New Abolitionists Radio: Day 2 of National Prison Slavery Strikes

• Our lead story today will be the organized prison strike. We’ll share information, provide a narrative and keep you up to date on what’s happening. We’re also going to make an open invitation for a necessary public debate. We’ll explain shortly.

On and near this day in history.

• On Aug 20th, 1862, in Mitchellville, SC, Major General Ormsby told a Union settlement named after him of Formerly enslaved Africans that they should have two names. A 1st and a Last. He told them to use their old masters name which quickly started a trend. And that is how African Americans came to have the last name of their old slavers.
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10156618360442290&set=a.78956292289&type=3

• Also On August 20th, 1619, The first enslaved Africans were brought by the Dutch to the American colony of Jamestown. This began a slave trade that would last centuries and affect hundreds of millions of lives up until this day right here, right now.
https://www.nps.gov/…/hi…/african-americans-at-jamestown.htm

• Finally, on August 21st, 1791, In Southampton County, Virginia, Nat Turner staged his organized rebellion. (also known as the Southampton Insurrection)
https://www.theatlantic.com/…/nat-turners-insurrect…/308736/

In direct action news.

• The RIGHT 2 VOTE CAMPAIGN
Needs your support. It is a nationwide campaign being initiated by people currently confined in the United States. This campaign grew out of the August 21 National Prison Strike Demands, specifically, point #10: The voting rights of all confined citizens serving prison sentences, pretrial detainees, and so-called “ex-felons” must be counted. Representation is demanded.
http://sawarimi.org/right-2-vote-campaign

• Our Abolitionists in profile tonight is Lucy Stanton 1831-1910.
Educator and abolitionist Lucy Stanton Day Sessions is believed to be the first African American woman to graduate from college, completing a Ladies Literary Course from Oberlin College in 1850.
http://www.blackpast.org/…/sessions-lucy-stanton-day-1831-1…

• Our Rider of the 21st-century Underground Railroad today is Arnie Cosby, Jr. who was in jail facing a charge for facilitating a murder he did not commit. After two years, Cosby was released thanks to the efforts of Scott Davis. candidate for State House Seat District 54 in Nashville.
http://pridepublishinggroup.com/…/candidate-state-house-se…/

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