Marsha Chatelain (Georgetown Professor)
Appearances
Murder on the Towpath with Soledad O’Brien
The Mapmaker's Testimony
While Dovey was getting ready to defend Ray Crump, the country was changing. So 1965 is this both exciting and depressing year. That's Georgetown professor Marsha Chatelain.
Murder on the Towpath with Soledad O’Brien
The Mapmaker's Testimony
which is ending Jim Crow segregation in the South. In 1965, the Voting Rights Act is supposed to secure the right to vote for every American and is considered a victory, particularly for Black voters in the South.
Murder on the Towpath with Soledad O’Brien
The Mapmaker's Testimony
But America had far to go to right certain wrongs. But it isn't just about being able to go to a store and to vote. It's thinking about how African Americans are going to be full citizens. How are they going to be selected and seated in juries? How are they going to be able to then advocate for themselves to get loans at banks? Segregation was only now just ending.
Murder on the Towpath with Soledad O’Brien
The Mapmaker's Testimony
I just remember everything getting dark. I'm dying.
Murder on the Towpath with Soledad O’Brien
The Mapmaker's Testimony
To open our consciousness to something more than just what's in that western box.