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 omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.Kirjoittanut WABE

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 omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.Kirjoittanut WABE

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 omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.Kirjoittanut WABE

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 omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.Kirjoittanut WABE

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 omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.Kirjoittanut WABE

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 omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.Kirjoittanut WABE

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 omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.Kirjoittanut WABE

An underground railroad of information smuggles the story of Terrible Terrell out of Georgia and onto the Washington Post’s front page. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.Kirjoittanut WABE

The police said Willie Countryman had a knife, but did he? And his girlfriend is left to wonder about his love for her. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.Kirjoittanut WABE

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 omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.Kirjoittanut WABE

On one April day, three generations of the Brazier family, including 10-year-old James Jr., were beaten by white Dawson police. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.Kirjoittanut WABE

Terrell County was like a lot of rural communities in Georgia. But in some ways, it was like no other place on earth. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.Kirjoittanut WABE

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 omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.Kirjoittanut WABE

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 omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.…

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 be…

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 omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.…

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 natio…

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 omnystudio.com/liste…

The murder trial for defendants Gregory McMichael, Travis McMichael and William “Roddie” Bryan is set to begin in October and there have been some recent, critically important 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 indictme…

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… w…

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. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.Kirjoittanut WABE

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. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.Kirjoittanut WABE

With the video released, the public outcry grew to a rolling boil. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.Kirjoittanut WABE

What happens when a police officer skips school? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.Kirjoittanut WABE

How did the men who killed Ahmaud Arbery come so close to escaping all scrutiny? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.Kirjoittanut WABE

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. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.Kirjoittanut WABE

Funny, humble, and always saying “I love you.” The officer who approached Ahmaud as he sat alone in his parked car saw something different. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.Kirjoittanut WABE

Why did they chase him in the first place? Investigators find disturbing Instagram posts and text messages. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.Kirjoittanut WABE

Ahmaud Arbery went for a Sunday afternoon jog in a quiet neighborhood near the Georgia coast. He never made it home. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.Kirjoittanut WABE

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 m…

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 p…

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 …

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 paneli…

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 o…

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 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.Kirjoittanut WABE

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 . See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.Kirjoittanut WABE

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. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.Kirjoittanut WABE

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? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.Kirjoittanut WABE

The police take the stand. Years later, one of their sons speaks out. The jury delivers its decision. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.Kirjoittanut WABE

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. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.Kirjoittanut WABE

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. See omnystudio.com/listener for privac…

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 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. See omn…

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 At…

A night stroll, a missing gun and two rookie cops. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.Kirjoittanut WABE

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 th…

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. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.…

Buried Truths Live is coming to Atlanta on November 28. Season 2 is coming this February. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.Kirjoittanut WABE

The backstory behind The Buried Truths podcast and its host, Hank Klibanoff. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.Kirjoittanut WABE

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. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.Kirjoittanut WABE