1 rich Libsyn https://www.libsyn.com 90 600 Photo credit: Afro.com EPISODE SUMMARY In this episode, the hosts discuss Black History and the historical use of book burning, book banning, and other methods to suppress inconvenient truths. False narratives flourish when voices remain silent are have been removed from the discussion. To download the transcript,&amp;nbsp;CLICK HERE A FEW KEY TAKEAWAYS FROM THIS EPISODE Denying Black people education and banning books is part of historical pattern to control access to information to control the narrative This practice of banning and burning books has been used throughout history by people in power wishing to keep power ChatGPT disagress with the governor of Florida on the educational value of AP African American History LINKS IN THIS EPISODE Follow Ellis Conversations on Twitter Follow Judge Ronald Ellis on Twitter Follow Jamil Ellis on Twitter Follow Jamil Ellis on LinkedIn Check out&amp;nbsp;Unified Ground Check out BlackHistoryChatGPT &amp;nbsp; Current effort to ban books https://afro.com/10-banned-books-that-are-crucial-to-black-culture/ These 176 Books Were Banned in Duval County, Florida - PEN America Ruby Bridges speaks out on book bans: 'Surely we are better than this' (yahoo.com) Why Book Ban Efforts Are Spreading Across the U.S. - The New York Times (nytimes.com) &amp;nbsp; https://www.encyclopedia.com/people/social-sciences-and-law/social-reformers/nat-turner https://encyclopediavirginia.org/entries/turners-revolt-nat-1831/ Reconquista https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/spain-announces-it-will-expel-all-jews https://bennorton.com/the-other-1492/ The Politics of education and text books https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/01/12/us/texas-vs-california-history-textbooks.html &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; OTHER EPISODES OF INTEREST Martin Luther King - Waiting on His Dream From Loving vs Virginia to Roe vs Wade: Who gets to decide which rights get protected for Americans &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; ellisconversations's podcast https://ellisconversations.tumblr.com/ <iframe title="Libsyn Player" style="border: none" src="//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/25892529/height/90/theme/custom/thumbnail/yes/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/88AA3C/" height="90" width="600" scrolling="no" allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen></iframe> https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/content/146091042