Reckon Radio Podcast
1) S1E1 - Greek Gods Episode 1
Episode Notes Episode One: What is “The Machine?” Hosts Amy and John trace the history of the secret society, with a focus on the events of 1970 – 1993, including allegations of arson, wiretapping, cr...Show More
2) S4E6: How Movements Make Us Taller, featuring DeJuana Thompson & TN Rep. Justin J. Pearson
In the final episode, Woke Vote founder and Birmingham Civil Rights Institute President, DeJuana Thompson, and Tennessee State Rep Justin J. Pearson sit down with hosts Eunice Elliott and Roy S. Johns...Show More
3) S4E5: The Black Panthers' Blueprint for Change
Election Day for the Lowndes County Freedom Organization’s candidates didn’t go the way they wanted. But their party’s work - and its mascot the Black Panther - has rippled down through the years and ...Show More
4) S4E4: The Peril of a Black Party on the Ballot
How will the first election with an all-Black party end? It’s Election Day, 1966, and the Voting Rights Act is being put to the test. The Lowndes County Freedom Organization’s candidates have canvasse...Show More
5) S4E3: Don't Back a Panther into a Corner
What did the Lowndes County movement look like? Everything Black folks did was an act of rebellion—it wasn’t just door knocking and registering to vote. Plus the story of how the Black Panther symbol ...Show More
6) S4E2: “Bloody Lowndes” - The County that Changed the Nation
How did a county known as “Bloody Lowndes” become the birthplace of the Black Panther? Because the people of Lowndes met vicious, racist violence with a powerful response. Learn more about your ad cho...Show More
7) S4E1: Between Selma and Montgomery, a Black Panther is Born
It’s a story we think we know well. It’s 1965, and the Civil Rights Movement is in full swing. Thousands are marching on Montgomery, protesting the treatment of Black Americans. But what about the peo...Show More
8) Introducing 'Panther: Blueprint for Black Power'
This is the story of the surprising roots of the Black Panther and the election when America truly became a democracy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
9) Unjustifiable Chapter 6: Point 14
The killing of Bonita Carter in 1979 changed Birmingham, and its leadership. Protests following her death forced the city to reshape its police department, four decades before Black Lives Matter made ...Show More
10) Unjustifiable Chapter 5: "Shoot her again"
Who is Officer George Sands? The Birmingham police officer had amassed more than a dozen complaints before fatally shooting Bonita Carter. He’d been seen as a problem by some city leaders, while other...Show More