Podcasts about root a racial cleansing

In this gripping episode of Eerie, join host Noah Croft as he unravels the chilling history of Oscarville, a once-thriving town now submerged beneath the waters of Lake Lanier. Imagine a community full of life, where families thrived and the spirit of the town was palpable. But beneath the surface, dark tensions simmered, leading to one of the most heartbreaking events in Georgia's history. The land, first home to Native Americans, is drenched in the blood of the Cherokee who were forced to leave their ancestral home. Then came Oscarville, a prosperous Black community that faced racial violence, injustice, and the forceful displacement of its people. As we delve into the tale of Oscarville, we will explore the tragic history and lasting impact on the community. Beware, for the shadows of Oscarville hold dark secrets, and the past is never truly buried. Listener discretion is advised as we uncover the eerie and unsettling story of Oscarville. Don't forget to follow Eerie for more captivating and mysterious tales from around the world.Check out our social media pages: https://www.facebook.com/Eeriepod https://www.Instagram.com/Eeriepod https://www.twitter.com/theeeriepodcast https://www.youtube.com/@eeriepod Our Website: https://www.eeriepod.com Sources Phillips, Patrick. "Blood at the Root: A Racial Cleansing in America." This book provides a detailed account of the racial violence and expulsion of Black residents in Forsyth County, Georgia, and serves as a crucial resource for understanding the history and events that led to the displacement of the Oscarville community. "Oscarville, Georgia: A Historical Overview." This source offers insights into the establishment, growth, and eventual destruction of Oscarville, highlighting the key events and socio-political dynamics that contributed to its tragic history. Various historical archives and newspaper articles from the early 20th century documenting the racial tensions, violence, and displacement that occurred in Forsyth County and Oscarville.

Welcome to #Millennial, the home conspiracy shit beamed down from the mothership!  If you have federal student loans that will go into repayment this fall, be sure to check out the SAVE plan and enroll before interest resumes 9/1! Andrew might start a side hustle filming reaction vids. His latest: reacting to a baby bear in Yosemite National Park. Spotify users who support us on Patreon can now get our exclusive audio content right within the Spotify app! Woohoo! Tired of dating apps? Some are kicking it old school with Date-Me Docs (think personal ads in newspapers). Here's one directory Would we connect with someone through a Date-Me doc? We analyze a real life example of one and try to play matchmaker for Pam (she's not having it). Our inbox is open: send us your dating docs, OkCupid profiles, etc, and we'll give anonymous, on-air reviews! 'Try That in a Small (Sundown) Town:' we dig into the controversy behind this chart-topping song from Jason Aldean, and why the tune and its music video are proving so divisive. Laura grew up in Forsyth County, Georgia, which not-so-long-ago had sundown laws in place. For a taste, check out this early episode of Oprah where she visited the belly of the sundown beast (warning: offensive, frequent use of racial slurs). The lyrics and imagery of 'Try That In A Small Town' serve as a racist dogwhistle, harkening for the days of Jim Crow and sundown policies. Laura shares her perspective growing up in a place where the echoes of history are still resounding to this day. You know we always come with the best recommendations: 'Blood at the Root: A Racial Cleansing in America' by Patrick Phillips (Laura), 8Sleep Pod Cover (Andrew - click the link for $200 off!), and Tyler Childers as a palette cleanse for all the Jason Aldean talk (Pam). And in this week's installment of After Dark, available on Patreon and Apple Podcasts: We're life pathing. What we mean by that is, we're discovering what our life path numbers are! Some of our life path results resonate, some make us feel attacked tho. What's the best way to use tools like this? Is there one "right" way? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Lake Lanier, located outside of Atlanta, Georgia, is statistically one of the deadlier lakes in the U.S, leading people to believe it is haunted. However, the most sinister thing about the lake is the history of the town that lies beneath it! Erin and Nicole discuss the lake's origin story, notable incidents at the lake, and why, if any lake is haunted, it should be this one.Shout out to Amber Ruffin for bringing Lake Lanier to our attention.Books mentioned in this episode:"Blood at the Root: A Racial Cleansing in America" by Patrick Phillips and "The Warmth of Other Suns" by Isabella Wilkerson.SHOW INFORMATIONHosted and produced by Nicole Mackie and Erin Saul, as part of the Whohaha Podcast NetworkMerch: Dude, That's F****d Up StorePatreon: Patreon.com/DTFUPodcastFacebook Page: @DFTUPodcastFacebook Group: Listeners of Dude, That's F****d UpInstagram: @DTFUPodcastTwitter: @DTFUPodcastYouTube: DTFUPodcastWebsite: DTFUPodcast.comEmail: DTFUPodcast@gmail.comMusic: The Hands of StoneArtwork: Brad Walters DesignSubscribe: Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Google PodcastsSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Last week, we saw a 1-on-1 date with Rachael Kirkconnell, who now seems to be a front runner. Rachael is from Cumming, Georgia, in Forsyth County. Forsyth County has a long history of racial tensions, including running approximately 1,100 black people out of the county. Megan does a deep dive into the sundown towns, the history of Forsyth County, the 1912 Black Expulsion, and more recent events in the county’s history. CONTENT WARNING: lynching, sexual assault. Links discussed in this episode: Sundown Town Map - database of sundown towns Oprah in Forsyth County - clip of Oprah in Forsyth County (1987). Content Warning: Racial Slurs Books/Media Mentioned in this Episode: -Blood in the Root: A Racial Cleansing in America by Patrick Phillips -Sundown Towns: A Hidden Dimension of American Racism by James Loewen -Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How our Government Segregated America by Richard Rothstein -Banished (PBS Documentary) Directed by Marco Williams - check your local listings! --- Promo: This is Gonna Sound Weird Podcast Join us in celebrating Black History Month and participate in the 28 Days of Black History. A virtual exhibition of 28 works that celebrates the Black legacy in the United States, sent to you via email. You can hear the full episode of the Rosewood Massacre starting at the $1 level of our Patreon page, here. Connect with us at linktr.ee/CrimeandRoses There you can see links to listen and share the podcast and connect with us on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook. Email: CrimeandRoses@gmail.com. Send us crime suggestions and any questions or comments you may have. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/crimeandroses/support

This week we’re joined by two USC colleagues, Zoë Corwin of the Pullias Center for Higher Education and Annenberg’s Neftalie Williams, who share some of what they’ve found studying skateboarding culture and its impact on youth. Spoiler alert: the impact is overwhelmingly positive! From literally creating safer spaces for Black youth to fostering wide-ranging skills like problem-solving, media creation and diplomacy, to the integral roles of skateshops and skateparks in their communities, Zoë and Neftalie talk us through their study, why it matters, and how it links to other theories and disciplines. Along the way, we learn a bit about skating culture in LA and abroad and how that’s been impacted by the COVID pandemic, and discuss the tension that exists between skating and university spaces (USC specifically), and how that could be viewed differently as a way to invite neighborhood youth into privileged academic communities. Visit the episode page for the full transcript of this conversation!Here are some of the references from this episode, for those who want to dig a little deeper:Gibson Mariposa Skatepark in El MontePhoto TourVideo Skate-throughUSC Pullias Center Skateboarding StudyTony Hawk Foundation (now called The Skatepark Project)What is a Critical Race Theory framework?Diplomacy through SkateboardingCity of Skate – MinneapolisEnchantment Skate Shop – Gallup, NMThe Garage Board Shop – East LAScholar Cathy J. CohenSand in LA’s Venice Beach SkateparkLA-area skateparks reopeningSkateboarding the USC Ledges (video)AOC's Twitch streamUniversity of Colorado-Boulder Energy Skate Park simulation teaches PhysicsSkateboarding high school in skate-friendly Malmö, SwedenLearning to Skateboard in a Warzone (if You’re a Girl) – SkateistanSkateism magazineSamarria BrevardSkate to the Polls movementHenry’s Comic Shops:Million Year Picnic – Cambridge, MAComics Factory – Pasadena, CAJames Paul Gee – Affinity SpacesVan Jones on the Politics of JoyForsyth County, GA:Racial cleansing of 1912Blood at the Root: A Racial Cleansing in AmericaMarch for Racial Tolerance 1987Oprah Winfrey show in Forsyth County  VideoMusic:“In Time” by Dylan Emmett and “Spaceship” by Lesion X.––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––In Time (Instrumental) by Dylan Emmet  https://soundcloud.com/dylanemmetSpaceship by Lesion X https://soundcloud.com/lesionxbeatsCreative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/in-time-instrumentalFree Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/lesion-x-spaceshipMusic promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/AzYoVrMLa1Q––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

MM and Katy are back to cover Episode 2 of the Unsolved Mysteries reboot, "13 Minutes," about the 2004 disappearance and murder of salon owner Patrice Endres. In this episode: Truly harrowing flower arranging, Steel Magnolias references, Katy jumping to conclusions (this will be a series-long theme, we're sure), a heinous Build-a-Bear suggestion, the always good idea of biscuits before buzzards, a turducken of remains, and an impassioned PSA for life insurance (#thisis40). Also in Cumming, GA/Forsyth County: https://bit.ly/3jEZkgl (The Unanswered Questions of Tamla Horsford's Death) (Rolling Stone): https://bit.ly/3jEZkgl Wine Times Book Club: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28789644-blood-at-the-root (Blood at the Root: A Racial Cleansing in America) by Patrick Phillips: https://bit.ly/3kBMYac ******** Get in touch: Instagram and Twitter | @winetimespod MM | @truecrimewine69 Katy | @katyhoss winetimespod@gmail.com

It’s time for our Best of 2017 episode! We’ll talk about our favourite things we read for the podcast, our favourite things we read that weren’t for the podcast, and lots more! Please note, while many of the titles we recommend were published in 2017, this is our list of best of that we read in 2017, so there is some older material on the list as well. You can download the podcast directly, find it on Libsyn, or get it through iTunes, Stitcher, Google Play or your favourite podcast delivery system. In this episode Anna Ferri | Meghan Whyte | Matthew Murray | Jessi Top Book Club Picks Non-Fiction Anna The Argonauts (2015) by Maggie Nelson (Episode 031 - LGBTQ+/QUILTBAG Non-Fiction) Jessi The Witches: Salem, 1692 (2016) by Stacy Schiff (Episode 027 - Non-Fiction Audiobooks) Matthew Prose: The Not-Quite States of America: Dispatches from the Territories and Other Far-Flung Outposts of the USA (2017) by Doug Mack (Episode 039 - Non-Fiction Travel) Comic: My Lesbian Experience with Loneliness (2017) by Nagata Kabi (Episode 031 - LGBTQ+/QUILTBAG Non-Fiction) Meghan In Cold Blood (1966) by Truman Capote, narrated by Scott Brick (Episode 027 - Non-Fiction Audiobooks) Fiction Anna Death in the Vines (2013) by M.L. Longworth (Episode 025 - Detective Fiction) The Snowman (2011) by Jo Nesbø (Episode 043 - Page to Screen (Books turned into movies and TV shows)) Jessi Stardust (1998) by Neil Gaiman (Episode 043 - Page to Screen (Books turned into movies and TV shows)) Matthew Prose: Autonomous (2017) by Annalee Newitz (Episode 041 - Dystopian Fiction) Comic: Nausicaa: Valley of the Wind (1982-1994) by Hayao Miyazaki (Episode 043 - Page to Screen (Books turned into movies and TV shows)) Meghan The City and the City (2009) by China Miéville (Episode 025 - Detective Fiction)   Top Non-Book Club Picks Non-Fiction Anna American Fire: Love, Arson, and Life in a Vanishing Land (2017) by Monica Hesse Jessi Tomboy Survival Guide (2016) by Ivan Coyote (we mention this one in Episode 021 - Coming-of-Age and Episode 031 - LGBTQ+/QUILTBAG Non-Fiction) Matthew Prose: Crash Override: How Gamergate (Nearly) Destroyed My Life, and How We Can Win the Fight Against Online Hate (2017) by Zoe Quinn (mentioned in Episode 032.5 - BookExpo America and the American Library Association Annual Conference) Comic: Lighter than my Shadow (2017) by Katie Green (Episode 040 - Precipitation in Video Games) Meghan Indigenous Writes: A Guide to First Nations, Métis, and Inuit Issues (2016) in Canada by Chelsea Vowel Métis in Space podcast with Chelsea Vowel and Molly Swain Fiction Anna The Queen of Blood (2016) by Sarah Beth Durst (Episode 040 - Precipitation in Video Games) Jessi The Bear and the Nightingale (2017) by Katherine Arden (mentioned in Episode 034 - Reading Resolutions) Matthew Prose: Red Spider White Web (1990) by Misha (mentioned in Episode 034 - Reading Resolutions) Comic: Giant Days (2015-present) by John Allison and Max Sarin Meghan Next Year for Sure (2017) by Zoey Leigh Peterson   Other recommendations Anna From Here to Eternity: Traveling the World to Find the Good Death by Caitlin Doughty Lucky Penny (2016) by Ananth Hirsh and Yuko Ota (Episode 021 - Coming-of-Age) Our Cats Are More Famous Than Us: A Johnny Wander Collection (2017) by Ananth Hirsh and Yuko Ota Blood at the Root: A Racial Cleansing in America (2016) by Patrick Phillips The Fire This Time: A New Generation Speaks about Race (2016) edited by Jesmyn Ward The Fire Next Time (1992) by James Baldwin Clean Sweep (2013) by Ilona Andrews (and the rest of that series) Spill Zone, vol. 1 (2017) by Scott Westerfeld and Alex Puvilland Volume 2 is being serialized as a webcomic (frustratingly the site seems to be setup so that you cannot link directly to pages, so to get to the beginning of volume two hit the previous chapter link a few times) HiLo, vol. 1: The Boy Who Crashed to Earth (2015) by Judd Winick Here’s the full panel (Read-Alikes: What to Suggest When They've Already Read Smile & The Walking Dead) from the Comics Conference for Educators and Librarians that Anna mentioned Jessi Working Stiff: Two Years, 262 Bodies, and the Making of a Medical Examiner (2014) by Judy Melinek and T.J. Mitchell Queers Were Here: Heroes & Icons of Queer Canada (2016) edited by Robin Ganev and RJ Gilmour (Episode 031 - LGBTQ+/QUILTBAG Non-Fiction) Green River, Running Red (2007) by Ann Rule (Episode 027 - Non-Fiction Audiobooks) The Hating Game (2016) by Sally Thorne (Episode 028 - Accidental Romance) Matthew Three Parts Dead (2012) by Max Gladstone (Episode 33 - Legal Thrillers) True Grit (1968) by Charles Portis (Episode 29 - Westerns) The Sisters Brothers (2011) by Patrick deWitt (Episode 29 - Westerns) No Mercy, vol. 2 (2016) by Alex de Campi, Carla Speed McNeil, and Jenn Manley Lee (specifically issue #9) Matthew’s longer list of favorite comics he read in 2017 is below Meghan Turning (2017) by Jessica J. Lee (Non-fiction memoir) See What I Have Done (2017) by Sarah Schmidt (Fictionalized true crime) Dreams of Shreds and Tatters (2015) by Amanda Downum (New Weird) Need for the Bike (2011) by Paul Fournel, translated by Allan Stoekl (non-fic BICYCLES) Blue Light Yokohama (2017) by Nicolás Obregón (Mystery) Matthew’s List of Top Comics he Read in 2017 that weren’t his top picks (Anna’s recommendations were also good!) Monstress vols. 1-2 by Marjorie M. Liu and Sana Takeda (2016-2017) This is an insanely epic (and beautiful) fantasy. You should read it! No Mercy, vol. 2 (2016) by Alex de Campi, Carla Speed McNeil, and Jenn Manley Lee No, I haven’t read volume 3 yet... Omega Men: The End is Here (2016) by Tom King, Barnaby Bagenda, Toby Cyprus, and Ig Guara Invincible vols. 23-24 (2017) by by Robert Kirkman, Cory Walker, Ryan Ottley, and  Nathan Fairbairn It’s superheroes meet Dragonball Z, except much bloodier. It’s ending with volume 25, and I’m kind of sad about that. The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye (2016) by Sonny Liew Despite really liking this, I don’t think it should have won the Eisner for “Best U.S. Edition of International Material - Asia” The Private Eye (2015) by Brian K. Vaughan, Marcos Martin, and Muntsa Vicente As much as I enjoyed this, I don’t think the hardcover is worth $50. 4 Kids Walk Into a Bank (2017) by Matthew Rosenberg and Tyler Boss I was supplied with a review copy by the publishers. Hellboy: Into the Silent Sea (2017) by Mike Mignola and Gary Gianni Delicious in Dungeon vol. 1 (2017) by Ryoko Kui Yowamushi Pedal vols. 3-4 (2016) by Wataru Watanabe Bicycles! Demon vols. 1-4 (2016-2017) by Jason Shiga The first volume is the best and, to be honest, this series is kind of gross, so be warned... Order of the Stick: How the Paladin Got His Scar (2017) by Rich Burlew This was a reward only given to backers of the 2012 Kickstarter so you can’t actually buy or read it, but it’s really good! Questions What were your favourite reads of 2017? What would you recommend to us? Is there a supernatural gardening book you could recommend to Jessi? What is “Clean Sweep”? A curling related cozy mystery? A high school hijinx sports novel? A romance novel about a chimney sweep who is reforming himself after his criminal past? Something else? Check out our Pinterest board and Tumblr posts, follow us on Twitter, join our Facebook Group, or send us an email! Join us again on January 16th for our episode on Family Sagas! Then come back on February 6th for our episode on our Reading Resolutions for 2018!

Patrick Phillips is the author of a book of nonfiction, Blood at the Root: A Racial Cleansing in America (W. W. Norton 2016), and three poetry collections. His most recent, Elegy for a Broken Machine was named a finalist for the 2015 National Book Award in Poetry; his two earlier collections are Boy and Chattahoochee. He is also the translator of When We Leave Each Other: Selected Poems of Henrik Nordbrandt. A Guggenheim and National Endowment for the Arts fellow, Phillips’ work has appeared in many magazines, including Poetry, Ploughshares, and The Nation, and his honors include the Kate Tufts Discovery Award, a Pushcart Prize, and the Lyric Poetry Award from the Poetry Society of America. Phillips lives in Brooklyn and teaches at Drew University. Phillips will teach the one-credit, one-week creative writing seminar associated with the Writers’ Festival.

This episode of New Books in African American Studies covers Patrick Phillips' powerful new book Blood at the Root: A Racial Cleansing in America (W.W. Norton and Company, 2016) At the turn of the twentieth century, Forsyth County in Georgia, was home to an diverse African American community that included ministers and teachers, farmers and field hands, tradesmen, servants, and children. However, following the rape and murder of a white girl in 1912, and accusations levied against three black laborers, bands of white “night riders” launched a devastating campaign of arson and terror against Forsyth's black community. Expanding backwards and forwards from this flashpoint, Blood at the Root is a sweeping tale that spans the Cherokee removals of the 1830s, the hope and promise of Reconstruction, and the crushing injustice of Forsyth's racial cleansing. With bold storytelling and lyrical prose, it breaks the century-long silence of Patrick's hometown, and uncovers a history of racial terrorism that continues to shape America in the twenty-first century. Patrick is a past fellow of the National Endowment for the Arts and the Guggenheim Foundation, and has also received honors such as the Kate Tufts Discovery Award, a Pushcart Prize, and the Lyric Poetry Award from the Poetry Society of America. His work has appeared in outlets such as the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, Poetry, Ploughshares, and The Nation. He currently lives in Brooklyn, New York, and teaches at Drew University. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/african-american-studies

This episode of New Books in African American Studies covers Patrick Phillips’ powerful new book Blood at the Root: A Racial Cleansing in America (W.W. Norton and Company, 2016) At the turn of the twentieth century, Forsyth County in Georgia, was home to an diverse African American community that included ministers and teachers, farmers and field hands, tradesmen, servants, and children. However, following the rape and murder of a white girl in 1912, and accusations levied against three black laborers, bands of white “night riders” launched a devastating campaign of arson and terror against Forsyth’s black community. Expanding backwards and forwards from this flashpoint, Blood at the Root is a sweeping tale that spans the Cherokee removals of the 1830s, the hope and promise of Reconstruction, and the crushing injustice of Forsyth’s racial cleansing. With bold storytelling and lyrical prose, it breaks the century-long silence of Patrick’s hometown, and uncovers a history of racial terrorism that continues to shape America in the twenty-first century. Patrick is a past fellow of the National Endowment for the Arts and the Guggenheim Foundation, and has also received honors such as the Kate Tufts Discovery Award, a Pushcart Prize, and the Lyric Poetry Award from the Poetry Society of America. His work has appeared in outlets such as the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, Poetry, Ploughshares, and The Nation. He currently lives in Brooklyn, New York, and teaches at Drew University. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This episode of New Books in African American Studies covers Patrick Phillips’ powerful new book Blood at the Root: A Racial Cleansing in America (W.W. Norton and Company, 2016) At the turn of the twentieth century, Forsyth County in Georgia, was home to an diverse African American community that included ministers and teachers, farmers and field hands, tradesmen, servants, and children. However, following the rape and murder of a white girl in 1912, and accusations levied against three black laborers, bands of white “night riders” launched a devastating campaign of arson and terror against Forsyth’s black community. Expanding backwards and forwards from this flashpoint, Blood at the Root is a sweeping tale that spans the Cherokee removals of the 1830s, the hope and promise of Reconstruction, and the crushing injustice of Forsyth’s racial cleansing. With bold storytelling and lyrical prose, it breaks the century-long silence of Patrick’s hometown, and uncovers a history of racial terrorism that continues to shape America in the twenty-first century. Patrick is a past fellow of the National Endowment for the Arts and the Guggenheim Foundation, and has also received honors such as the Kate Tufts Discovery Award, a Pushcart Prize, and the Lyric Poetry Award from the Poetry Society of America. His work has appeared in outlets such as the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, Poetry, Ploughshares, and The Nation. He currently lives in Brooklyn, New York, and teaches at Drew University. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This episode of New Books in African American Studies covers Patrick Phillips’ powerful new book Blood at the Root: A Racial Cleansing in America (W.W. Norton and Company, 2016) At the turn of the twentieth century, Forsyth County in Georgia, was home to an diverse African American community that included ministers and teachers, farmers and field hands, tradesmen, servants, and children. However, following the rape and murder of a white girl in 1912, and accusations levied against three black laborers, bands of white “night riders” launched a devastating campaign of arson and terror against Forsyth’s black community. Expanding backwards and forwards from this flashpoint, Blood at the Root is a sweeping tale that spans the Cherokee removals of the 1830s, the hope and promise of Reconstruction, and the crushing injustice of Forsyth’s racial cleansing. With bold storytelling and lyrical prose, it breaks the century-long silence of Patrick’s hometown, and uncovers a history of racial terrorism that continues to shape America in the twenty-first century. Patrick is a past fellow of the National Endowment for the Arts and the Guggenheim Foundation, and has also received honors such as the Kate Tufts Discovery Award, a Pushcart Prize, and the Lyric Poetry Award from the Poetry Society of America. His work has appeared in outlets such as the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, Poetry, Ploughshares, and The Nation. He currently lives in Brooklyn, New York, and teaches at Drew University. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This episode of New Books in African American Studies covers Patrick Phillips’ powerful new book Blood at the Root: A Racial Cleansing in America (W.W. Norton and Company, 2016) At the turn of the twentieth century, Forsyth County in Georgia, was home to an diverse African American community that included ministers and teachers, farmers and field hands, tradesmen, servants, and children. However, following the rape and murder of a white girl in 1912, and accusations levied against three black laborers, bands of white “night riders” launched a devastating campaign of arson and terror against Forsyth’s black community. Expanding backwards and forwards from this flashpoint, Blood at the Root is a sweeping tale that spans the Cherokee removals of the 1830s, the hope and promise of Reconstruction, and the crushing injustice of Forsyth’s racial cleansing. With bold storytelling and lyrical prose, it breaks the century-long silence of Patrick’s hometown, and uncovers a history of racial terrorism that continues to shape America in the twenty-first century. Patrick is a past fellow of the National Endowment for the Arts and the Guggenheim Foundation, and has also received honors such as the Kate Tufts Discovery Award, a Pushcart Prize, and the Lyric Poetry Award from the Poetry Society of America. His work has appeared in outlets such as the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, Poetry, Ploughshares, and The Nation. He currently lives in Brooklyn, New York, and teaches at Drew University. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Forsyth County, Georgia, at the turn of the twentieth century was home to a large African American community that included ministers and teachers, farmers and field hands, tradesmen, servants, and children. In 1912, three young black laborers were accused of raping and murdering a white girl. One man was dragged from a jail cell and lynched on the town square, two teenagers were hung after a one-day trial, and soon bands of white “night riders” launched a coordinated campaign of arson and terror, driving all 1,098 black citizens out of the county. In the wake of the expulsions, whites harvested the crops and took over the livestock of their former neighbors, and quietly laid claim to abandoned land. The charred ruins of homes and churches disappeared into the weeds, until the people and places of black Forsyth were forgotten. Blood at the Root: A Racial Cleansing (W.W. Norton and Company, 2016)in America is a sweeping American tale that spans the Cherokee removals of the 1830s, the hope and promise of Reconstruction, and the crushing injustice of Forsyth’s racial cleansing. With bold storytelling and lyrical prose, the author breaks a century-long silence and uncovers a history of racial terrorism that continues to shape America in the twenty-first century. Dr. Patrick Phillips tells Forsyth’s tragic story in vivid detail and traces its long history of racial violence all the way back to antebellum Georgia. Recalling his own childhood in the 1970s and 80s, Phillips sheds light on the communal crimes of his hometown and the violent means by which locals kept Forsyth all white well into the 1990s. Blood at the Root: A Racial Cleansing in America is Patrick Phillip’s first book of nonfiction. He is currently the director of the Writing Minor at Drew University, and teaches creative writing, literature, and literary translation. Phillips is also noted poet in addition to being a well-respected scholar. His Elegy for a Broken Machine appeared in the Knopf Poets series in 2015, and Phillips was named a finalist for the National Book Award in Poetry, was a past fellow of both the National Endowment for the Arts and the Guggennheim Foundation. He is also the author of two earlier poetry collections, Boy, and Chattahoochee, and the translator of When We Leave Each Other: Selected Poems by the Danish writer Henrik Nordbrandt. James Stancil is an independent scholar, freelance journalist, and the President and CEO of Intellect U Well, Inc. a Houston-area non-profit dedicated to increasing the joy of reading and media literacy in young people. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Forsyth County, Georgia, at the turn of the twentieth century was home to a large African American community that included ministers and teachers, farmers and field hands, tradesmen, servants, and children. In 1912, three young black laborers were accused of raping and murdering a white girl. One man was dragged from a jail cell and lynched on the town square, two teenagers were hung after a one-day trial, and soon bands of white “night riders” launched a coordinated campaign of arson and terror, driving all 1,098 black citizens out of the county. In the wake of the expulsions, whites harvested the crops and took over the livestock of their former neighbors, and quietly laid claim to abandoned land. The charred ruins of homes and churches disappeared into the weeds, until the people and places of black Forsyth were forgotten. Blood at the Root: A Racial Cleansing (W.W. Norton and Company, 2016)in America is a sweeping American tale that spans the Cherokee removals of the 1830s, the hope and promise of Reconstruction, and the crushing injustice of Forsyth’s racial cleansing. With bold storytelling and lyrical prose, the author breaks a century-long silence and uncovers a history of racial terrorism that continues to shape America in the twenty-first century. Dr. Patrick Phillips tells Forsyth’s tragic story in vivid detail and traces its long history of racial violence all the way back to antebellum Georgia. Recalling his own childhood in the 1970s and 80s, Phillips sheds light on the communal crimes of his hometown and the violent means by which locals kept Forsyth all white well into the 1990s. Blood at the Root: A Racial Cleansing in America is Patrick Phillip’s first book of nonfiction. He is currently the director of the Writing Minor at Drew University, and teaches creative writing, literature, and literary translation. Phillips is also noted poet in addition to being a well-respected scholar. His Elegy for a Broken Machine appeared in the Knopf Poets series in 2015, and Phillips was named a finalist for the National Book Award in Poetry, was a past fellow of both the National Endowment for the Arts and the Guggennheim Foundation. He is also the author of two earlier poetry collections, Boy, and Chattahoochee, and the translator of When We Leave Each Other: Selected Poems by the Danish writer Henrik Nordbrandt. James Stancil is an independent scholar, freelance journalist, and the President and CEO of Intellect U Well, Inc. a Houston-area non-profit dedicated to increasing the joy of reading and media literacy in young people. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Forsyth County, Georgia, at the turn of the twentieth century was home to a large African American community that included ministers and teachers, farmers and field hands, tradesmen, servants, and children. In 1912, three young black laborers were accused of raping and murdering a white girl. One man was dragged from a jail cell and lynched on the town square, two teenagers were hung after a one-day trial, and soon bands of white “night riders” launched a coordinated campaign of arson and terror, driving all 1,098 black citizens out of the county. In the wake of the expulsions, whites harvested the crops and took over the livestock of their former neighbors, and quietly laid claim to abandoned land. The charred ruins of homes and churches disappeared into the weeds, until the people and places of black Forsyth were forgotten. Blood at the Root: A Racial Cleansing (W.W. Norton and Company, 2016)in America is a sweeping American tale that spans the Cherokee removals of the 1830s, the hope and promise of Reconstruction, and the crushing injustice of Forsyth's racial cleansing. With bold storytelling and lyrical prose, the author breaks a century-long silence and uncovers a history of racial terrorism that continues to shape America in the twenty-first century. Dr. Patrick Phillips tells Forsyth's tragic story in vivid detail and traces its long history of racial violence all the way back to antebellum Georgia. Recalling his own childhood in the 1970s and 80s, Phillips sheds light on the communal crimes of his hometown and the violent means by which locals kept Forsyth all white well into the 1990s. Blood at the Root: A Racial Cleansing in America is Patrick Phillip's first book of nonfiction. He is currently the director of the Writing Minor at Drew University, and teaches creative writing, literature, and literary translation. Phillips is also noted poet in addition to being a well-respected scholar. His Elegy for a Broken Machine appeared in the Knopf Poets series in 2015, and Phillips was named a finalist for the National Book Award in Poetry, was a past fellow of both the National Endowment for the Arts and the Guggennheim Foundation. He is also the author of two earlier poetry collections, Boy, and Chattahoochee, and the translator of When We Leave Each Other: Selected Poems by the Danish writer Henrik Nordbrandt. James Stancil is an independent scholar, freelance journalist, and the President and CEO of Intellect U Well, Inc. a Houston-area non-profit dedicated to increasing the joy of reading and media literacy in young people. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/african-american-studies

Forsyth County, Georgia, at the turn of the twentieth century was home to a large African American community that included ministers and teachers, farmers and field hands, tradesmen, servants, and children. In 1912, three young black laborers were accused of raping and murdering a white girl. One man was dragged from a jail cell and lynched on the town square, two teenagers were hung after a one-day trial, and soon bands of white “night riders” launched a coordinated campaign of arson and terror, driving all 1,098 black citizens out of the county. In the wake of the expulsions, whites harvested the crops and took over the livestock of their former neighbors, and quietly laid claim to abandoned land. The charred ruins of homes and churches disappeared into the weeds, until the people and places of black Forsyth were forgotten. Blood at the Root: A Racial Cleansing (W.W. Norton and Company, 2016)in America is a sweeping American tale that spans the Cherokee removals of the 1830s, the hope and promise of Reconstruction, and the crushing injustice of Forsyth’s racial cleansing. With bold storytelling and lyrical prose, the author breaks a century-long silence and uncovers a history of racial terrorism that continues to shape America in the twenty-first century. Dr. Patrick Phillips tells Forsyth’s tragic story in vivid detail and traces its long history of racial violence all the way back to antebellum Georgia. Recalling his own childhood in the 1970s and 80s, Phillips sheds light on the communal crimes of his hometown and the violent means by which locals kept Forsyth all white well into the 1990s. Blood at the Root: A Racial Cleansing in America is Patrick Phillip’s first book of nonfiction. He is currently the director of the Writing Minor at Drew University, and teaches creative writing, literature, and literary translation. Phillips is also noted poet in addition to being a well-respected scholar. His Elegy for a Broken Machine appeared in the Knopf Poets series in 2015, and Phillips was named a finalist for the National Book Award in Poetry, was a past fellow of both the National Endowment for the Arts and the Guggennheim Foundation. He is also the author of two earlier poetry collections, Boy, and Chattahoochee, and the translator of When We Leave Each Other: Selected Poems by the Danish writer Henrik Nordbrandt. James Stancil is an independent scholar, freelance journalist, and the President and CEO of Intellect U Well, Inc. a Houston-area non-profit dedicated to increasing the joy of reading and media literacy in young people. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Forsyth County, Georgia, at the turn of the twentieth century was home to a large African American community that included ministers and teachers, farmers and field hands, tradesmen, servants, and children. In 1912, three young black laborers were accused of raping and murdering a white girl. One man was dragged from a jail cell and lynched on the town square, two teenagers were hung after a one-day trial, and soon bands of white “night riders” launched a coordinated campaign of arson and terror, driving all 1,098 black citizens out of the county. In the wake of the expulsions, whites harvested the crops and took over the livestock of their former neighbors, and quietly laid claim to abandoned land. The charred ruins of homes and churches disappeared into the weeds, until the people and places of black Forsyth were forgotten. Blood at the Root: A Racial Cleansing (W.W. Norton and Company, 2016)in America is a sweeping American tale that spans the Cherokee removals of the 1830s, the hope and promise of Reconstruction, and the crushing injustice of Forsyth’s racial cleansing. With bold storytelling and lyrical prose, the author breaks a century-long silence and uncovers a history of racial terrorism that continues to shape America in the twenty-first century. Dr. Patrick Phillips tells Forsyth’s tragic story in vivid detail and traces its long history of racial violence all the way back to antebellum Georgia. Recalling his own childhood in the 1970s and 80s, Phillips sheds light on the communal crimes of his hometown and the violent means by which locals kept Forsyth all white well into the 1990s. Blood at the Root: A Racial Cleansing in America is Patrick Phillip’s first book of nonfiction. He is currently the director of the Writing Minor at Drew University, and teaches creative writing, literature, and literary translation. Phillips is also noted poet in addition to being a well-respected scholar. His Elegy for a Broken Machine appeared in the Knopf Poets series in 2015, and Phillips was named a finalist for the National Book Award in Poetry, was a past fellow of both the National Endowment for the Arts and the Guggennheim Foundation. He is also the author of two earlier poetry collections, Boy, and Chattahoochee, and the translator of When We Leave Each Other: Selected Poems by the Danish writer Henrik Nordbrandt. James Stancil is an independent scholar, freelance journalist, and the President and CEO of Intellect U Well, Inc. a Houston-area non-profit dedicated to increasing the joy of reading and media literacy in young people. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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This episode features an interview with Patrick Phillips, author of Blood at the Root: A Racial Cleansing in America.  We explore the legacy of racial violence in Forsyth County, Georgia.

It is the original sin of America.  240 years later the issue of race still animates a significant portion of political and social discourse in this country. A nation founded on the idea of all men being created equal, has at its corresponding co-founding principle slavery, racial violence and inequality. The symbols, even today, are everywhere; Birmingham, Selma, Ferguson and even Los Angeles. They’ve all become whistle stops on the road to more violence and inequality.  Add to this Forsyth County Georgia in 1912.   This is where Guggenheim and NEA Fellow Patrick Phillips takes us in his Blood at the Root: A Racial Cleansing in America. My conversation with Patrick Phillips:  

Good afternoon everyone and welcome to another edition of The Avid Reader. Today’s guest is Patrick Phillips, author of Blood at the Root: A Racial Cleansing in America. Published in September by Norton. This is Patrick’s first work of non-fiction. His poetry is, I guess, his first love, and his Elegy for a Broken Machine was named a finalist for The National Book Award in Poetry. His other works include Boy, When We Leave Each Other and Chattahoochee. His work has appeared in The NYT, WSJ and The Nation. Blood at the Root chronicles a southern county in Georgia, Forsyth County, where racism held sway for most of the 20th century. The impetus that gave rise to this long season in hell was an incident that occurred in 1912 and which we’ll talk about. Much of what is to a lesser degree still present in America is an attitude grounded in fear and anger and even now is being fomented in the current election cycle. Whether we talk about Ferguson or Trayvon Martin, or the incident the other day in which an unarmed black man, his arms raised in surrender was shot to death, point blank, by a female police office, while he was being tased is really not the question. Whether Black Lives Matter means anything to you as a motto or as a credo or as a symbol, or as an insult, what happened in Ferguson also happened in Forsyth County but to a degree much more evil and violent, reserving for the participants a seat in a much lower circle of hell. The epigraph of this gripping tale is an excerpt from Strange Fruit an uncanny and unnerving work, perhaps best heard as sung by Billy Holiday and written by Abel Meeropol under the pen name of Lewis Allen in 1937. Blood at the Root shines a harsh and unforgiving light on a time and place in America that we should all be ashamed of, yet the same horrible atrocities that occurred in Forsyth occur all over the world every day, some still by us. Where this leaves us, I don’t know, but perhaps we can gain some insights in today’s interview. Welcome Phillip and thanks for joining us today.

Good afternoon everyone and welcome to another edition of The Avid Reader. Today’s guest is Patrick Phillips, author of Blood at the Root: A Racial Cleansing in America. Published in September by Norton. This is Patrick’s first work of non-fiction. His poetry is, I guess, his first love, and his Elegy for a Broken Machine was named a finalist for The National Book Award in Poetry. His other works include Boy, When We Leave Each Other and Chattahoochee. His work has appeared in The NYT, WSJ and The Nation. Blood at the Root chronicles a southern county in Georgia, Forsyth County, where racism held sway for most of the 20th century. The impetus that gave rise to this long season in hell was an incident that occurred in 1912 and which we’ll talk about. Much of what is to a lesser degree still present in America is an attitude grounded in fear and anger and even now is being fomented in the current election cycle. Whether we talk about Ferguson or Trayvon Martin, or the incident the other day in which an unarmed black man, his arms raised in surrender was shot to death, point blank, by a female police office, while he was being tased is really not the question. Whether Black Lives Matter means anything to you as a motto or as a credo or as a symbol, or as an insult, what happened in Ferguson also happened in Forsyth County but to a degree much more evil and violent, reserving for the participants a seat in a much lower circle of hell. The epigraph of this gripping tale is an excerpt from Strange Fruit an uncanny and unnerving work, perhaps best heard as sung by Billy Holiday and written by Abel Meeropol under the pen name of Lewis Allen in 1937. Blood at the Root shines a harsh and unforgiving light on a time and place in America that we should all be ashamed of, yet the same horrible atrocities that occurred in Forsyth occur all over the world every day, some still by us. Where this leaves us, I don’t know, but perhaps we can gain some insights in today’s interview. Welcome Phillip and thanks for joining us today.