The scholar Dylan Penningroth has written about what can be gleaned from these kinds of ledgers and records. His specific focus is the law, but many records exist and they have much to say. His book is titled “Before the Movement: The Hidden History of Black Civil Rights”. He is interviewed in this episode of the Strict Scrutiny podcast at about the 39:00 minute mark:
It is an interesting interview as he describes the ways in which he uncovered legal records and the way he puts America’s legal history in context with all of its other troubling history, that you describe in detail in this essay. Thank you for your work!
Thank you so much for this resource I look forward to hearing his thoughts! I will also add this book to my decolonization reading list. Thank you so much for taking the time to comment and supporting my work.
The manner in which Capitalism and America externalize the real costs of their operational framework continues to stick with me. I am also mulling about the end of the Cold War and how that opened the door to talking about economic systems outside of that particular polarized framework. How the expansion of capitalism (which was the goal of its never ending growth) is also the end of capitalism, both because we live in a limited and living eco system and because once the ‘scary’ idea of Communism with big bombs pointed at us fell it started to become clear it was a sham. Now the calling card is Freedom, but most Americans know they are not free.
The scholar Dylan Penningroth has written about what can be gleaned from these kinds of ledgers and records. His specific focus is the law, but many records exist and they have much to say. His book is titled “Before the Movement: The Hidden History of Black Civil Rights”. He is interviewed in this episode of the Strict Scrutiny podcast at about the 39:00 minute mark:
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/strict-scrutiny/id1469168641?i=1000663654244
It is an interesting interview as he describes the ways in which he uncovered legal records and the way he puts America’s legal history in context with all of its other troubling history, that you describe in detail in this essay. Thank you for your work!
Thank you so much for this resource I look forward to hearing his thoughts! I will also add this book to my decolonization reading list. Thank you so much for taking the time to comment and supporting my work.
The manner in which Capitalism and America externalize the real costs of their operational framework continues to stick with me. I am also mulling about the end of the Cold War and how that opened the door to talking about economic systems outside of that particular polarized framework. How the expansion of capitalism (which was the goal of its never ending growth) is also the end of capitalism, both because we live in a limited and living eco system and because once the ‘scary’ idea of Communism with big bombs pointed at us fell it started to become clear it was a sham. Now the calling card is Freedom, but most Americans know they are not free.
I liked listening to that podcast and when Heath Ledger came up and Ya’ll were like Heath LEDGER 😆🫶🏻