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Podcast: The C.O.W.S.
Episode: The C.O.W.S. Essie Mae Washington-Williams’ Dear Senator Part 5 #WillieEarle
Description: The Context of White Supremacy hosts the fifth study session on Essie Mae Washington-Williams' Dear Senator: A Memoir by the Daughter of Strom Thurmond. We've read roughly half of the text, and Gus must admit this is one of the saddest books he's ever read. Essie Mae's confusion and father hunger for a child raping White Supremacist is... a sorrow-filled existence. Additionally, the lynchings of black males are such traumatic events in Essie Mae's life, readers can mark time by tracking black male corpses. Last week, Ms. Essie Mae detailed her experiences as a nurse at Harlem Hospital in New...