Why Are They So Angry?

America has its own versions of the Berlin Wall, in fact there are twenty-six existing, demolished, or planned segregation walls, fences, road barricades/closures, and buffer strips in Alabama, California, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan, Missouri, New York, Ohio, Tennessee, and Virginia built between white and Black/African American neighborhoods as late as the 1970’s. Known as segregation walls, these barricades were erected by cities, neighborhood developers, and the homeowners associations with the express purpose of keeping Black/African Americans out of exclusively white home sites. Join Dr. Carol François and Kourtney Square, her niece, as they take you on a virtual driving tour of America’s segregation walls. Want more, take our course Systemic Racism: See it, Say it, Confront it at www.whyaretheysoangry.com and find us anywhere at www.podpage.com.whyaretheysoangry

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A Nation of Walls — Design Trust for Public Space

A Nation of Walls

A storm destroyed part of the 'segregation wall' in Arlington, Virginia

Atlanta's "Berlin Wall"

Chicago's Wall: Race, Segregation and the Chicago Housing Authority

Detroit segregation wall still stands, a stark reminder of racial divisions nbcnews.com

Detroiturbex.com - The 8 Mile Wall

Sundown Towns: A Hidden Dimension of American Racism, Loewen, James,  Touchstone, 2006

Members Only: Gated Communities and Residential Segregation in the Metropolitan United States

Perspective | Not far from the White House stands another wall, one that divided blacks from whites

PEYTON, HARLAN AND WILLIS Proposed Community Stabilization Plan

StoryMap illuminates impacts of Miami's historic racial segregation

The Untold History of Liberty City's Segregation Walls

Walls are the foundation of civilization. But do they work?

Spelling bees seem like  innocent competitions where the idea of systemic racism should be foreign. But flashback to the year 1908, and  Dr. Carol François and Kourtney Square, her niece, will tell about how the level playing field of the national spelling bee was unleveled by systemic racism and a Black/African American girl almost became the first national spelling bee winner years before Zaila Avant-garde’s historic 2021 win. Want more, take our course Systemic Racism: See it, Say it, Confront it at www.whyaretheysoangry.com and find us anywhere at www.podpage.com.whyaretheysoangry

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A Cleveland Bee Heard Round the World, by Jamie Stiehm

Before Zaila Avant-garde, these Black spellers made headlines | The 19th

Behind Zaila Avant-garde’s Win, a History of Struggle for Black Spellers

Cleveland girl's spelling victory created racial controversy, national headlines in 1908

https://www.cleveland.com/metro/2017/05/cleveland_was_center_of_spelli.html?fbclid=IwAR3jjjsdqWotTTT9_HTTmM9kMFpXxP7--WoNyvDHaohKMC1Fk1Yu9zTZuY8

Marie C. Bolden wins 1908 Spelling Bee in Cleveland OH

ohiohistory.org / The African American Experience in Ohio, 1850-1920 / Cleveland Journal

P-R-E-J-U-D-I-C-E and S-C-A-N-D-A-L at the 1908 national spelling bee

Zaila Avant-garde Knows the Troubling History Behind Her Historic Spelling Bee Win

It’s that time of year again, though postponed for the COVID-19 pandemic, the International Summer Olympic Games are back. Before heading out to Tokyo for the 2021 games though, listen as  Dr. Carol François and Kourtney Square, her niece, talk about protests and systemic racism that have been part of the games since their inception. Want more, take our course Systemic Racism: See it, Say it, Confront it at www.whyaretheysoangry.com and find us anywhere at www.podpage.com.whyaretheysoangry

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A Closer Look at the IOC's History of Racist Actions

A friendship that triumphed over racism: Luz Long, Jesse Owens and a lesson for humanity

Black Olympians Are Set Up to Fail

Doctor recalls battling racism to achieve Olympic dream of representing the U.S. in water polo

18 Times Politics Trumped Sport in Olympic Games' History Politics, Protests, & Bans

International Olympic Committee bans political statements by athletes at games

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Olympics Racism Started Way Before Sha'Carri Richardson

OPINION: Systemic racism continues to prevail in U.S. Olympics

Remembering a Forgotten Protest: Vince Matthews, Wayne Collett and the 1972 Munich Olympics

Resolution of the IOC Executive Board with regard to racism and inclusion - Olympic New

Second to None: The Legend and Legacy of Mack Robinson

Sports History Forgot About Tidye Pickett and Louise Stokes, Two Black Olympians Who Never Got Their Shot

Today in sports history: Black Power salute at 1968 Summer Olympics

Why Black American Athletes Raised Their Fists at the 1968 Olympics

This is a reprise of a popular Why Are They So Angry? episode. When it's election time, Dr. Carol Francois and her niece Kourtney Square want you to know systemic racism is on the ballot, too. In this episode, you’ll hear how voter suppression in the past was violent and murderous. Today, voters are still being intimidated and their rights trampled. Listen to hear what’s being done to keep voters out of the voting booth and how folks are fighting back. Want more, take our course Systemic Racism: See it, Say it, Confront it at www.whyaretheysoangry.com and find us anywhere at www.podpage.com.whyaretheysoangry

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“Are States Purging Or Cleaning Voter Registration Rolls?,” All things Considered, NPR,December 20, 2019.

“Black voters continue to face voter suppression 155 years after Juneteenth, PR Watch Editors, PR Watch, June 19, 2020.

League of Women Voters, https://www.lwv.org/

“19th-century political parties kidnapped reluctant voters and printed their own ballots – and that’s why we’ve got laws regulating behavior at polling places,” Kristin Kanthak, The Conversation, October 21, 2020 8.21am EDT Updated October 22, 2020 8.59am E

Southern Poverty Law Center, https://www.splcenter.org/what-we-do/civil-rights-memorial/civil-rights-martyrs

“The vote that failed,” S.J. Ackerman, The Smithsonian Magazine, November 1998.

“The voting rights act of 1965,”This Day in History, The History Channel, original Nov. 2009, Updated Aug. 25, 2020.  https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/voting-rights-act

“Timeline: Voter suppression in the US from the civil war to today,” Terrance Smith, ABC News, August 20, 2020.

The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow . Jim Crow Stories . Enforcement Acts | PBS.

The 1873 Colfax Massacre Crippled the Reconstruction Era | Smart News

The Colfax Massacre (1873) •

Apr. 1, 1807 | Ohio Prohibits Any Black Person from Testifying Against a White Person

Most BlackAfrican Americans are familiar with the statement, “people died for your right to vote,” yet they don’t really know how true the words are. This year’s rapt attention on the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre has awakened America to its sordid past, but there are hundreds of well-documented massacres of Black/African Americans throughout this nation’s history. In this fourth and final part in their series Massacres Denied, Dr. Carol François and Kourtney Square, her niece, relate stories of massacres committed because people simply tried to exercise their right to vote. Want more, take our course Systemic Racism: See it, Say it, Confront it at www.whyaretheysoangry.com and find us anywhere at www.podpage.com.whyaretheysoangry

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“A Very Abbreviated History of the Destruction of Black Neighborhoods,” Gabrielle Bruney, Esquire, May 30, 2020, https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/a32719786/george-floyd-protests-riots-black-comminity-destruction-history/?fbclid=IwAR07n6A4UKPIlh-K2MTkNr1pB6blIe3aMNBwt0uew_MDrVRV2bLVHyMt-ss

“Burned from the land: How 60 years of racial violence shaped America,” Channon Hodge, Breeanna Hare, Tami Luhby, Elias Goodstein, Priya Krishnakumar, Nadia Lancy, Toby Lyles, Amy Roberts and Clint Alwahab, CNN, May 30, 2021.

Camilla, GA: Political Rally and Massacre — BLACK and Education

Civil Unrest in Camilla, Georgia, 1868, Letters, Affidavits, Reports., Proceedings, Newspaper Clippings, http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/camilla/toc.php

Fourteen states have enacted 22 new laws making it harder to vote

Texas Senate Passes One of the Nation’s Strictest Voting Bills

Voting Laws Roundup: May 2021

Violence against workers seeking better pay, working conditions, or the right to unionize is well-documented throughout American history. What isn’t documented as well, are the many instances when Black/African Americans were  massacred simply for  attempting to unionize for fair working conditions and wages. This year’s rapt attention on the Tulsa Race Massacre in 1921 has awakened America to its sordid past, but there are hundreds of largely unknown instances of Black/African Americans being massacred, murdered, terrorized, and stripped of their property through racially motivated labor violence. Listen as Dr. Carol Francois and Kourtney Square tell those stories. Want more, take our course Systemic Racism: See it, Say it, Confront it www.whyaretheysoangry.com and find us anywhere at www.podpage.com.whyaretheysoangry

Citations

“A Very Abbreviated History of the Destruction of Black Neighborhoods,” Gabrielle Bruney, Esquire, May 30, 2020, https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/a32719786/george-floyd-protests-riots-black-comminity-destruction-history/?fbclid=IwAR07n6A4UKPIlh-K2MTkNr1pB6blIe3aMNBwt0uew_MDrVRV2bLVHyMt-ss

“Burned from the land: How 60 years of racial violence shaped America,” Channon Hodge, Breeanna Hare, Tami Luhby, Elias Goodstein, Priya Krishnakumar, Nadia Lancy, Toby Lyles, Amy Roberts and Clint Alwahab, CNN, May 30, 2021.

Civil Rights Heritage Trail Induction Ceremony to Honor Elaine 12 - News

Massacres in US History | Zinn Education Project

Definition of Sharecropping

Elaine Massacre of 1919

ELAINE, ARKANSAS RIOT (1919), WESTON W. COOPER, SEPTEMBER 30, 2018, https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/elaine-arkansas-riot-1919/

Racial violence in America: 60 years of whitewashing

Sept. 30, 1919: Elaine Massacre

Believe it or not, the Tulsa Race Massacre only scratches the surface. Join Dr. Carol François and her niece Kourtney Square for Massacres Denied Part II: Cicero Siege to hear about the ongoing resistance to Black/African Americans buying homes and living in what were considered white enclave neighborhoods. Their four-part special series Massacres Denied exposes how Black/African Americans have been targets of domestic terrorism, racial purging, massacres, land theft, and exile intended to deny them equal housing, fair employment, and general protection to live, work, and thrive in America. This history, though, has gone unrecorded, untaught, and purposely purged from most history books. Want more, take our course Systemic Racism: See it, Say it, Confront it at www.whyaretheysoangry.com and find us anywhere at www.podpage.com.whyaretheysoangry

Citations

A New Documentary Explores Impact Of Go-Go Music On Gentrification Protests In D.C.

“A Very Abbreviated History of the Destruction of Black Neighborhoods,” Gabrielle Bruney, Esquire, May 30, 2020, https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/a32719786/george-floyd-protests-riots-black-comminity-destruction-history/?fbclid=IwAR07n6A4UKPIlh-K2MTkNr1pB6blIe3aMNBwt0uew_MDrVRV2bLVHyMt-ss

“Burned from the land: How 60 years of racial violence shaped America,” Channon Hodge, Breeanna Hare, Tami Luhby, Elias Goodstein, Priya Krishnakumar, Nadia Lancy, Toby Lyles, Amy Roberts and Clint Alwahab, CNN, May 30, 2021.

Crimes without Punishment: White Neighbors' Resistance to Black Entry

Cicero Race Riots happen

Feb. 28, 1942 | White Mobs Riot Against Racial Integration in Detroit

“Get Out”: Black Families Harassed in Their Own Homes

July 11, 1951: Cicero Riot Over Housing Desegregation | Zinn Education Project

Massacres in US History | Zinn Education Project

Meyer, Stephen Grans, As Long as they Don’t Move Next Door: Segregation and Racial Conflict in American Neighborhoods, Rowman & Littlefield, 2000.

The Controversial History of Levittown, America's First Suburb

'They Don't Understand': Howard Neighbors Search For Solutions After Dog-Walking Uproar

This year’s rapt attention on the Tulsa Race Massacre in 1921 has awakened America to its sordid past, but since 1863 up until the present, there are hundreds of well-documented instances of Black/African Americans being murdered, terrorized, and stripped of their property. That history, though, has gone unrecorded, untaught, and purposely purged from most history books. Join Dr. Carol François and Kourtney Square, her niece, as they expose the racial purging, massacres, land theft, and exile of Black/African Americans that has rarely been discussed or redressed. Want more, take our course Systemic Racism: See it, Say it, Confront it at www.whyaretheysoangry.com and find us anywhere at www.podpage.com.whyaretheysoangry

Citations

“A Very Abbreviated History of the Destruction of Black Neighborhoods,” Gabrielle Bruney, Esquire, May 30, 2020, https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/a32719786/george-floyd-protests-riots-black-comminity-destruction-history/?fbclid=IwAR07n6A4UKPIlh-K2MTkNr1pB6blIe3aMNBwt0uew_MDrVRV2bLVHyMt-ss

Bills, E. R, The 1910 Slocum Massacre: an act of genocide in East Texas. The History Press, 2014.

“Burned from the land: How 60 years of racial violence shaped America,” Channon Hodge, Breeanna Hare, Tami Luhby, Elias Goodstein, Priya Krishnakumar, Nadia Lancy, Toby Lyles, Amy Roberts and Clint Alwahab, CNN, May 30, 2021.

https://www.cnn.com/interactive/2021/05/us/whitewashing-of-america-racism/?fbclid=IwAR1Wn5CTJDCNTAuRMAFGamO5IAV6k9_qjwFJ3KaDsjI-49wYVwXWqd-ZNxc,

July 29, 1910: Slocum Massacre in Texas

Massacres in US History | Zinn Education Project

Opinion | Tom Hanks: The Tulsa Race Massacre Is Every American's History

Texas marks racial slaughter more than a century later

Slocum massacre - Wikipedia

Texas marks racial slaughter more than a century later

This week’s Why Are They So Angry? salutes the women of the U.S. Armed Forces who bravely served America since the Revolutionary War. Listen as Dr. Carol François and Kourtney Square, her niece, share about the Black/African American sheroes past and present who heard the call and served their country despite systemic racism in the ranks including the women of the determined 6888th Battalion who took on the Army’s most dangerous enemy. Want more? take our course Systemic Racism: See it, Say it, Confront it at www.whyaretheysoangry.com and find all episodes and social media at www.podpage.com.whyaretheysoangry

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6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion | US Army Center of Military History

“Historical Overview of Racism in the Military”, https://apps.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/a488652.pdf

Military veterans say racism in the ranks often isn't camouflaged: "It hurt me dearly"

Reflections on the Curse of Racism in the US Military

Seventy-Five Years Ago, the Military’s Only All-Black Female Band Battled the War Department and Won

These Black Female Heroes Made Sure US WWII Forces Got Their Mail

US troops battling racism report high barrier to justice

Women Warriors: The ongoing story of integrating and diversifying the American armed forces

George Floyd’s death triggered an outpouring of reactions around the world ranging from outrage, fear, frustration, and militancy. How did you respond to the televised murder of George Floyd? That’s the question raised in the next episode of Why Are They So Angry? Join Dr. Carol François and Kourtney Square, her niece, as they remember George Floyd on the anniversary of his death and memorialize him through remembrances and recollections of how lives have been impacted forever. Want more, take our course Systemic Racism: See it, Say it, Confront it at www.whyaretheysoangry.com and find us anywhere at www.podpage.com.whyaretheysoangry

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After Chauvin Verdict, Black Police Officers Consider What Has Changed

After 2020’s BLM protests, real police reform proves a struggle

Darnella Frazier, Who Filmed George Floyd's Murder, Hailed As A Hero : Live Updates: Trial Over George Floyd's Killing.

George Floyd: The personal cost of filming police brutality

“George Floyd: 10 things that have changed since his death,” https://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-53007952?fbclid=IwAR1DeVOKfR22VxoC7M5qKO64U9BQWHxMKAU4jDTPwFngw7ZNGm3gyBeHQHw

Throughout Trial Over George Floyd’s Death, Killings by Police Mount