It was the main source about George Denning's fight for justice. It was written by Ben Montgomery and Anthony Denning Sr.
It seems like one of those family secrets that no one really wanted to talk about.
— Episode: 431 - Let Me Explain Nothing
Episode: 431 - Let Me Explain Nothing
It was the main source about George Denning's fight for justice. It was written by Ben Montgomery and Anthony Denning Sr.
It seems like one of those family secrets that no one really wanted to talk about.
I only acted in what I believe to be in defense of my home and my family.
I do not feel that I should suffer for it, which I know that I must do unless you interfere on my behalf.
They would have just taken George out and hung him.
if George Denning is convicted at Franklin, the governor ought to pardon him without a day's delay.
A lot of low down scamps fell out with him and went to his house after a night to whip him and run him out of the county.
He performed the praiseworthy act of killing one of them.
Denning ought to be given 40 acres of land and a mule for his action in protecting himself and his family.
that George begins speaking out about the injustice he had endured, even telling a local newspaper that he intended to file a damage suit against the men who burned his house.
black residents had trouble getting legal representation.
Lawyers weren't interested in taking on civil cases that didn't offer the possibility of big payouts.
And it was often hard for black litigants to pay lawyers fees.
Another deterrent was the constant threat of violence against white lawyers who would dare represent black citizens suing whites.
there was a great rejoicing in hell this morning when men of intelligence, the two lawyers who have spoken for the defendants in this case argue that a man may be murdered or driven from his home and his family by any self constituted mob that may elect to take his life and destroy his property.
All the demons smiled and applauded.
Well may we in view of the brutality towards this man and his wife and children as detailed from the witnesses cry out, is God dead?
that night exists as a signpost in Anthony's lineage, a historic marker he can point to as a moment that helped create him three generations before.
If things had gone differently that night, if George Denning had failed to grab his rifle or hadn't taken a bullet in the head or hadn't mustered the courage to squeeze the trigger, Anthony Denning might not have been born.
Some of this falls down to us. We've been fighters. I feel like we were raised off of the things that he went through to stand up and have courage and face the things that come your way.
I have a very strong feeling that my son is still alive and is being held by someone from another world.
if a UFO came I would love to go with it but I'll never go without you.