She Changed The State Of Death Row In This Country

Black History Year

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History, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 8 December 2023

⏱️ 3 minutes

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The 20-year-old mother woke up in a daze, neck sore. Shocked, she saw her husband beside her, dying. Shockingly, she would not only get sent to prison for her husband’s murder, but end up battling her entire country. _____________ 2-Minute Black History is produced by PushBlack, the nation's largest non-profit Black media company. PushBlack exists to amplify the stories of Black history you didn't learn in school. You make PushBlack happen with your contributions at BlackHistoryYear.com — most people donate $10 a month, but every dollar makes a difference. If this episode moved you, share it with your people! Thanks for supporting the work. The production team for this podcast includes Cydney Smith, Len Webb, and Lilly Workneh. Our editors are Lance John and Avery Phillips from Gifted Sounds Network. Julian Walker serves as executive producer. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	In 1963, America's Georgia, 15 black girls joined a protest.
0:05.9	One for the matinee, please.
0:08.0	Negroes, hit your tickets in the back.
0:11.0	We just want tickets to see the show. Here comes a whole mess of tickets for each. in the Based on the true story, Push Black presents The Stolen Girls of America's.
0:27.0	Listen and follow on the Odyssey app, or wherever you find your podcast.
0:36.2	The 20- old mother woke up in a days neck sore shocked she saw her husband beside her dying. Shockingly she would not only get sent to prison for her
0:45.7	husband's murder but end up battling her entire country. This is two minute
0:52.0	black history. What you didn't learn in school.
0:57.0	On July 9th, the year 2000, 20-year-old Susan Kigula woke up to sharp neck pain.
1:04.6	Her husband was bleeding out.
1:06.6	Two burglars fled into the night.
1:09.2	Three days later, Kigula was accused of murder and later sentenced to death by hanging, but she refused to go down without a fight.
1:19.0	Kigula became the face of a case against Uganda to amend its law. In 2009, its Supreme Court decided that the death penalty was no longer mandatory for those found guilty of murder. Further, after someone spends three years on death row,
1:36.2	their sentence converts to 20 years. Kigula was released in 2016 and hundreds of others were retroactively released.
1:46.2	Today Kigula continues to advocate for prison abolition and incarcerated women's rights and as of 2022, 144 countries have abolished the death penalty.
2:00.0	Unfortunately, the United States hasn't followed suit.
2:06.0	Criminal legal systems worldwide claim to rehabilitate and keep us safe,
2:11.0	but still have death penalties.
2:14.0	This means something seriously wrong,
2:17.0	but it also means this.
2:19.0	There are black people all around the world
2:22.0	who can come together to dismantle it.
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