We decided for this special Juneteenth podcast that we’d start the podcast with some music from a formerly enslaved person who was freed in Texas.  I’m thrilled today to have Tarienne Mitchell who is on our board of directors here at Latter-day Saints in Action.  She found some recordings from interviews of formerly enslaved people. While Tarienne works for the Library of Congress, she is not representing the Library of Congress in any way.

This podcast has the N-word that was spoken during an interview.  We decided not to bleep it out so that the historical record is accurate, so keep that in mind while listening.

Here are some resources we referenced in our interview:

• Intro Music from Laura Smalley: https://www.loc.gov/item/afc1941016_afs05497a/
• Pictures of Billy McCrea: https://www.loc.gov/item/2007660042/#, https://www.loc.gov/item/2015647534/
• Library of Congress Slave Narratives project: https://www.loc.gov/collections/slave-narratives-from-the-federal-writers-project-1936-to-1938/about-this-collection/
• Interview with Laura Smalley: https://www.loc.gov/item/afc1941016_afs05497b/
• Interview with Billy McCrea: https://www.loc.gov/item/afc1940003_afs03975a/
• Original Order read in Galveston: https://www.archives.gov/news/articles/juneteenth-original-document
• Utah Black History Museum for information on the Bus: https://www.ubhm.org/home/