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Jake and Baby school Lisa on what defines a "real" tragedy which led me on a long journey into the history of Jim Crow. Featuring an interview on the Southern Jewish experience with author TK Thorne. 

+ Walk Like A Hieroglyph
+ With what to wear with coral shoes?
+ A very mysterious joke 
+ The moral authority of Jake Housman

 

TK's book:

Behind the Magic Curtain: Secrets, Spies and Unsung White Allies of Birmingham’s Civil Rights Days by TK Thorne 

tkthorne.com 

 

Other resources:

Parting the Waters: America in the King Years 1954-1963 by Taylor Branch

The Road Not Taken: Edward Lansdale and the American Tragedy in Vietnam by Max Boot

Close-Up on War: The Story of Photojournalist Catherine Leroy in Vietnam by Mary Cronk Farrell

Carry Me Home: Birmingham, Alabama: The Climactic Battle of the Civil Rights Revolution by Diane McWhorter 

 

For your scene 2 thoughts: ellie@buttoutbaby.com

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Music by Claire Whitehead