Lindsay Clancy’s Mistrial and “Their Eyes Were Watching God” by Zora Neale Hurston

This heavily banned book, written over 100 years ago, has it all: Hurricanes, strong women, all-white juries, but more importantly, and the focal point of this episode…Motherhood, mental health, and misogyny.Courtney gives Jen a basic synopsis of Hurston’s highly-acclaimed historical fiction set in 1920s Florida, (no major spoilers…go read it for yourself!) and relates its events to today’s, like the well-known Lindsay Clancy trial, but also eerily similar but lesser-known trials of Black women who were, unlike Clancy, convicted and incarcerated.

* Latarsha Sanders

* Deasia Watkins

* Dimone Fleming

* Erin Merdy

* Tiffany Woods

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