The Parley in All Blue with Mark Dawson

In this episode, Mark is diving into the life of WEB DuBois with the author of the new book, The Wounded World: W. E. B. Du Bois and the First World War, Chad Williams.

Chad Williams is the Samuel J. and Augusta Spector Professor of History and African and African American Studies at Brandeis University. Chad earned a BA with honors in History and African American Studies from UCLA, and received both his MA and Ph.D. in History from Princeton University. He specializes in African American and modern United States History, African American military history, the World War I era and African American intellectual history. 

His first book, Torchbearers of Democracy: African American Soldiers in the World War I Era, was published in 2010 by the University of North Carolina Press. 

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In this episode, Mark is talking with Dr. Tara T. Green about respectable life of Alice Dunbar Nelson.

Dr. Tara T. Green is CLASS Distinguished Professor and Chair of African American Studies at the University of Houston. She is the author and editor of six books. She has most recently published Love, Activism and The Respectable Life of Alice Dunbar-Nelson (Bloomsbury), which was named a Prose Award Finalist in the Biography/Autobiography Category by the Association of American Publishers. And, See Me Naked: Black Women Defining Pleasure During the Interwar Era (Rutgers UP). She will be reading an excerpt from See Me Naked.

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Today, Mark and Dr. Sekou Franklin discuss Tennessee's recent political spotlight after the General Assembly voted to expel three of its members, who were leading a protest against gun control laws after a mass shooting in Nashville. 

This episode highlights the rarity of expulsion and the possible racism involved in the expulsion of two black representatives, while a white representative was not expelled. Dr. Franklin also points out that political activity by conservative legislatures in the states is a battleground for maintaining or rolling back civil rights, labor rights, women's rights, LGBTQ rights, and all gains made toward democracy. 

Dr. Sekou Franklin, a professor of political science at Middle Tennessee State University. He talks about the drivers of polarization, tactics used by black lawmakers facing conservative super majorities, and the importance of engaging in state and local politics.

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The Texas Rangers are celebrating their 200th year, and are widely known as a rugged and upright law enforcement agency that symbolizes Texas. However, the book "Cult of Glory: The Bold and Brutal History of the Texas Rangers" presents a more ruthless, racist, and barbarous history of the organization, and highlights their close ties to moneyed groups and powerful politicians. This book challenges the widely held view of the Texas Rangers and prompts important conversations about their role in law enforcement.

The guest today is Doug J. Swanson. Doug is a veteran investigative reporter and editor. He has written five novels and two non-fiction books. His most recent book is Cult of Glory: The Bold and Brutal History of the Texas Rangers, published in 2020 by Viking. Doug was for many years an investigative reporter and editor at The Dallas Morning News and was twice named the newspaper reporter of the year in Texas. 

He is currently a research associate professor in the English Department writing program at the University of Pittsburgh. Before joining Pitt in 2016, he taught journalism at the University of Texas at Austin and the University of North Texas.

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In this episode, Mark had the privilege of speaking with Dr. Gay Byron about Christianity in Ethiopia and its deep roots on the African continent. Dr. Byron explained that Ethiopia has a unique history with Christianity, being one of the first nations in the world to adopt Christianity as a state religion in the 4th century. Overall, this was a fascinating conversation that shed light on the deep roots of Christianity in Ethiopia and Africa, as well as the ongoing importance of Christianity in contemporary African society.

Gay L. Byron is a Professor of New Testament and Early Christianity at Howard University School of Divinity in Washington, DC. Her scholarship focuses on the origins of Christianity in ancient Ethiopia, cultural and womanist readings of Scripture, and race and ethnicity in early Christian writings. She is the author of Symbolic Blackness and Ethnic Difference in Early Christian Literature, co-editor (with Vanessa Lovelace) of Womanist Interpretations of the Bible: Expanding the Discourse, and most recently co-editor (with Hugh R. Page Jr.) of Black Scholars Matter: Visions, Struggles, and Hopes in Africana Biblical Studies. Her current book project focuses on Ethiopian manuscripts and early Christianity.  Dr. Byron is also an ordained minister in the Presbyterian Church (USA) and has preached and led workshops for a variety of denominations and local churches. 

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On this episode of The Parlay in All Blue Power history and culture collide. And yes, we're gonna talk about voting because voting is the first step. It is an essential tool for building wealth and obtaining and retaining power in the United States. The voting power of black people now is under attack. It is being attacked by Republican legislatures in the states of Louisiana and Alabama.

Mark is talking with Dr. Wendy Gaudin about Louisiana's Creole people, the history, the culture, and about how assertive use of political power can inform black people of today on how to build coalitions across racial and ethnic lines to ensure that we are not erased historically or politically.

Dr. Wendy A. Gaudin is an essayist, a beadwork, a poet, an American historian, and the proud descendant of Louisiana Creoles who migrated to California.  Her training as a historian took place at California State University, Louisiana State University, and New York University.  

Her nonfiction writing delves into the themes of race and belonging, skin color and ancestry, colonialism and family narratives, migration, oral history, hybridity, and Louisiana.  Her publications appear in North American Review, Indiana Review, Puerto Del Sol, the Rappahannock Review, the New Orleans Review, New South Journal, and the About Place Journal. 

She is currently writing an autoethnography of her family, her life, and her fieldwork in Creole Louisiana. A history professor at the Xavier University of Louisiana, Gaudin divides her time between New Orleans and the Acadiana prairie. 

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In this episode, Mark is talking with Anna Wolfe about Mississippi's Welfare Scandal.

Anna Wolfe is an investigative reporter for Mississippi Today, a nonprofit newsroom founded in 2016. Her coverage of poverty, public assistance and debtors prisons has received national recognition, including the Goldsmith Prize, the Collier Prize and the National Press Foundation’s Poverty and Inequality Award. 

Before joining the staff at Mississippi Today, she held several beats at Mississippi’s statewide newspaper, the Clarion Ledger, where she covered city hall and reported award-winning stories about medical billing and hunger in the Mississippi Delta. Born and raised in Washington State, Wolfe attended Mississippi State University and has lived in Jackson, Mississippi since graduating in 2014.

Tune in to hear an in-depth discussion about the welfare scandal, how it started, who’s involved, and how this has affected the residents of Mississippi.

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On the season finale of  The Parley in All Blue, Mark is joined by Dr. Stephen Finley who is the inaugural chair of African and African American studies at LSU. Dr. Finely is an associate professor of religious studies at LSU, as well. He's gonna walk us through how religion, the religion of "whiteness" fuels attacks, or the religion of white nationalism and white supremacy fuels attacks like that in Buffalo at Tops grocery store or at the Tree of Life Senegal in Pittsburgh or at the Walmart in El Paso Texas where the mass shooter in that case was specifically looking for Mexicans or Mexican immigrants. Dr. Finley will also discuss what religious studies mean and how it comes into play in today's society. 

Highlights from the episode:

• Teaching Religious Studies
• Defining Whiteness
• Religion and the Current State of Society
• Critical Race Theory and the School System
• The Mission of Turning Point USA

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Email: scfinley@lsu.edu 

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Today is part 2 of the conversation about the shooting that took place at Jackson State in May 1970. We have a very special guest, Vernon Steve Weakley, who is here to give us a firsthand account of what happened that tragic night at Jackson State University.

Vernon is an alumnus of Jackson State University and a graduate of the University of Houston. He was also a member of the Jackson State University, Houston Alumni Chapter. 

He is also a legendary member of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Inc. Jackson State University, Upsilon Epsilon (YE) Chapter, and is currently a member of Beta Alpha Chapter of Omega Psi Phi fraternity in Jackson, Ms.

Vernon Steve Weakley is a celebrated author and has made a name for himself in the literary world. He has written several successful books and numerous short stories that have brought him acclaim throughout America.

One of Vernon’s most notable works is his national, non-fictional best-selling book, "Standing at the Edge of Madness." The book delves into the human psyche and explores the depths of the human mind. It has been praised for its insightful analysis and its ability to shed light on complex issues that are often overlooked.

Over the years, Mr. Weakley has tirelessly and successfully worked to advance the cause of the NAACP. For his superb work with the NAACP, he received a meritorious award from that well-known, national civil rights organization.

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Mark is thrilled to have Dr. Nancy Bristow on the podcast today to discuss her book, "Steeped in the Blood of Racism: Black Power, Law and Order, and the 1970 Shootings at Jackson State College." The book sheds light on the tragedy that occurred on May 14, 1970, at Jackson State University, Mississippi.

Dr. Nancy K. Bristow is a Distinguished Professor of History at the University of Puget Sound, where she also serves on the leadership team of the Race and Pedagogy Institute. She is the author of three books, including Making Men Moral: Social Engineering and the Great War (NYU Press, 1996), American Pandemic: The Lost Worlds of the 1918 Influenza Epidemic (Oxford University Press, 2012) and Steeped in the Blood of Racism: Black Power, Law and Order, and the 1970 Shootings at Jackson State College (Oxford University Press, 2020). Bristow has served on the Editorial Board of the Journal of American History and has offered historical commentary to news outlets ranging from the New York Times and The Nation to PBS and NPR.

Highlights from the episode:

• The massacre at Jackson State University on May 14, 1970, in Mississippi
• Dr. Nancy Bristow’s book, Steeped in the Blood of Racism: Black Power, Law and Order, and the 1970 Shootings at Jackson State College
• Was there Klan infiltration of both the Jackson police and highway patrol?
• What was going on in Mississippi around civil rights and black power in the 70s and 80s?
• The role of black students in the civil rights movement at Jackson State
• The shooting of Ben Brown and the emergence of black power in Mississippi
• The impact of desegregation on the campus
• What is Clarion-Ledger’s attitude towards civil rights and black power?
• How did Dr. Bristow become aware of the shooting at Jackson State?
• The current state of Mississippi

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Our guest this week is Dr. Mary Emma Graham, who's written a thorough, detailed and outstanding biography on the life of Margaret Walker, titled, The House Where My Soul Lives. 

Margaret Walker, an award-winning poet, writer, and institution builder, is brought back into the spotlight in the first comprehensive biography of her life. Though she did not label herself as a radical or feminist, Walker embodied the role of a traditional artist and catalyst for societal transformation. She was a prominent figure in American culture throughout the 20th century.

Dr. Maryemma Graham, a native of Augusta, Georgia, is University Distinguished Professor of English at the University of Kansas and Founding Director of the History of Black-Writing (HBW), which she established at the University of Mississippi in 1983.  HBW, which has been at the forefront of innovation and change in African American literary history,  has led national and international initiatives to promote research, teaching, and public engagement with Black literary studies with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities, Ford, and Mellon Foundations.

Professor Graham’s 12 books have helped to redefine the field, especially: The Cambridge Companion to the African American Novel and, with Jerry W. Ward, The Cambridge History of African American Literature. On the occasion of the History of Black Writing’s 40th anniversary, and Professor Graham’s retirement from teaching to writing full-time, a cross-generational panel of distinguished scholars gathered at the Modern Language Association’s 2023 conference to celebrate the project’s accomplishments, ongoing significance, and new ventures in archiving, programming, and literary research and expanding the community of digital scholars and practitioners.  Professor Graham  lives in Lawrence, Kansas and is  at work on two new books. www.grahamworks.net. 

Highlights from the episode:

• Who is Margaret Walker, where she grew up and how that environment shaped her life
• The South Side Writers Group and the role Margaret Walker played
• What is a protest novel and why is it important?
• How Walkers’s poem “For My People” is a journey through history
• The three strikes that made Margeret Walker an outlier in the South
• Why Margaret Walker did not label herself as a feminism?
• What is a race woman and how does that drive Margaret’s work at Jackson State?
• Margaret Walker’s return to school and the need for black studies
• How does the work at Jackson State come together with Margaret Walker’s work?
• The importance of bringing back the lost voices of the lost voices

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In this episode, Mark is joined by Charlie Cobb to discuss his  book, "This Nonviolent Stuff'll Get You Killed: How Guns Made the Civil Rights Movement Possible." Charlie discusses how guns were an essential tool for self-defense during the Civil Rights Movement, particularly in the South where white supremacist groups used violence and intimidation to maintain segregation. 

Specifically, Mark and Charlie explore the relationship between SNCC and SCLC, the movement of Fannie Lou Hammer, voter registration, the importance of Amzie Moore in organizing, the impact of World War II on the Civil Rights Movement, the significance of literacy and learning in the freedom struggle, and the emergence of Black Power and Black Lives Matter movements.

Highlights from the episode:

• The relationship between SNCC and SCLC
• The Movement of Fannie Lou Hamer
• Votersers registration & the importance of Amzie Moore was to organizing
• The impact of World War 2 had on the Civil Rights Movement
• Why people kept guns in the South
• Why the idea of literacy and learning was essential to freedom
• Black Power & Black Lives Matter

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On this week's episode of the Parley in All Blue Podcast, Mark sits down with Spellman professor Dr. Na'Taki Osborne Jelks, co-founder of the West Atlanta watershed alliance and who also serves on the EPA's National Environmental Justice Advisory counsel. Today's discussion is about climate change, environmental risk, solutions, and the troubling menace of Urban Heat Islands. The duo also discuss environmental habits and how we can help improve the climate. 

Black communities have been disrupted due to the building of highways and roads. Not only disruption but a health impact due to carbon emissions from the cars and different types of air pollution. Black children suffer more from asthma than white children. Communities of color are more inundated with exposure to environmental hazards and stressed than any other community. 

Highlights from the episode:

• The Effects of Climate Change
• Environmental Justice/Injustice 
• Urban Heat Islands 
• Health Hazards
• Effects from Segregation Impact the Environment 

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On this week's episode of the Parley in All Blue Podcast, Mark sits down with Howard W. French, an author and a professor of journalism at Columbia University. Today's discussion delves deep into Professor French's book: Born in Blackness: Africa, Africans, and the Making of the Modern World, 1471 to the Second World War. 

Highlights from the episode:

• Price of Gold 
• Mansa Musa
• Europe in 1471
• The Fort of El Mina
• Portugal & West  Africa 

Resources: 

Born in Blackness: Africa, Africans, and the Making of the Modern World, 1471 to the Second World War

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On this episode of The Parley in All Blue, Mark is joined by Leon A. Waters. Mr. Waters  is a New Orleans native, historian, publisher and social activist. Waters attended Xavier University for Business Administration and graduated from St. Augustine High School. He serves as the Board Chairperson of the Louisiana Museum of African American History (LMAAH). He joins us on The Parley in All Blue to walk through America's largest slave rebellion.

Highlights from the episode:

• What is the German Coast Rebellion?  6:23
• Who is Charles Des Lones? 8:34
• The Louisiana Purchase 13:04
• The Haitian Revolution 18:48
• The Declaration of Rights 33:17

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Website: www.hiddenhistory.us

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On this episode of The Parley in All Blue, Mark is joined by Curtis Austin, an associate professor at Arizona State University where he focuses on civil rights and black power movements. This episode advances the history of black empowerment from our previous episode with Taylor Branch, which focused on civil rights. This episode focuses on black power, the Black Power Movement, and the vanguard of the Revolution, which is the Black Panther Party. 

Check out: Up Against the Wall: Violence in the Making and Unmaking of the Black Panther Party by Curtis J. Austin 

Ted Talk: The Real Story of the Black Panther Party

Highlights from the episode:

• What was the Black Panther Party? 4:30
• Police Violence, 9:54
• Who were the founders of the Black Panther Party?  13:52
• The Black Panther Party believed in self defense, 20:35
• Robert Williams and his role in the Black Panther Party, 36:10

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On this episode of The Parley in All Blue, Mark is joined by Taylor Branch. A native to Atlanta Georgia, Mr. Branch is also a National Book award recipient, author, and Pulitzer Prize winner for his books; America in the King Years ( Parting the waters, Pillar of Fire, and At Canaan's Edge). A trilogy which covers the life of the late great Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr and the civil rights movement person by person (from 1954-1968). They'll be discussing his book and also the civil rights movement and its importance. 

To learn more about Taylor Branch or to purchase any of his books, go to his website https://taylorbranch.com/

Highlights from the episode:

• What made you want to take on this topic and this work? (4:45)
• Taylor Branch talks about the SCLC (Southern Christian Leadership Conference) and SNCC (Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee) (10:24)
• Bob Moses' (Leader of SNCC) leadership style and his contribution to SNCC and the civil rights movement (15:45)
• Violence during the civil rights (27:56)
• Lowndes County and some of the leadership involved in the Lowndes County movement. (34:19)
• Dr. Martin Luther King as a leader after the Selma to Montgomery march (40:00)
• What does it mean for democracy with certain people/groups actively trying to alter and erase history? (46:53)
• What type of questions should we be asking Jerry Jones (Owner of the Dallas Cowboys who was pictured standing in a mob during a racial protest to keep black students out of the school during the civil rights era)? (52:47)
• Isabel Wilkerson, her writings and contributions (56:07)

Connect with Taylor Branch

Twitter: @taylorbranch

Website: https://taylorbranch.com/

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On this episode of The Parley in All Blue, Mark is joined by Entrepreneur, and the founder of Cxffeeblack (Coffeeblack), Bartholomew Jones. Bartholomew isn't only an entrepreneur, he's also a hip hop artist and a filmmaker (Cxffeeblack to Africa) which you can check out on his YouTube page. A proud Memphian, who is also a husband, father, and activist, who coined the phrase "Make Coffee Black again." He's also apart of the Anti Gentrification Cxffee Club (AGCC) right there in Memphis Tennessee which is a social experiment based on using history, art, and imagination to shed light on the rich history of coffee in African history with a modern twist.

f you want to learn more about Bartholomew Jones, the Cxffeeblack product or the Anti Gentrification Cxffee Club (AGCC) go to www.Cxffeeblack.com

To watch the Cxffeeblack to Africa documentary check out Bartholomew Jones YouTube page https://youtu.be/uPGlCB-NP4U

Highlights from the episode:

• What does the shirt "Make Coffee black again" mean? 4:30
• Coffee culture and spirituality in Africa and Ethiopia.11:49
• What's the spirit behind the Anti Gentrification Cxffee Club (AGCC)? 18:45
• What does it mean to have an all black supply chain and why it is important? 30:15
• What does it mean to live well? 36:00

Connect with Bartholomew Jones 

Instagram: @abartjones

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On this episode of The Parley in All Blue, Mark is joined by Dennis DeShields. Dennis is a fourth-generation descendent of Bellevue, where his father and aunt continue to reside. While visiting his grandparents in the 1980s, Dennis was consistently taken by Bellevue’s location on the Chesapeake, its community spirit, and its history. Eventually, Bellevue became a holiday and weekend retreat for Dennis, his wife Dr. Mary De Shields, and his young family. In 1998 it became their home. Since this time, the De Shields family have become committed to preserving Bellevue’s rich culture and heritage and are leading the effort to establish the Bellevue Passage Museum, a place where this history can be presented to wider audiences and serve as a center of cultural conservation for the community.

Highlights from the episode:

• What is Bellevue and why is it important? (3:47)
• Dennis DeShields’ personal connection to Bellevue (8:53)
• Bellevue Passage Museum (11:36)
• Bellevue’s history is under threat of erasure ( 22:17)
• Environmental Justice (44:44)

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On this episode of The Parley in All Blue, Mark is joined by John Graham Jr. John is the Vice President of employer brand, diversity & culture at Shaker Recruitment Marketing. John is also an author of the book Plantation Theory: The Black Professional's Struggle between Freedom and Security. In this book John takes the reader through his personal journey,and gives them the accounts of many black professionals in the corporate space and what accountability looks like in those same spaces. John is also a graduate of America's oldest degree granting HBCU Lincoln University. They'll be discussing the promises made by many of the American institutions and companies during the 2020 racial reckoning. Corporate America as a collective, and many individual companies spoke loudly about vowing to do better in its treatment of black employees and the way it engages in the black community/communities that buys its product and services. 

To learn more about John Graham or to order a copy of his book: Plantation Theory: The Black Professional's Struggle between Freedom and Security, go to www.plantationtheory.com

Highlights from the episode:

• Why did John write his book Plantation Theory? (4:17)
• John talks about "Code Switching" and what that means. (10:02)
• What does the term"calling in black" mean? (19:50)
• Are there consequences for companies that don't meet certain diversity goals? (33:33)
• John talks about the oldest degree granting HBCU in the country Lincoln University (48:50)
• John talks about the forward from his book by Dr. Joy Degruy and why he wanted her to write it. (56:31)
• How has John's book been perceived by black professionals and white corporate leaders? (59:20)

Connect with John Graham Jr. 

LinkedIn: @johngrahamcreative

Twitter: @InstaGraham1906

Instagram: @instagraham1906

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