Ep. 10 - Angola State Prison

In this episode, we’ll discover the horrific racism behind the „Angola“ State prison aka Louisiana State Penitentiary. CN: Racism, violence, oppression Timestamps: 00:00 - 04:00: Introduction 04:00 - 10:00: The Background of Slavery10:00 - 24:00: The Continuous Slavery and the Rise of Resistance 24:00 - 43:00: The Angola Three 43:00 - 54:17: The Cruelty of Angola Prison Rodeo References: African American Registry. (n.d.). The Angola Three: A story. https://aaregistry.org/story/the-angola-three-a-story/Cabe, D. (n.d.). Voices behind bars: National Public Radio and Angola State Prison. Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, Knight Case Studies Initiative. https://ccnmtl.columbia.edu/projects/caseconsortium/casestudies/54/casestudy/www/layout/case_id_54.html Capital B News. (2024, November 18). ‘The wildest show in the South’: Spectacle and suffering at America’s biggest prison. https://capitalbnews.org/angola-prison-rodeo-contradictions/ Garner, D. (2019, March 4). ‘Solitary’ is an uncommonly powerful memoir about four decades in confinement. The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/04/books/review-solitary-albert-woodfox.htmlLouisiana Prison Museum. (n.d.). History of the Louisiana State Penitentiary. https://www.angolamuseum.org/history-of-angola Louisiana State Museum. (n.d.). Angola [Population/history information]. Louisiana Department of Culture, Recreation & Tourism. https://www.crt.state.la.us/Assets/OCD/archaeology/discoverarchaeology/virtual-books/PDFs/Angola_Pop.pdfPlastische Demokratie. (n.d.). Black Panther Party. https://www.plastischedemokratie.de/models/black-panther-party/ Texans United. (2014). Remember Jack Favor: Cowboy stripes. Internet Archive. https://web.archive.org/web/20140222033443/http://www.texansunited.com/blog/remember-jack-favor-cowboy-stripes/The Explore Louisiana Editorial Team. (n.d.). Angola Prison Rodeo: The wildest rodeo down South. Explore Louisiana. https://www.explorelouisiana.com/articles/angola-prison-rodeo-wildest-rodeo-south Wikipedia contributors. (n.d.). Louisiana State Penitentiary. Wikipedia. Retrieved August 27, 2026, from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louisiana_State_Penitentiary Woodfox, A., & George, L. (2019). Solitary: Unbroken by four decades in solitary confinement: My story of transformation and hope. Grove Press. YouTube. (n.d.). [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3b1Tt-IuROw