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"There were a lot of people in the Civil Rights movement who did things that were so important to move the country forward who were not in the South." - Lisa Braxton Lisa Braxton is an Emmy-nominated former television journalist, a former newspaper reporter, an essayist, short story writer and author of THE TALKING DRUM. She received honorable mention in Writer’s Digest magazine’s 84th and 86th writing contests in the inspirational category and was a finalist in the William Faulkner-William Wisdom Creative Writing Competition. She is also a “debutante,” one of five debut novelists chosen for the Debutante Ball, a group blog for authors making their debut in the literary world, and writes book reviews. Connect with Lisa on her website, Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. Lisa's book recommendation: Rememberance by Rita Woods Check out The Debutante Ball blog featuring five debut authors! Shop all our authors' books and book recommendations on our Bookshop.org page! -- JUSTICE FOR GEORGE FLOYD. ◾️ Mayor Jacob Frey at 612-673-2100 ◾️ Hennepin County Attorney at 612-348-5550 ◾️ MPLS Internal Affairs Division at 612-673-3074 ◾️ MPLS Department of Civil Rights at 612-673-3012 ◾️ MPLS FBI field office at 763-569-8000 ◾️ MPD 3rd Precinct at 612-673-5703 ◾️ MN Bureau of Criminal Apprehension at 651-793-7000 ◾️ Police Officers Federation of Minneapolis 612-788-8444 (phone numbers compiled by All Are Welcome Here) CLICK FOR MORE ANTI-RACISM RESOURCES (h/t FBC members Dave and Steph) -- We donate 5% of all our sales to a different feminist organization each month. Our June charity is The Cupcake Girls. Get $5 off your Feminist Book Club Box with the code PODCAST at feministbookclub.com/shop. Our June book of the month is WOW, NO THANK YOU by Samantha Irby. -- Website: http://www.feministbookclub.com Instagram: @feministbookclubbox Twitter: @fmnstbookclub Facebook: /feministbookclubbox Pinterest: feministbookclub Goodreads: Renee // Feminist Book Club Box and Podcast Email newsletter: http://bit.ly/FBCemailupdates Bookshop.org shop: Feminist Book Club Bookshop -- This podcast is produced on the native land of the Dakota and Ojibwe peoples. Logo and web design by Shatterboxx Editing support from Phalin Oliver Original music by @iam.onyxrose Transcript for this episode: bit.ly/FBCtranscript81