Mississippi Goddam Chapter 1: The Promise
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The Story of Billy Joe Johnson
In this series, we feel like it's important to talk about that affront because race is tied so tightly to this story. Not because we're going to mississippi, but because the story takes place in america. The first time, j j and i go to loosedale, it's been almost a decade since billy joe's death. I wonder on the flight if it had been so long that his death had faded from the town's collective memory. One of the first people we talk to put that fear to rest.
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