In this episode, I talked with Lettie Gore about Angela Davis's book Freedom Is a Constant Struggle. Lettie is a historian, professor, and racial equity strategist & consultant. She teaches history at Cape Fear Community College. Lettie is also the owner of Lettie’s History Education & Consulting Services, Inc., her pop-up bookshop But Then You Read, and her podcast “History Shows Us”.

Lettie holds a Masters in History with a focus on Black American history and race studies. She also holds a Masters in Conflict Management & Resolution. Using a unique approach, Lettie combines her extensive history and antiracism knowledge with her conflict resolution skills to have necessary racial justice conversations with truth and compassion to help equip others with tangible tools to create personal and collective transformation. Her passion for teaching history’s truths and connecting the past to today’s racial and social justice issues is evident in the work she does. 

One of her favorite James Baldwin quotes is, "I am what time, circumstance, history have made of me, certainly, but I am, also, much more than that. So are we all." These words continue to be a reminder and a guide for her as she carries out what she knows is part of her divinely driven purpose.

Connect with Lettie GorePatreon: patreon.com/lettiegore

IG: ⁠⁠⁠@sincerely.lettie and @btyr_bookshop

Resources Mentioned

Freedom Is a Constant Struggle by Angela Davis 

"The Importance of History" episode of Broadening the Narrative

"If Your Church Isn’t Repenting of White Supremacy" episode of Broadening the Narrative

They Were Her Property by Stephanie Jones-Rogers

My Grandmother’s Hands by Resmaa Menakem

How the Word Is Passed by Clint Smith

Assata by Assata Shakur

An African American and Latinx History of the United States by Paul Ortiz

All that She Carried by Tiya Miles

Remaking Black Power by Ashley Farmer

Sisters in the Struggle edited by Bettye Collier-Thomas and V.P. Franklin

Gateway to Freedom by Eric Foner

The Second by Carol Anderson

The Price for Their Pound of Flesh by Daina Ramey Berry

Women, Race, and Class by Angela Davis

South to America by Imani Perry

Medical Apartheid by Harriet Washington

The Three Mothers by Anna Malaika Tubbs

Half-American by Matthew Delmont

A Black Women’s History of the United States by Kali Nicole Gross and Daina Ramey Berry

The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison

Traveling Black by Mia Bay

Madness: Race and Insanity by Antonia Hylton

Until I Am Free by Keisha Blain

An Open Letter to My Sister Angela Davis by James Baldwin

When They Call You a Terrorist by Patrisse Cullors and Asha Bandele

The Audacity of Hope by Barack Obama

Are We Free Yet? by Tina Strawn

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