Get Your Knee Off Our Necks: From Slavery to Black Lives Matter – Bruce E. Johansen , Adebowale Akande | Chart listen

Ranked for listeners who want the whole story: Get Your Knee Off Our Necks: From Slavery to Black Lives Matter – Bruce E. Johansen , Adebowale Akande in history, read by Traber Burns, Adenrele Ojo, Janina Edwards, Kevin Kenerly, David Linski, Chris Abell, Lisa Ivory, David Colacci.

The death of George Floyd on May 25, 2020, and the ensuing trial of Derek Chauvin for murder a year later has rubbed raw the bloodiest stain on the United States’ history and its world reputation. The nine minutes and 29 seconds during which Chauvin’s knee crushed the spark of life out of Floyd was not unusual in the history of the United States. Before the U.S. Civil War, slaves were routinely beaten to death for disobeying orders or running away, then often lynched. In roughly two centuries, B

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