Episodes

  • Bonus: Telling The Story_

    Bonus: Telling The Story_
    Oct 19 2020
    Host Sea Stachura and editor Keocia Howard look back on the making of "Shots in the Back: Exhuming the 1970 Augusta Riot."
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    30 mins
  • Episode 6: Was The Augusta Riot Worth It?

    Episode 6: Was The Augusta Riot Worth It?
    Sep 15 2020
    Was the Augusta riot worth it? Fifty years after the uprising, we look at the societal changes that it sparked, and what the Civil Rights Movement looks like today.
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    48 mins
  • Bonus: No Peace, No Justice, 1970

    Bonus: No Peace, No Justice, 1970
    Sep 8 2020
    In 1970, what happened in Augusta was actually part of a larger national story as campuses across the country were shut down due to protests.
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    7 mins
  • Episode 5: The Smoke Clears

    Episode 5: The Smoke Clears
    Sep 4 2020
    In the months following Augusta's riot, activism was at an all-time high. As white Augustans braced themselves for the possibility of more violence, Black activists worked for more immediate change. Meanwhile, the police department rewarded the officers involved in the riot, and the friends and families of "The Augusta Six" demanded justice.
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    46 mins
  • Bonus: All Cakes Should Be Equal

    Bonus: All Cakes Should Be Equal
    Aug 24 2020
    Students from the Jessye Norman School of the Arts have been working hard to tell the story of the 1970 Augusta riot in the podcast, Shots in the Back. Half of these students are white, while the rest are Black. That dynamic has made it intimidating to talk about racism in the classroom. In this bonus episode, several of them share their fears about racism.
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    15 mins
  • Episode 4: Shoot To Kill

    Episode 4: Shoot To Kill
    Aug 10 2020
    Inside the chaos of the uprising, Black and white leaders were trying to quell the violence. As rioters set fire to white-owned businesses, police officers were told to shoot to kill. In this episode, we tell the stories of the six Black men killed by white police officers. The victims, who were all shot in the back, would be remembered as The Augusta Six.
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    41 mins
  • Episode 3: The Days Of The Riot

    Episode 3: The Days Of The Riot
    Jul 27 2020
    In this timeline of the 48-hour uprising in Augusta, we chart its chronological and geographic path. We hear about rioters who targeted Chinese-owned businesses, while police in armored personnel carriers patrolled the streets. The National Guard also surrounded Paine College, a historically black college.
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    48 mins
  • Bonus: People Called Him Charlie

    Bonus: People Called Him Charlie
    Jul 21 2020
    A listener reaches out to share his memories of Charlie Oatman. Fred McBrayer was a vocational rehabilitation counselor in Augusta, who worked with Oatman at his high school.
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    9 mins