It's that time of the month! That's right... it's our August Freestyle!

Pam: Betty June Binnicker and Mary Emma Thames were on the hunt for some mayflowers in March of 1944 in the small town of Alcolu, South Carolina. When they came across a boy named George Stinney Jr and his sister, Amie, they asked them if they knew where they could find any, to everyone's surprise, that would be the last time the girls would be seen alive... allegedly. In 1944 in the south, things weren't great for POC. So when George, a black boy, heard of the girls disappearance and told authorities that he had seen them earlier in the day,  police were quick to arrest him... listen along as I tell you about this gross miscarriage of justice and the way George's name was cleared many years later. 

Ronda:  Chowchilla, California- home of the largest kidnapping for ransom in United States history. In 1976, an entire school bus was taken hostage and its occupants were buried alive. The driver of the bus, Ed Ray, along with the 26 children in his charge, managed to escape their underground tomb after having been missing for 36 hours. The entire nation was on red alert. Certainly the kidnappers would have reached out… but they fell asleep…!!!

Sources:
Pam:
The Post and Courier
All That's Interesting
The Washington Post
The Grio
Wikipedia

Ronda:
City of Chowchilla Website
The Vox article by Kaleb Horton
CNN victim impact article
Wikipedia
CBS News



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Music: Big Foot by Gvidon on Pixabay (Go check it out!)