276. Shirah Dedman, part 1

276. Part 1 of our interview with Shirah Dedman. Shirah made a documentary Uprooted, about the lynching of her great-grandfather Thomas William Miles, Sr. in Shreveport in 1912. Racist violence was so severe in Shreveport that the parish earned the nickname, "Bloody Caddo." Shirah is an activist, filmmaker, and attorney. From a high school dropout at 15-years-old to a licensed lawyer by the age of 23, she inexplicably found herself consistently un- and under-employed. So after her last layoff, she decided to relentlessly pursue her true passion: the intersection between media, economics, race and the environment.Last year, Shirah was featured the Equal Justice Initiative and Google produced short film Uprooted, documenting her family's return to the site of her great-grandfather's lynching. She also released You a Nomad, a short documentary about the displacement of Oakland's black population.

1. This week in Louisiana history. September 1, 1715. King Louis XIV died.
2. This week in New Orleans history. Pelican Stadium Closes September 1, 1957. The last baseball game to be played at the old New Orleans Pelican Stadium occurred on Sunday, Sept. 1, 1957. The Pelicans had furnished fond memories at this location dating back to April 13, 1915, when the site was officially opened after having been moved piecemeal from Banks and Carrollton by mules and then reconstructed at the Tulane and Carrollton location.
   
3. This week in Louisiana.
   Linnzi Zaorski
   Monday, September 3
   @ 8:00 PM CDT
    Three Muses
   536 Frenchmen St.
   New Orleans, LA 70116
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4. Postcards from Louisiana. Bruce listens to Tanya Huang play violin on Royal St. 

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