Today is the August 22nd, 2018 live broadcast of New Abolitionists Radio with Max Parthas and Scotty T Reid and we are 2 days into the national prison work strike.

• Our lead story today will be the organized prison strike. We’ll share information, provide a narrative and keep you up to date on what’s happening. We’re also going to make an open invitation for a necessary public debate. We’ll explain shortly.

On and near this day in history.

• On Aug 20th, 1862, in Mitchellville, SC, Major General Ormsby told a Union settlement named after him of Formerly enslaved Africans that they should have two names. A 1st and a Last. He told them to use their old masters name which quickly started a trend. And that is how African Americans came to have the last name of their old slavers.

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10156618360442290&set=a.78956292289&type=3

• Also On August 20th, 1619, The first enslaved Africans were brought by the Dutch to the American colony of Jamestown. This began a slave trade that would last centuries and affect hundreds of millions of lives up until this day right here, right now.

https://www.nps.gov/…/hi…/african-americans-at-jamestown.htm

• Finally, on August 21st, 1791, In Southampton County, Virginia, Nat Turner staged his organized rebellion. (also known as the Southampton Insurrection)