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Some of the most enduring photos of the civil rights movement were taken by Ernest Withers. A native of Memphis, Tennessee, Withers earned the trust of Martin Luther King Jr. and other civil rights leaders. But as it turns out, he was secretly taking photos for the federal government as well. This week, Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Wesley Lowery brings us the story of Withers in an adaptation of the podcast “Unfinished: Ernie's Secret,” from Scripps News and Stitcher. Lowery starts by explaining how Withers earned his reputation as a chronicler of the civil rights movement. We tour a museum of Withers' photographs with his daughter Roz, who deconstructs his famous “I Am a Man” photo of striking sanitation workers. Civil rights leader Andrew Young explains that without Withers' photographs, they wouldn't have had a movement. We then learn that after Withers' death, a Memphis reporter named Marc Perrusquia followed up on an old lead about the photographer: that he was secretly working for the FBI. Perrusquia gained access to thousands of reports and photos taken for the FBI by Withers. We hear excerpts from several reports and meet the daughter of the agent who recruited Withers. During the 1950s, '60s and '70s, the bureau recruited thousands of informants as part of a covert program originally created to monitor communists in America but ended up targeting the civil rights movement, as well as other individuals and groups. We close with reflections on Withers by people who knew him. While some believe Withers betrayed the cause of civil rights, others are more forgiving. They say his actions were part of a larger narrative about the U.S. government's unchecked power to spy on its own citizens and extinguish ideas and movements it felt were a threat. Support Reveal's journalism at Revealnews.org/donatenow Subscribe to our weekly newsletter to get the scoop on new episodes at Revealnews.org/weekly Connect with us on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram

55 years ago, the American Civil Rights icon Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee. His legacy lives on in recorded speeches, memorials across the country, photographs by legendary photojournalist Ernest C. Withers and more. Withers remains a hero in his hometown of Memphis, and his career is inextricably intertwined with the Civil Rights era. However, there may be much more to the story of Withers than the public originally believed. Join the guys as they sit down with veteran investigative journalist Marc Perrusquia to learn about his explosive discoveries regarding Withers, revelations that would take him all the way to Federal Court in his quest to finally answer the question: Was Ernest Withers a mole for the FBI?They don't want you to read our book.: https://static.macmillan.com/static/fib/stuff-you-should-read/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Some of the most enduring photos of the civil rights movement were taken by Ernest Withers. A native of Memphis, Tennessee, Withers earned the trust of Martin Luther King Jr. and other civil rights leaders. But as it turns out, he was secretly taking photos for the federal government as well. This week, Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Wesley Lowery brings us the story of Withers in an adaptation of the podcast “Unfinished: Ernie's Secret,” from Scripps News and Stitcher. Lowery starts by explaining how Withers earned his reputation as a chronicler of the civil rights movement. We tour a museum of Withers' photographs with his daughter Roz, who deconstructs his famous “I Am a Man” photo of striking sanitation workers. Civil rights leader Andrew Young explains that without Withers' photographs, they wouldn't have had a movement. We then learn that after Withers' death, a Memphis reporter named Marc Perrusquia followed up on an old lead about the photographer: that he was secretly working for the FBI. Perrusquia gained access to thousands of reports and photos taken for the FBI by Withers. We hear excerpts from several reports and meet the daughter of the agent who recruited Withers. During the 1950s, '60s and '70s, the bureau recruited thousands of informants as part of a covert program originally created to monitor communists in America but ended up targeting the civil rights movement, as well as other individuals and groups.  We close with reflections on Withers by people who knew him. While some believe Withers betrayed the cause of civil rights, others are more forgiving. They say his actions were part of a larger narrative about the U.S. government's unchecked power to spy on its own citizens and extinguish ideas and movements it felt were a threat.  Support Reveal's journalism at Revealnews.org/donatenow Subscribe to our weekly newsletter to get the scoop on new episodes at Revealnews.org/weekly Connect with us on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram

The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. demanded justice and equality—two essential truths which still have not been achieved, more than 50 years since his murder on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis. Year after year, without fail, politicians, pundits, and corporations bastardize his image and legacy to their own capitalistic agendas—capitalism and its many evils something MLK fought so relentlessly against. This year, ahead with our annual re-release of our inaugural episode ‘MLK: What They Won't Teach in School,' we're re-dropping this one highlighting his last month and final campaign, supporting the Memphis sanitation strike. The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was sooo much more than what talking heads and (collective groan) car companies purport. Do not confine him to those infamous four syllables, ‘I have a dream.' Hopefully, these two episodes will help you understand why. Photo credit for art: Ernest Withers, St Lawrence University Art Gallery News Beat is a Morey Creative Studios production, in association with Manny Faces Media. Sign up for our free newsletter at newsbeat.substack.com Producer/Audio Editor: Michael "Manny Faces" ConfortiEditor-In-Chief: Chris TwarowskiManaging Editor: Rashed MianEpisode Art: Jeff MainExecutive Producer: Jed Morey  Support the show: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?token=EYkdQRkbZ6vNTGfNSGWZjx7_15orqqDl8vkmrAg3TkxLprft1OguFwxlheC3tAkNd-KVPG&country.x=US&locale.x=USSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In Memphis since 2015, Mark Fleischer is the Founder and Executive Director of StoryBoard Memphis, the nonprofit multimedia platform supporting Memphis and Mid-South Arts, Culture and Community through the power of storytelling. Storyboard's latest story covers Ernest Withers - civil rights photographer from Memphis, TN. If you enjoyed The PIcture Taker at the Memphis Indie Film Festival, you'll absolutely enjoy Storyboard's coverage of the famous "pointing" courtroom photo: https://storyboardmemphis.org/op-ed-corner/the-story-behind-the-picture-a-discovery-in-plain-site/ --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/woympodcast/support

Documentary filmmaker Phil Bertelsman discusses his new film "The Picture Taker" about Ernest Withers, a civil rights photographer turned FBI informant. Opens at BAM in Brooklyn Friday, October 14th. Also, some of the team behind the new dramatic narrative film, "The Same Storm" including writer/director Peter Hedges and actors Alison Pill and Jphn Gallagher, Jr. That film opens at the Quad CInema & Laemmle Monica Center on Friday, October 14th.

He said “I want my work to stand the test of time, and be shared.” What reminds me of this is the Till story, where he says he was writing the publication so that it would be something that we had evidence of… so that “it need not occur again.” And here we are today working on the Till story. That's Rosalind Withers, Executive Director of the Withers Collection Museum & Gallery, talking about her dad - the late Ernest Withers - the famed photographer and chronicler of the Civil Rights era and the Black experience in the 20th century. Join host Mark Fleischer for this candid interview with Ms. Withers, where the two discuss her dad's historic legacy, the new documentary THE PICTURE TAKER, the new feature film TILL, a new art project from the 1687Club featuring her dad's work, and her dad's complicated history with the FBI. Recorded in late September 2022 at the photography studio of Ernest Withers at 333 Beale Street, Memphis.

Sunday on PBS News Weekend, Amazon's latest expansion into health care raises concerns about prescription prices and data privacy. Then, we look at the history of America's long and complicated relationship with abortion access. Plus, a new podcast uncovers the double life of iconic civil rights photographer and FBI informant Ernest Withers. PBS NewsHour is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

Photographer Ernest Withers captured some of the most iconic images of the civil rights era. But Withers was also an FBI informant, funneling information to the bureau about the civil rights movement and its leaders. Journalist Wesley Lowery joins Geoff Bennett to discuss his new podcast, "Ernie's Secret." PBS NewsHour is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

Earwolf Presents Hot Doc Summer with Beautiful Anonymous host Chris Gethard introducing you to one of our summer audio documentaries from our Stitcher colleagues at Witness Docs. Witness Docs presents Unfinished, an investigative anthology series digging into America's unfinished business. Season 1, Deep South, produced in collaboration with Market Road Films, brought us on a journey into the Arkansas Delta to investigate the lynching of Isadore Banks. Season 2, produced with Critical Frequency, takes us to Short Creek, a community on the Utah/Arizona border divided by much more than a state line. Season 3, produced with Scripps, explores dual loyalties and hidden histories via the story of Ernest Withers, one of the most important photographers of the 20th century -- who was both a Civil Rights Movement photographer and a FBI informant. Ernest Withers shot timeless photos covering the civil rights movement- Dr. King on that integrated bus in Montgomery, Alabama, Emmett Till's uncle pointing an accusing finger and striking garbage men in Memphis wearing I AM A MAN placards. His loyalty and dedication earned him the trust of movement leaders King, Young, Lawson. But what if that trust was misplaced - what if Ernest was leading a double life? For more audio documentary podcasts go to our Witness Doc friends here:www.witnesspodcasts.com/ Or find your usual faves at www.earwolf.com

“After the trial though, that photo makes a difference… And that photo circulates. Just the act of standing up and testifying as a witness is a big deal - you've got a Black man standing up to white power and saying, ‘These men did this thing.' And yet Friday afternoon the 12 white jurors come in and find the defendants not guilty. From that perspective, what Mose Wright does affects nothing. But it's a big deal anyway because the photo circulates and embeds that moment in the public consciousness forever after.” That's writer David Mason, speaking about THE photo, of THE moment of the 1955 Emmett Till murder trial, of Uncle Mose Wright standing up from the witness box and identifying his great nephew's killers. But exactly how 'That Memphis Photographer,' Ernest C. Withers, made that historic photo has been an overlooked topic for generations. Until now. David Mason's article for Issue III of StoryBoard Memphis Quarterly adds yet another new chapter to the Emmett Till saga, and here host Mark Fleischer talks with Mr. Mason, discusses how the writer arrived at a new perspective of how Withers must have made the photo in a crowded, hostile courtroom, in the face of life-threatening circumstances, and how it speaks to the skill and courage Withers needed to make the photo. Recorded on location in March of 2022 in Sumner, Mississippi, at the site of the trial itself, in the historic Tallahatchie County Courthouse.

Ernest Withers shot timeless photos covering the civil rights movement- Dr. King on that integrated bus in Montgomery, Alabama, Emmett Till's uncle pointing an accusing finger and striking garbage men in Memphis wearing I AM A MAN placards. His loyalty and dedication earned him the trust of movement leaders King, Young, Lawson. But what if that trust was misplaced - what if Ernest was leading a double life?

The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. demanded justice and equality—two essential truths which still have not been achieved, more than 50 years since his murder on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis. Year after year, without fail, politicians, pundits, and corporations bastardize his image and legacy to their own capitalistic agendas—capitalism and its many evils something MLK fought so relentlessly against. This year, along with our annual re-release of our inaugural episode ‘MLK: What They Won't Teach in School,' we're dropping this brand new one highlighting his last month and final campaign, supporting the Memphis sanitation strike. The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was sooo much more than what talking heads and (collective groan) car companies purport. Do not confine him to those infamous four syllables, ‘I have a dream.' Hopefully, these two episodes will help you understand why. Photo credit for art: Ernest Withers, St Lawrence University Art Gallery News Beat is a Morey Creative Studios production, in association with Manny Faces Media. Sign up for our free newsletter at newsbeat.substack.com Producer/Audio Editor: Michael "Manny Faces" Conforti Editor-In-Chief: Chris Twarowski Managing Editor: Rashed Mian Episode Art: Jeff Main Executive Producer: Jed Morey   Support the show: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?token=EYkdQRkbZ6vNTGfNSGWZjx7_15orqqDl8vkmrAg3TkxLprft1OguFwxlheC3tAkNd-KVPG&country.x=US&locale.x=US See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We cover the pitch and story behind Ernest Withers, a feature length documentary pitch:I AM AN ICON, I AM A SPY is the sweeping story of civil rights icon Ernest Withers and his unbelievable responsibility in the assassination of Martin Luther King Junior. Withers was known for his remarkable ability to capture some of the most important moments in the civil rights era. Emmitt Till, The Little Rock Nine, The Montgomery Bus Boycott, Withers always found himself in the right place at the right time and it made him a legend. His photographs still hang in the National Portrait Gallery, The Smithsonian, and the National Civil Rights Museum.

On this episode of Funky Politics we hear from author Preston Lauterbach on his new book, Bluff City: The Secret Life of Photographer Ernest Withers. We discuss Ernest Withers' ties to Memphis and his historical photos. We also get into the uncomfortable truths of Withers' life as an FBI informant and his connection to the Civil Rights Movement. That and so much more is explored on Calling the Bluff, an episode you don't want to miss.  

  In this gripping narrative history, Preston Lauterbach examines the complicated political and economic forces that informed Withers’ seeming betrayal of the people he photographed. Withers traversed disparate worlds, from Black Power meetings to raucous Memphis nightclubs where Elvis brushed shoulders with B.B. King. He had a gift for capturing both dramatic historic moments and... The post The Secret Life of Ernest Withers | Preston Lauterbach appeared first on Archive Secrets.

Listen to the Fri. Nov. 23, 2018 special edition of the Pan-African Journal: Worldwide Radio Broadcast hosted by Abayomi Azikiwe, editor of the Pan-African News Wire. The program features our regular PANW report with dispatches on the recently-released United States government Climate Change Report; activists in Tunisia are planning to protest the upcoming visit of Saudi Arabian Prince Salmon; Iran and Italy have discussed the character of American foreign policy in the region; and Syrian military forces are continuing their operations against western-backed terrorist groups. In the second hour we continue our reexamination of the assassination of former U.S. President John F. Kennedy some 55 years ago in Dallas. Finally we rebroadcast an interview with host Abayomi Azikiwe aired over the Progressive Radio Network (prn.fm) on the political situations in both Detroit and Zimbabwe during late 2017. Finally we look at the role of the Counter-intelligence Program (COINTELPRO) in efforts aimed at destabilizing the Civil Rights Movement through an investigation into the informant-photographer Ernest Withers in Memphis.

Jani Radebaugh of Brigham Young Univ. talks about Dragonfly and its mission to Saturn's moon, Titan. Brian Willoughby of Brigham Young Univ. on talking to your kids about pornography. Sarah Parcak of Univ. of Alabama at Birmingham explains archaeology in space. Marc Perrusquia, journalist at The Commercial Appeal, describes black photographer Ernest Withers' double life as an FBI informant during the Civil Rights Movement.

Investigative journalist Marc Perrusquia shares his new book, "A Spy in Canaan." The book unravels the double life of Ernest Withers as a civil rights movement photographer and FBI informant.

Longtime Memphis journalist Marc Perrusquia spent years investigating the story of how a famous African American photographer, with remarkable access, played a key role in the civil rights movement, all while being an informant for the FBI. Ernest Withers's photography captured some of the most stunning moments of the civil rights era: including Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. riding one of the first integrated buses in Montgomery, AL, and the blood flowing into King's room from the balcony at the Lorraine Motel, where he was assassinated. Withers had a front row seat to history, as a man trusted and beloved by the movement's inner circle. All the while he was reporting back to the FBI. On this 50th anniversary of King's assassination, Perrusquia talks to WhoWhatWhy's Jeff Schechtman about Withers and the impact that his information had on both the civil rights movement and the Bureau. Perrusquia speculates that Withers, who was also a disgraced cop, may have actually been a double agent, informing both the FBI and some of the people he trusted in the movement about what he believed was a noble effort that had gone too far. Withers's conservative views made him critical of King's anti-war stance and of the dangers that he saw posed by radicals inside the movement. In addition to the story of Withers, the FBI, and the civil rights struggle, Perrusquia tells Schechtman about his own battles to get all of this information from the FBI, and how hard the Bureau fought to protect its informant. Marc Perrusquia is the author of A Spy in Canaan: How the FBI Used a Famous Photographer to Infiltrate the Civil Rights Movement (Melville House, March 27, 2018).

50 years ago today, the American Civil Rights icon Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee. His legacy lives on in recorded speeches, memorials across the country, photographs by legendary photojournalist Ernest C. Withers and more. Withers remains a hero in his hometown of Memphis, and his career is inextricably intertwined with the Civil Rights era. However, there may be much more to the story of Withers than the public originally believed. Join the guys as they sit down with veteran investigative journalist Marc Perrusquia to learn about his explosive discoveries regarding Withers, revelations that would take him all the way to Federal Court in his quest to finally answer the question: Was Ernest Withers a mole for the FBI? Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers

Live from the 2017 New Year's Eve Beale Street Guitar drop, Walter stops by the Withers Collection Gallery to speak with Roz Withers. Roz is the daughter of iconic Civil Rights Photographer, Ernest Withers. In this podcast Roz discusses MLK 50, The legacy of her father and the legendary Tito Jackson also stops by the show !

After an exhaustive two-year investigation,Memphis publication Commercial Appeal released a bombshell story that Civil Rights Photographer Ernest Withers was secretly an FBI Informant for several key years of the movement. Join Conversations With Linda as we talk to the Commercial Appeal Editor Chris Peck.

After an exhaustive two-year investigation,Memphis publication Commercial Appeal released a bombshell story that Civil Rights Photographer Ernest Withers was secretly an FBI Informant for several key years of the movement. Join Conversations With Linda as we talk to the Commercial Appeal Editor Chris Peck.

In the 1940s. 50s. and 60s a tidal wave of blues talent washed through Memphis. Local photographer, Ernest Withers was there. Philip Graitcer caught up with Ernest Withers during a showing of Withers' photos at the High Museum of Art in Atlanta.Aired WABE 6/1/05