America’s Dark Past: The Lynching Legacy

Tonight we focus on America’s legacy of lynching, the ultimate in bullying and hate crimes. A new monument is going up in Alabama to pay tribute and remembrance to those who lost their lives in this dark period of America’s past.  From the Oprah Winfrey piece on 60 minutes: “There is a reckoning taking place in America over how we remember our history...The project is being led by criminal defense attorney Bryan Stevenson, who is determined to shed light on a dark period in our past that most people would rather forget. It's a shocking and disturbing reality that lynchings were not isolated murders committed only by men in white hoods in the middle of the night. Often, they were public crimes, witnessed -- even celebrated -- by thousands of people. Stevenson believes if we want to heal racial divisions we must educate Americans -- of every color and creed.”

We discuss the legacy, the monument and the solution to healing with special guest Lecia Brooks, Outreach Director of the Southern Poverty Law Center.  Featuring Brody Levesque.