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The Civil Rights Cold Case Records Review Board, which reviews civil rights cold case incidents that happened between January 1, 1940, through December 31, 1979, recently released three new cases. Hank Klibanoff, a longtime journalist, the host of WABE's “Buried Truths” podcast, and the co-chair of the Civil Rights Cold Case Records Review Board, and Gabrielle Dudley, a member of the board, discuss some of the cases, the history and mission of their board. Plus, this year marks the 50th anniversary of the pioneering sitcom, “Good Times.” The television show follows the story of a Black family living in a Chicago housing project. NPR's TV critic Eric Deggans and Rosalyn ‘Roz’ Grimes, a longtime fan of “Good Times” talk more about the show and its longstanding cultural impact.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
What's fair, credible and accurate reporting as it relates to the Israel-Hamas war and protests taking place across the nation? For a roundtable discussion, Rose and several journalists provide an analysis of the overall news coverage of the war and the ongoing student protests. Guests include Hank Klibanoff, a veteran journalist, a Pulitzer Prize-winning author and a Peabody Award-winning podcast host “Buried Truths,” Kelly McBride, the senior vice president and chair of Craig Newmark Center for Ethics and Leadership Poynter Institute, Dan Whisenhunt, the founder and editor of Decaturish.com and Alvelyn Sanders, a documentarian and former journalist. Plus, for our graduation series, we hear from Kamahl Grant. The Morehouse College 2024 graduate, who majored in mathematics and minored in economics, discusses his academic journey. He also talks about his artwork that was recently featured at one top retailers in the nation.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Caroline Herring is a singer, songwriter and scholar of the South. She discusses the evolution of her music and of the song she wrote for Buried Truths.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Buried Truths Live, Part I: a special evening onstage with the daughters of James Brazier, who share the pain of his loss some 60 years after their father died.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Buried Truths Live, Part 2: Our special event continues with a conversation between Hank and Kelley Stinson, granddaughter of the policeman who killed James Brazier.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
An anonymous letter in the files of Donald Lee Hollowell captures white attitudes in the South. Some whites harbored no hatred for Black people but were too afraid to say so. What about today? And tomorrow?See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
As Donald Trump faces an indictment in New York, Fulton County remains mum on plans to charge the former President; After a winter busy with ... getting busy... the North Atlantic right whale readies to head back North; and Hank Klibanoff, host of WABE's podcast Buried Truths, on what justice looks like in civil rights cold cases 65 years later. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Voting rights activists in Terrell are met with shootings and arson, attracting the attention of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Jackie Robinson and an angry President Kennedy. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
“Buried Truths, Season 4: Race & Rage in Terrible Terrell” is out now. Hank Klibanoff, an Emory University professor, veteran journalist, and the host of WABE's “Buried Truths” podcast, and Jake Busch, an Emory University graduate and local journalist who assisted with research for the podcast, talk with Rose about the new series that investigates the death of James Brazier.The Georgia Supreme Court will decide whether the state's restrictive abortion law violates the constitution. Georgia's current law bans terminating a pregnancy once a doctor can detect cardiac activity at around six weeks. Georgia State University law professor Anthony Michael Kreis discusses the latest.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Penniless and heartbroken, Hattie Bell Brazier pulls the only lever of power available to her: she sues Mathews and Cherry in federal court, setting up a tense battle between leading lawyers for and against civil rights.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
James Brazier's family will never forget his killing, but what about the family of Weyman Cherry? His granddaughter reaches out to us after learning of his brutal racism. She accepts the truth but struggles with it. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
An underground railroad of information smuggles the story of Terrible Terrell out of Georgia and onto the Washington Post's front page.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
The police said Willie Countryman had a knife, but did he? And his girlfriend is left to wonder about his love for her. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Terrell County was like a lot of rural communities in Georgia. But in some ways, it was like no other place on earth. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
On one April day, three generations of the Brazier family, including 10-year-old James Jr., were beaten by white Dawson police. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
The cops had already hurt James Brazier when they arrested him and took him to jail. But they returned late that night to finish him. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
James and Hattie Brazier worked hard and earned more than most people in Dawson, white or black. But this black couple's prosperity was a provocation to white police.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
An interview with Margaret Burnham about her new book, By Hands Now Known: Jim Crow's Legal Executioners. The book is so revealing that we wanted to share a conversation she had with the public radio program, Fresh Air (produced by WHYY in Philadelphia and distributed by NPR). See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Hank Klibanoff re-opens cold case murders from decades ago, and recently spoke at The City Club of Cleveland. Detailed show notes at https://www.ideastream.org/programs/sound-of-ideas/examining-racial-murders-of-the-civil-rights-era-and-drawing-connections-to-hate-crimes-of-today.
For months after three white men chased Ahmaud Arbery to his death, Georgia of 2020 looked disconcertingly like Georgia of 1950. Hank Klibanoff would know. He is a son of the South, professor at Emory University, and created the Georgia Civil Rights Cold Cases Project--a journalistic exploration of unpunished racially motivated killings during the civil rights era.rnrnHank is also the creator and host of Buried Truths, a narrative history podcast that chronicles these hidden cold cases and explores injustices of history that are still relevant today. It is produced by WABE (NPR) in Atlanta, and winner of Peabody, Robert F. Kennedy and Edward R. Murrow awards.rnrnHank's podcast and Georgia Civil Rights Cold Cases Project are not just about solving a crime. It's about finding the truth and understanding a history that is little known or long forgotten. It's about closing gaps in history and producing answers that families of victims have long despaired they would never know. Hank argues that the truth is restless, relevant, and revealed.rnrnHank Klibanoff is also a veteran journalist who won a Pulitzer Prize in History in 2007 for a book he co-wrote called, The Race Beat: The Press, the Civil Rights Struggle, and the Awakening of a Nation. He was recently nominated by President Joe Biden to the newly created Civil Rights Cold Case Records Review Board, where he will examine government records of unpunished, racially motivated murders of Black Americans from 1940 to 1980.
Hank Klibanoff is the creator and host of Buried Truths. Detailed show notes at https://www.ideastream.org/programs/city-club-forum/civil-rights-cold-cases-uncovering-the-restless-and-relevant-truth.
A jury found the three men convicted of killing Ahmaud Arbery guilty on all counts in a federal hate crimes trial. Criminal Defense Attorney and WABE Legal Analyst Page Pate and Hank Klibanoff, an Emory University professor, veteran journalist, and the host of the o return to “Closer Look” to discuss the trial, the verdict and the upcoming sentencing. Plus, Professor Darren Hutchinson is the inaugural chair of Emory Law's Center for Civil Rights and Social Justice. Hutchinson talks with Rose about several topics, including the focus of the new center, his upcoming lecture titled "Anti-Anti-Racism: Fighting Backlash, Building Justice” and the guilty verdicts in the Arbery hate crimes trial.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
A gruesome, unpunished 1967 murder reveals little-known stories of the civil rights movement and Black resistance in Mississippi and Louisiana. "American Reckoning" on Frontline, from PBS, tells the story of Wharlest Jackson Sr. and the search for those who killed him. In this episode of Buried Truths, host Hank Klibanoff talks to the filmmakers behind this documentary, Brad Lichtenstein and Yoruba Richen. Klibanoff also speaks with Stanley Nelson, the weekly newspaper editor who brought this story of Wharlest Jackson Sr. to light. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
The men convicted of killing Ahmaud Arbery have now been sentenced. Host Hank Klibanoff and his Emory colleague, professor Carol Anderson, talk about Superior Court Judge Timothy Walmsley's decision on the public radio program Closer Look with Rose Scott, from WABE Atlanta. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
The Georgia General Assembly's 2022 legislative session starts next week. WABE political reporters Rahul Bali and Sam Gringlas discuss several topics, including pre-filed bills and Governor Kemp's top priorities this session. Plus, the three men convicted of chasing and killing Ahmaud Arbery in Glynn County nearly two years ago were sentenced Friday. Gregory McMichael and his son, Travis McMichael, were sentenced to life in prison without parole. Their neighbor, William "Roddie" Bryan, was sentenced to life in prison with the possibility of parole. Rose talks with Hank Klibanoff, an Emory University professor, veteran journalist, and the host of the WABE podcast “Buried Truths,” which investigates the killing of Ahmaud Arbery, and Dr. Carol Anderson, an Emory University professor and author about the Arbery case and sentencing.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Hank Klibanoff's podcast “Buried Truths,” which is about long-ago racially motivated killings in Georgia, has won a Peabody Award. This season, though, Klibanoff decided to tackle a more current case: last year's death of Ahmaud Arbery.
Atlanta Mayor-elect Andre Dickens reflects on his journey to victory, shares his vision for the city and discusses plans for his first 100 days in office.Plus, Hank Klibanoff, the host of the WABE podcast “Buried Truths,” reacts to the Justice Department's latest move to close its investigation into the killing of Emmett Till.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
The jury finds all three defendants guilty of murder. Sentencing will come later, but the three will almost surely live out their years in prison. A case that was all about race comes to a close with almost no mention of race in the courtroom. Outside the court, two of the defense attorneys are condemned for comments that inflamed much of the nation. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Wednesday afternoon, on the second day of deliberations, a Glynn County jury found all three men accused of killing Ahmaud Arbery guilty of murder. Travis McMichael, who shot Arbery on Feb.23,220, was found guilty on all nine counts. His father, Gregory McMichael, was found guilty on eight counts. The McMichael's neighbor, William "Roddie" Bryan, who captured Arbery murder on video, was found guilty on 6 counts. All three men face minimum sentences of life in prison.On Wednesday's edition of the “Closer Look,” program host Rose Scott has reaction from the courthouse and state and local leaders. Scott also talks with Hank Klibanoff, an Emory University professor, veteran journalist, and the host of the WABE podcast “Buried Truths,” which investigates the killing of Ahmaud Arbery, about the verdict.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Although the racial composition of the jury – 11 white jurors, one black – has set off alarm bells, the trial commences with three opening statements and the first prosecution witness. A Glynn County police officer's body-cam footage filled the somber courtroom with horrific images from the scene of Ahmaud Arbery's killing. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
The murder trial for defendants Gregory McMichael, Travis McMichael and William “Roddie” Bryan is set to begin in October, but there have been some interesting twists leading up to this point. WABE's Rose Scott talks with Buried Truths host Hank Klibanoff and WABE legal analyst Page Pate to preview the trial and discuss the indictment of former Glynn Co. district attorney Jackie Johnson for obstructing the Ahmaud Arbery case.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
In February 2020, Hank Klibanoff was invited back to his hometown of Florence, Alabama for a live community event. It got him thinking about growing up in a state that was notorious for its civil rights abuses. Hank’s recollection of his childhood in the 1950’s and 60’s is that Florence seemed to be more progressive than the rest of Alabama. But… was it really?
One year after the killing of Ahmaud Arbery, Hank Klibanoff returns to Closer Look with Rose Scott to discuss the latest developments in the case.
Join host Hank Klibanoff, his team of Emory University student researchers, and the WABE production team as they deconstruct the podcast to show you how they gather information to uncover hidden history and reveal a complete and compelling story.
Today marks one year since the shooting death of Ahmaud Arbery. “Closer Look” show host Rose Scott talks with several guests about who the athlete was and what’s next for the three men charged in his death. Hank Klibanoff, an Emory University professor, veteran journalist, Pulitzer-prize-winning author, joins the conversation first. The host of the WABE podcast “Buried Truths” shares details about what he learned while putting together season three of the podcast, which investigates the 2020 killing of Ahmaud Arbery.
Plus, award-winning journalist Hank Klibanoff discusses season three WABE’s ‘Buried Truths’ podcast, which will focus on the killing of Ahmaud Aubrey.
Ahmaud Arbery went for a Sunday afternoon jog in a quiet neighborhood near the Georgia coast. He never made it home.
Funny, humble, and always saying “I love you.” The officer who approached Ahmaud as he sat alone in his parked car saw something different.
The Georgia coast, where Ahmaud Arbery was born and killed, is steeped in history. Hank Klibanoff and his students trace the family roots of Ahmaud and the men who chased him, and marvel at what they find.
How did the men who killed Ahmaud Arbery come so close to escaping all scrutiny?
What happens when a police officer skips school?
With the video released, the public outcry grew to a rolling boil.
Why did they chase him in the first place? Investigators find disturbing Instagram posts and text messages.
The afternoon of February 23, 2020, was a typically beautiful winter day on Georgia’s coast. Sunny and clear with a high near 65. At about 1 p.m., Ahmaud Arbery was taking advantage of the near-perfect running weather. He’d gone for a jog down Satilla Drive, right by the home of Gregory McMichael. Tragically, Ahmaud Arbery never made it home. For months after three white men chased him to his death, Georgia of 2020 looked disconcertingly like Georgia of 1950. This is the story of the long arc of injustice in the American South -- and of the persistence that brought worldwide attention to coastal Georgia.
Sallie Nixon was small in stature, but large in spirit, strength and willpower. In 1948, she watched as two white men killed her husband Isaiah Nixon because he dared to vote. She lived on, overcame obstacles and inspired generations of family members, including children and grandchildren who affectionately call her Sallie Mama. In July 2020, she passed away at the age of 96.Host Hank Klibanoff remembers Sallie Nixon in this special episode, and is joined by her daughter Dorothy Nixon Williams and Dorothy's children, Joi and Tony Williams.
In 1936, a black man named Thomas Finch was shot and killed by an Atlanta police officer who later became leader of the Ku Klux Klan. Very little was known publicly about Finch’s death until his name appeared at a new memorial to the victims of lynching. In this special episode of Buried Truths, Hank Klibanoff sits down with Stephannie Stokes, the reporter who uncovered Thomas Finch's story, for an in-depth look at what happened, and how it's connected to the stories on Buried Truths.Read more and see images here.Stephannie Stokes reported and produced the story on Thomas Finch. It was first released on Reveal, a podcast from the Center for Investigative Reporting and PRX. The story was edited by David Lewis, investigations editor at WNYC, and Reveal’s Michael Montgomery. It was produced in collaboration with APM Reports, the investigative and documentary unit of American Public Media, with support from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Special thanks to Susanna Capelouto and Chris Worthingon. David Barasoain is the senior producer of Buried Truths.
On September 30, 1962, Paul Guihard, a reporter at the Agence France-Presse in New-York, was killed, shot in the back from a foot-away, during a riot which exploded when James Meredith was going to be enrolled as the first African-American student at the University of Mississippi. The podcast, recalling the case which was never solved, is paying a tribute to Guihard for the 57th anniversary of his death. "The civil war never came to an end", the first episode of "Who killed Paul Guihard ?" podcast will be published on September 30, 2019 on the Correspondent blog of AFP. https://correspondent.afp.com/ The second and final episode will be released a week after. With Kathleen Wickham, Francois Pelou, Hank Klibanoff, Sidna Brower, Don Emmert and Michel Nouaillas. Sound archives from the JFK Library, AFP Files. A podcast produced by Laurent Kalfala and the AFP interactive graphics team.
Sheriff David Davis of Macon-Bibb county, LaTasha Morrison of Be The Bridge and Jill Savitt of the National Center for Civil and Human Rights join Hank Klibanoff for a discussion about truth, policing, race relations and our individual roles. Then, we take questions from the audience. It's a straightforward, personal and pointed Q&A with the panelists, Hank Klibanoff, Howard Moore, Jr. and Newton Collier.
Howard Moore, Jr. and Newton Collier join Hank Klibanoff for a live show at the Morehouse School of Medicine in Atlanta. They share more about their experiences with A.C. Hall and the coroner's inquest, and they discuss what life had in store for them afterwards. Also, Hank Klibanoff and Buried Truths producer Dave Barasoain pull back the curtain on the making of season two.
Former president Jimmy Carter visits Hank’s class at Emory University. He describes the racial climate in Georgia from his childhood to his bid for the Governor's seat, and he takes questions from students.Biography of Jimmy Carter
On the heels of the 2018 Peabody Award win, Hank talks to 1A about making Buried Truths, its relevance today and where he hopes to take the project next .
Why tell A.C.’s story? Hank looks at the many ways in which 1962 resonates today and he heads to Macon with his students to visit A.C.’s gravesite.
So what happens after the storm? Hank discusses the after effects of the A.C. Hall verdict, grand jury proceedings and an FBI investigation. Will they follow the lead of the coroner’s jury? And what became of Eloise Franklin?
The police take the stand. Years later, one of their sons speaks out. The jury delivers its decision.
How accurate is eyewitness identification? Donald Hollowell, one of the civil rights attorneys representing A.C. Hall's family, questions what Doris Hopper actually saw. Hank looks at the science...and he speaks to Doris.
It's the wrong gun. As Barnett Hopper takes the stand, saying the gun that police found isn’t his after all, we examine the kind of training that officers like Brown and Durden received. Hank discusses police culture and training with a former police officer, now law professor. His focus – policing the police.
Sixteen year old Eloise Franklin takes the stand in front of five white jurors, three attorneys and a courtroom full of spectators. The police officers' defense attorney Denmark Groover, a staunch segregationist who tried to stop clocks and change flags, asks her more than 230 questions. Years later, Eloise recalls the experience. The inquest takes a break.
A rookie black lawyer, who's never examined a witness, who doesn't even know what a coroner's inquest is, gets his chance in a Macon, Georgia, courtroom against a legendary segregationist lawyer and politician. Can this possibly go well? Listen to the actual testimony -- and that rookie's reflections, in that same courtroom, 56 years later.
What was life like in the South in the 1960s? Why did A.C. run? Revealing details from A.C.'s friends, community members and the ruling politicians of the time.Find out more about what's covered in this episode:- Slavery By Another Name documentary and educational resources, PBS, Douglas Blackmon- “Debate Over Empty Lot Unearths Ugly Piece of Atlanta History”, WABE, Molly Samuel- Growing Up Jim Crow: How Black and White Southern Children Learned Race by Jennifer Ritterhouse- A conversation with Mary Frances Early, the first African American student to earn a degree from the University of Georgia in 1962, WABE, Rose Scott
A night stroll, a missing gun and two rookie cops.
A.C. Hall lived until he was seventeen years old. On an October night in 1962, he encountered two police officers investigating a stolen gun. They were looking for a colored man...and they found A.C. In season 2 of Buried Truths, Hank Klibanoff examines A.C.'s story and the surrounding context. It's a story of injustice, resilience and racism in the American South. We can't change our history, but we can let it guide us to understanding.
Isaiah Nixon’s daughter, Dorothy, joins Hank Klibanoff for a live event in Atlanta. Buried Truths producer David Barasoain and Dr. Catherine Meeks, executive director of the Absalom Jones Episcopal Center for Racial Healing, also join the conversation.
Buried Truths Live is coming to Atlanta on November 28. Season 2 is coming this February.
The backstory behind The Buried Truths podcast and its host, Hank Klibanoff.
Isaiah Nixon’s daughter Dorothy returns to Alston, GA. She comes face to face with her past...and with someone she never expected to meet.
FBI director Robert Mueller systematically reopens civil rights cold cases. Hank and his students head to Montgomery County to explore what happened with the FBI’s first investigation into the trial of Isaiah Nixon’s killers – and they make an amazing discovery that had eluded the Nixon family for nearly 70 years.
After the Nixon and Carter families flee Georgia, they face terrible conditions. Discovered by the NAACP and The Pittsburgh Courier, they find a way to move forward.
Dover Carter has to make a crucial decision. Isaiah Nixon’s daughter Dorothy, having witnessed the shooting of her father, retreats and seethes. The Buried Truths team uncovers over 500 pages of FBI and NAACP records.
Election day is usually a grand occasion for a small town like Alston, GA. For the white people in town, September 8, 1948, marked a day of good ole traditions and community. But for black voters, it became a place of opportunity...and defiance.
In 1946, Eugene Talmadge was elected to a fourth term as governor of Georgia, however, he died a month later, before he could take office. In a bizarre, almost-comedic turn of events, for two months, three men—Melvin Thompson, Ellis Arnall and Herman Talmadge, son of Eugene —would lay claim to the governor’s seat.
After Primus King, a black barber and pastor, successfully sued the Democratic Party for denying his right to vote on the grounds of race and color, three-term Georgia Governor Eugene Talmadge declared, “This is a white man’s country and we must keep it so.” The best way to do so: “Pistols.”
How are we going to keep them from the polls?
On this week's It's All Journalism podcast, producer Michael O'Connell talks to Hank Klibanoff, the James M. Cox junior professor of journalism at Emory University, about the Georgia Civil Rights Cold Cases Project. He discusses some of the tools students are using to investigate these decades old crimes. Klibanoff will be one of the keynote speakers at the Association of Alternative Newsmedia's annual conference, scheduled for July 7-10 in Austin, Texas.
Emory University professors Hank Klibanoff and Brett Gadsden talk about the intersection of Civil Rights politics and violence in mid-20th century Georgia. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices