruction lives on today through the legacy of Trayvon Martin.
0:26.1	This episode originally aired on February 24th, 2022.
0:31.5	Here is episode four of Reconstructed, The Book of Trayvon.
0:46.4	Music of Reconstructed, The Book of Trayvon. Welcome to freedom, everybody.
0:51.7	This is not. It's a legacy, right?
0:55.0	It's a legacy, right?
0:57.0	It is a continuance.
0:59.0	This is why it's so important to understand our history.
1:06.0	Freedom for much of our history has been a dream deferred for black people in America.
1:13.7	It's been as much a condition and an ideal as some sort of distant promised land that was never actually promised.
1:22.6	When you think about all the dreams and aspirations that people had and they lived and then they're buried here.
1:29.6	502 acres of black-owned land where we are going to build a city for us, by us.
1:36.3	This is the richest place in all the earth.
1:38.5	I felt like our ancestors called us to this land.
1:42.3	Freedom in this country has been the harvest of blood and labor and unbelievable sacrifices.
1:50.0	Freedom was our ancestors wildest dreams, and they fought like hell to make those dreams come true.
1:59.0	We're now picking the fruit off of the tree,
2:02.0	but the seed was planted with people like Robert Smalls
2:04.6	that really did see violence.
2:06.5	You can turn your back on me,
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