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Podcast: The C.O.W.S.
Episode: The C. O. W. S. w/ Dr. Dennis B. Downey: The Lynching of Zachariah Walker #DowneyLies
Description: The Context of White Supremacy (C.O.W.S.) Radio Program welcomes Dr. Dennis B. Downey. An emeritus professor of history at Millersville University in Pennsylvania, Dr. Downey's been the Director of the University Honors College and has penned a number of books. He studies late 19th and early 20th century US history. We'll discuss his 1991 publication, No Crooked Death: Coatesville, Pennsylvania and the Lynching of Zachariah Walker. Gus was ignorant about this Racist murder until we read Essie Mae Washington-Williams' memoir. She begins her narrative with Walker's lynching and makes it plain that even though his death was more...