In which Laura introduces herself and how getting yelled at may be the best idea in the world right now.

This episode we're suggesting supporting our friend, Charity, as your anti-racism action! https://linktr.ee/CharitySadeMutualAid

Featuring:

Host: Laura Lyster-Mensh

Auldton Laughing Club audiobook narrator: Allen McRae

Music outro: Daniel Lyster-Mensh

Sponsoring intro: Mark Mensh

Intro bells: Warrenton Virginia Town Hall Clock Tower

Contact Laura at: Laura@LMWriter.com

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In which Laura rings nonexistent bells, takes the Implicit Bias Test, and takes a pilgrimage to Emily Dickinson's grave.

Service Dogs Of Virginia: https://www.servicedogsva.org/product/donate

Thank you, Demetria Shabazz for the Amherst Town Hall bells audio from the excellent Juneteenth 2020 Celebration, from Amherst Media:

https://amherstmedia.org/content/juneteenth-2020-celebration?fbclid=IwAR1RK80TBeL5Du7gsLEbjO4OERkplq6H_Y_ce69NXd_hK-JhkgEMP6ZLCTc

Harvard Implicit Bias Test https://implicit.harvard.edu/implicit/faqs.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Implicit-association_test#:~:text=measure%20of%20associations.-,Culture%20versus%20person,they%20can%20nonetheless%20influence%20behavior.

https://www.pewsocialtrends.org/2015/08/19/exploring-racial-bias-among-biracial-and-single-race-adults-the-iat/

Contact Laura at: Laura@LMWriter.com

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In which Laura sees a ghost, learns a song, watches a statue fall, and Auldton feels change coming.

Special thanks to: Dr. Ellsworth Weaver, Mara Seaforest, Barbara Amster, Morgan Geddes, Whitney Petrilli, Andrea Martens.

Anti-racism action of the episode: donate to the NAACP Fauquier County: https://www.naacpfauquiercounty.org/donate

Contact Laura at: Laura@LMWriter.com

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Links of interest:

Saturday Vigils In Courthouse Square Will Continue Into The Fall

Wikipedia: Death of Shedrick Thompson

Letter from a Birmingham Jail

Shadrack, Meshach and Abednego by Robert MacGimsey

Albemarle Calendar: At Ready Removal

Author corrects the lynching record

Confederate statue taken down in Charlottesville near the site of violent 2017 rally

Live feed of At Ready removal

The Last Lynching in Northern Virginia, by Jim Hall

Removal of Confederate monuments and memorials

Auldton Laughing Club narrator, Allen McRae