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Sundown Towns - America's Forgotten History - Dig It 6
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Science
Publication Date |
Jun 19, 2020
Episode Duration |
00:55:24

This episode we discuss a major part of American history that has been omitted from most history book across the United States. As having anthropological backgrounds which saw some of the beginnings of institutionalized racism, it is important to address history that has been brushed under the rug. This is seen with Sundown Towns. There were thousands of these towns across the United States dominating counties, cities, towns, suburbs... With current events regarding human rights and curfews, it is important to bring awareness to this "forgotten" history found in America.

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This episode we discuss a major part of American history that has been omitted from most history book across the United States. As having anthropological backgrounds which saw some of the beginnings of institutionalized racism, it is important to address history that has been brushed under the rug. This is seen with Sundown Towns. There were thousands of these towns across the United States dominating counties, cities, towns, suburbs... With current events regarding human rights and curfews, it is important to bring awareness to this "forgotten" history found in America. Links * James W. Loewen, Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything your American history textbook got wrong [https://archive.org/details/liesmyteachertol0000loew/mode/2up] * James W. Loewen, Lies Across America: What our historic sites get wrong [https://archive.org/details/liesacrossameric00loew] * James W. Loewen, Sundown Towns: A hidden dimension of American Racism [https://archive.org/details/sundowntownshidd0000loew] * James Loewen Website [https://sundown.tougaloo.edu/] * Access to states to see Sundown Towns in different cities [whitemap.html">https://sundown.tougaloo.edu/content.php?file=sundowntowns-whitemap.html] * Ways You Can Help (has many different numbers, petitions, donation links!) [https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/] * Breonna Taylor [https://change.org/p/anyone-who-recognizes-how-much-breonna-taylor-has-changed-this-city-declare-june-5-breonna-taylor-day-in-louisville-and-give-tamika-palmer-a-key-to-the-city] * George Floyd [https://www.change.org/p/mayor-jacob-frey-justice-for-george-floyd] Contact * Show * Twitter: @idigitpodcast [https://www.twitter.com/idigitpodcast] * Email: idigitpodcast@gmail.com * Alyssa * Instagram: aal.archaeology [https://www.instagram.com/aal.archaeology] * Twitter: Lyssakemi [https://www.twitter.com/Lyssakemi] * Michaela * Instagram: mm_digitalized [https://www.instagram.com/mm_digitalized] * Twitter: m_mauriello [https://www.twitter.com/m_mauriello] Affiliates * Wildnote [http://www.wildnoteapp.com/] * TeePublic [https://www.teepublic.com/?ref_id=5724&ref_type=aff] * Timeular [https://timeular.com/ref/chriswebster/] Find this show on the educational podcast app, Lyceum.fm! [http://lyceum.fm/]

This episode we discuss a major part of American history that has been omitted from most history book across the United States. As having anthropological backgrounds which saw some of the beginnings of institutionalized racism, it is important to address history that has been brushed under the rug. This is seen with Sundown Towns. There were thousands of these towns across the United States dominating counties, cities, towns, suburbs... With current events regarding human rights and curfews, it is important to bring awareness to this "forgotten" history found in America.

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