History Shows Us

History Shows Us

By Lettie GoreHistory
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History Shows Us episodes

  • Protesters, Black Lives, & Black Dignity

    In this week's episode, I read an excerpt from Austin Channing Brown's book I'm Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness and its impact on me and the tie-in with defending Black womanhood, I discuss what happened to Ahmaud Arbery and reiterate for the thousandth time that black lives matter, and share my frustration with COVID-19 protesters. 

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    31 min
  • No, Black People Cannot Be Racist

    Racism, power, prejudice, dominant culture, white supremacy, and anti-racism. You've heard these words before but do you really know how they are all connected? In this episode, I go over these words and, yes, I explain how they are all connected. If people are going to oppose racism and actively work to dismantle racist institutions and systems, well, understanding these words is crucial!


    Books mentioned in this episode: 1) How To Be Less Stupid About Race by Crystal Fleming,  2) This Books Is Anti-Racist by Tiffany Jewell

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    54 min
  • Friday Five: During the Pause
    Five things to reassure you, help you focus on, and hopefully encourage you, during this social distancing time COVID-19 has brought us. I’ve been doing these this week, too!
    14 min
  • Diversity Is Not Inclusion, and Other Thoughts

    In this week's episode, I discuss the popularity of the buzzwords 'diversity' and 'inclusion' and go into how they are not interchangeable. I have a more candid conversation that includes my personal experience with predominately white institutions and organizations with these words, what inclusion really looks like, and what you can do to create an inclusive environment. 


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    37 min
  • Your Heroes Are Not Mine: The Problematic Whitewashing of Women's Suffrage

    This year is the 100th anniversary of the 19th amendment, but much of the history of the women's suffrage movement leaves out the racism and white supremacy that was its foundation. In this episode, I discuss the problem with inclusivity in the 19th amendment, racist rhetoric of well-known white suffragists like Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Black women suffragists who need to be known, and I connect it all to social issues we see today and the lack of intersectionality. I also talk about the recent negative backlash The Honey Pot received after the Target commercial aired and white women showed all of their white fragility. Get ready!


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    48 min
  • My Visit to the Lynching Memorial & the Legacy Museum in Montgomery

    I had the opportunity to go on a Legacy Trip this past weekend to visit Montgomery, Alabama and go to The National Memorial for Peace & Justice and the Legacy Museum. In this episode, I discuss this amazing trip, how it moved me in so many ways, and why it is important that everyone also visit to bear witness to this history.


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    36 min

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Join historian Lettie Gore as she examines what history shows us and makes critical connections between the past and present. Lettie’s passion for history and educating about the truth can be heard…