Buried Truths

“The valley of dry bones” | S4 E12 Aug 09, 2023

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.

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“There will never be closure” | S4 E10 Aug 02, 2023

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.

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“My world just stopped turning” | S4 E11 Aug 02, 2023

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.

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“I’m not brave like you” | S4 E9 Apr 05, 2023

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?

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A season of fire | S4 E8 Mar 29, 2023

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.

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Courtroom drama | S4 E7 Mar 22, 2023

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.

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The unexpected email | S4 E6 Mar 15, 2023

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.

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Light in the heart of darkness | S4 E5 Mar 08, 2023

An underground railroad of information smuggles the story of Terrible Terrell out of Georgia and onto the Washington Post’s front page.

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The vanishing knife | S4 E4 Mar 01, 2023

The police said Willie Countryman had a knife, but did he? And his girlfriend is left to wonder about his love for her.

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The witnesses in the jail | S4 E3 Feb 22, 2023

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.

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The police come for James Brazier | S4 E2 Feb 22, 2023

On one April day, three generations of the Brazier family, including 10-year-old James Jr., were beaten by white Dawson police.

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Life in Terrible Terrell | S4 E1 Feb 22, 2023

Terrell County was like a lot of rural communities in Georgia. But in some ways, it was like no other place on earth.

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Trailer | S4 E0 Feb 13, 2023

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.

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By Hands Now Known | Bonus Oct 03, 2022

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).

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A turn signal, an explosion, an American Reckoning | Bonus Feb 15, 2022

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.

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Killers Sentenced | S3 Bonus Jan 08, 2022

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.

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The Verdict | S3 Bonus Nov 25, 2021

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.

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Trial Begins| S3 Bonus Nov 06, 2021

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.

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Murder Trial Preview | S3 Bonus Sep 09, 2021

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 indictment of former Glynn Co. district attorney Jackie Johnson for obstructing the Ahmaud Arbery case.

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Race and Remembrance in Hank’s Alabama Hometown | Bonus Apr 01, 2021

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?

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One Year Later | S3 Bonus Feb 24, 2021

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.

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Behind the Podcast | S3 Bonus Feb 23, 2021

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.

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Groundswell | S3 E7 Sep 16, 2020

With the video released, the public outcry grew to a rolling boil.

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Stripped | S3 E6 Sep 16, 2020

What happens when a police officer skips school?

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74 Days | S3 E5 Sep 16, 2020

How did the men who killed Ahmaud Arbery come so close to escaping all scrutiny?

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Roots |S3 E4 Sep 16, 2020

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.

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Maud Moments | S3 E3 Sep 16, 2020

Funny, humble, and always saying “I love you.” The officer who approached Ahmaud as he sat alone in his parked car saw something different.

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This Horrible Thing | S3 E2 Sep 16, 2020

Why did they chase him in the first place? Investigators find disturbing Instagram posts and text messages.

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Trapped | S3 E1 Sep 16, 2020

Ahmaud Arbery went for a Sunday afternoon jog in a quiet neighborhood near the Georgia coast. He never made it home.

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Season 3 Trailer | Ahmaud Arbery Sep 02, 2020

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.

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Sallie Mama 1923-2020 | Season 1 Update Aug 03, 2020

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.

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The Story of Thomas Finch Mar 21, 2020

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.

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