From the first Africans of Virginia to Emancipation in 1865, Reconstruction, Jim Crow, the Civil Rights Movement to today - Donya and Brian can trace the generation of inherited trauma their ancestors and their ancestral families have endured during the entirety of their existence in the United States. 

Slave catchers, slave patrols, and what we think of as modern policing have contributed to that inherited and experienced trauma.

Ret. P.C. Ralph Godbee, Jr joined the show to talk about the history of policing black and brown bodies in the U.S. from the time of the slave patrols to the modern police of today. 

Ralph draws upon his 25 years of active service in the Detroit Police Department, as well as his numerous connections with police associations, to discuss how black and brown bodies are policed, the trauma that influences black and brown communities in the U.S. when it comes to police interactions - and we closed the show with thoughts about how the current situation can be improved.

We couldn't cover everything that we would have liked to in the hour - so there will be a Part 2 on Saturday, 26 June 2021 at 4pm on https://www.facebook.com/genealogyadventuresusa/videos. 

Part of the second conversation will center on how diversity training needs to be re-imagined. This means moving away from a failed attempt at creating "colorblindness" to an understanding and appreciation of the cultural differences inherent in the numerous populations and cultures within the U.S. And how a reimagined approach to diversity training would serve modern police departments as well.

S04 E30: Policing African Americans: From Slave Patrols to Police Depts (Ret. P.C. Ralph Godbee, Jr)

Listen to an excerpt from Chapter 6 of BARELY MISSING EVERYTHING by Matt Mendez, read by Ramón de Ocampo, Cynthia Farrell and Timothy Andrés Pabon.

BARELY MISSING EVERYTHING Audiobook Excerpt – Chapter 1 (Juan)

Listen to an excerpt from Chapter 1 of THE BROKE HEARTS by Matt Mendez, read by Ramón de Ocampo, Lee Osorio, Zac Aleman and Raquel Beattie.

THE BROKE HEARTS Audiobook Excerpt – Chapter 1 (Danny)

Listen to an excerpt from Chapter 2 of THE BROKE HEARTS by Matt Mendez, read by Ramón de Ocampo, Lee Osorio, Zac Aleman and Raquel Beattie.

THE BROKE HEARTS Audiobook Excerpt – Chapter 2 (JD)

THE BROKE HEARTS Audiobook Excerpt – Chapter 2 (Juan Last Chance)

Listen to an excerpt from REBEL RISING by Rebel Wilson, read by the author.

REBEL RISING Audiobook Excerpt

Listen to an excerpt from AN UNFINISHED LOVE STORY by Doris Kearns Goodwin, read by the author with Bryan Cranston.

AN UNFINISHED LOVE STORY Audiobook Excerpt

Discussion with Maureen Taylor, the Photo Detective, about using family photographs in genealogical research. Maureen Taylor discusses the secrets she uncovered in an old family photograph.

Episode 96 -A Conversation with Maureen Taylor, the Photo Detective

Connecting Americans to each other - and the world - one family tree at a time. American history - with an emphasis on Black American history - thrown in for good measure too. Where will your genealogy adventures take you today?

S04 E30: Policing African Americans: From Slave Patrols to Police Depts (Ret. P.C. Ralph Godbee, Jr)

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