The C.O.W.S. w/ Karen Branan: THE FAMILY TREE

Karen Branan visits The Context of White Supremacy. A White Woman and author, Ms. Branan submits an lofty 50 year career as a journalists. She's been published in Life, Mother Jones, the Atlanta-Journal-Constitution to name a few. We'll examine her first book, The Family Tree: A Lynching In Georgia, A Legacy of Secrets, and My Search For The Truth. Branan excavates her family history to discover the details about a 1912 lynching in Georgia. In response to the killing of one White man, a White Terrorist mob took one black female and three black males from jail to lynch and mutilate their bodies. It's seems likely all four were innocent of this crime. Branan asserts that White men's proclivity for sexually molesting black females was at the heart of this case and much of the activity surrounding Racism of this period. She provides context for the Georgia massacre by incorporating the tireless work of Ida B Wells-Barnett as well the widely popular fiction of Thomas Dixon Jr. - who authored the Clansman, which was adapted to the blockbuster film Birth Of A Nation. We'll ask if Ms. Branan sees similarities to the climate of the Georgia massacre and the current rise of presidential hopeful Donald J. Trump. #AnswersForMiriamCarey INVEST in The COWS - http://paypal.me/GusTRenegade CALL IN NUMBER: 641.715.3640 CODE 564943# The C.O.W.S. archives: http://tiny.cc/76f6p