The Spotlight Network on I Am a Man by Joe Starita

📺 Tune into The Spotlight Network with Emmy Award Winner, broadcaster and actor Logan Crawford (Blood Bloods, The Blacklist, Manifest, Bull, The Irishman, Marry Me, Three Women, The Big Short, Person of Interest, Gotham, The Following, Daredevil, Not Okay, The First Purge ).🌾 What does it mean to fight for your humanity when a nation has stripped it away? In this powerful and deeply moving interview, we explore Joe Starita’s I Am a Man, the unforgettable true story of Chief Standing Bear and his courageous struggle for justice, dignity, and the right to simply be human.📜 In 1877, the Ponca Tribe was forcibly removed from their Nebraska homeland and marched hundreds of miles to Indian Territory in a devastating ordeal that became their own Trail of Tears. A third of the tribe perished — including Standing Bear’s beloved son.🦅 Refusing to let his child be buried in foreign soil, Standing Bear embarked on a six-hundred-mile journey back to Nebraska to return his son's body to their sacred land. What followed became one of the most extraordinary legal battles in American history.⚖️ Challenging the U.S. government through habeas corpus, Standing Bear stood in court and declared, “I am a man”—forcing America to confront the humanity of Native peoples and forever altering the legal landscape.🎙️ Joe Starita’s brilliantly researched narrative brings this story of survival, citizenship, and constitutional rights to vivid life, reminding us that democracy is only as strong as the voices brave enough to defend it.#authorinterview #TheSpotlightNetwork #NativeAmericanHistory #StandingBear #civilrights #Americanhistory #PoncaTribe #trailoftears #indigenousrights #truehistory #justicejourney #legalhistory #humanrights #mustreadbooks📖 Learn more: https://www.amazon.com/Am-Man-Standing-Journey-Justice-ebook/dp/B003ENPHZ8? ✅ Visit the official website: https://thespotlight.network/💬 Let us know what you think of this video in the comment section below.✔️ And don’t forget to subscribe to The Spotlight Network!https://www.youtube.com/@TheSpotlightNetwork?sub_confirmation=1