Issac Bailey has had to jump a lot of hurdles.
He grew up in a family marked by violence -- including the arrest of his brother for murder.
He developed a stutter that he has dealt with ever since.
But still, he has been determined to speak out – as a columnist for the Myrtle Beach Sun News, as an instructor at Davidson College, and as the author of a new book called “Why Didn’t We Riot? A Black Man in Trumpland.”
Bailey has spent years as a writer and speaker, but now, he says, he may have found the voice that was inside him all along.
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Show notes:
- Bailey's new book
- His recent writing for Nieman Reports
- A recent column in the New York Times: "I'm Finally An Angry Black Man"
Other music in this episode:
- Dave Keifer, "Wait Riot"
- Steve Combs, "Learn To Live With What You're Not"
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