Episode 25
Guests: T. Marie King & Abigail Schneider
Host: Shimon Cohen, LCSW
T. Marie King and Abigail Schneider of the Jefferson County Memorial Project in Birmingham, Alabama share their work to research, honor, and memorialize the 30 documented victims of lynching in Jefferson County. Responding to the Equal Justice Initiative's call for counties to claim their monuments from the National Memorial for Peace and Justice, the project centers the humanity and stories of those who were killed — including T. Marie's own great-uncle, murdered in 1935 for organizing sharecroppers. This episode is a powerful testament to the ongoing work of racial truth-telling, memory, and justice.
In this episode:
- The Jefferson County Memorial Project's origins and its response to the Equal Justice Initiative's call to action
- Researching the lives and humanity of the 30 documented lynching victims in Jefferson County
- T. Marie's personal connection — her great-uncle Ed Bracy, killed by a white mob in 1935 for organizing sharecroppers
- Educational outreach and advocacy work for racial justice in the community
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