The Legacies of Black Pioneers: Daniel Brown

The Dissidents

Welcome to our the new monthly series of the Dissidents Podcast on the legacies of black pioneers, brought to you by the Black Institute of Liberal Values (a joint project of ⁠Free Black Thought⁠ and the Institute for Liberal Values). In this episode, Winkfield Twyman, Jr & Jennifer Richmond, speak with Mark Brown on his common cousin with Wink, Daniel Brown. According to Wink, who writes of Daniel often in his book with Jen, Letters in Black and White, Daniel was a “founding father” for his family.

Mark, Wink and Jen talk about the relevance of genealogy for seeing each other as “Old Americans”, the role of faith in this mission, the possibility of “Post-Traumatic Slave Syndrome”, and the curative effects of narrative therapy and writing for coming together across the color line.

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Podcast Resources:

Letters in Black and White: A New Correspondence on Race in America, Jennifer Richmond & Winkfield Twyman, Jr.

Find out more about the book on Truth in Between

The Dead Hand of Daniel Brown, Jennifer Richmond & Winkfield Twyman, Jr.

On the Road to Oak Lawn, Winkfield Twyman, Jr.

Greatness as Character, Winkfield Twyman, Jr.

A Race Story, Winkfield Twyman, Jr.

Find other resources, including Wink’s Pioneering Black Lawyers, on the Black Institute for Liberal Values on Circle.

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