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Panther: Blueprint for Black Power is the story of the unexpected birthplace of the Black Panther, a site that changed the course of the nation. But it’s not where you might expect. Far from Oakland, the Black Panther and its principles came from just outside Selma, Alabama. Lowndes County, Alabama: a county where every single thing Black folks did was an act of rebellion. A county where an all-Black party made it to the ballot in the year 1966. A county that paved the way for revolution. The fourth season of the Murrow Award-winning Reckon Radio examines the first year the Voting Rights Act was put to the test, deep in the heart of the Jim Crow South. Pulitzer Prize finalist Roy S. Johnson and journalist Eunice Elliott tell the story of Lowndes County and the election that shaped politics - and activism - as we know it.

Panther: Blueprint for Black Power is the story of the unexpected birthplace of the Black Panther, a site that changed the course of the nation. But it’s not where you might expect. Far from Oakland, the Black Panther and its principles came from just outside Selma, Alabama. Lowndes County, Alabama: a county where every single thing Black folks did was an act of rebellion. A county where an all-Black party made it to the ballot in the year 1966. A county that paved the way for revolution. The fourth season of the Murrow Award-winning Reckon Radio examines the first year the Voting Rights Act was put to the test, deep in the heart of the Jim Crow South. Pulitzer Prize finalist Roy S. Johnson and journalist Eunice Elliott tell the story of Lowndes County and the election that shaped politics - and activism - as we know it.

 

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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, D... more

09 Aug 2023

40 MINS

40:10

09 Aug 2023


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S4E5: The Black Panthers' Blueprint for Change

Election Day for the Lowndes County Freedom Organization’s candidates didn’t go the way th... more

02 Aug 2023

33 MINS

33:24

02 Aug 2023


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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 ... more

26 Jul 2023

38 MINS

38:58

26 Jul 2023


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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 r... more

19 Jul 2023

31 MINS

31:28

19 Jul 2023


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S4E2: “Bloody Lowndes” - The County that Changed the Nation

How did a county known as “Bloody Lowndes” become the birthplace of the Black Panther? Bec... more

12 Jul 2023

34 MINS

34:48

12 Jul 2023


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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 sw... more

12 Jul 2023

35 MINS

35:08

12 Jul 2023


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Introducing 'Panther: Blueprint for Black Power'

This is the story of the surprising roots of the Black Panther and the election when Ameri... more

03 Jul 2023

02 MINS

02:47

03 Jul 2023


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S3E6: Point 14

The killing of Bonita Carter in 1979 changed Birmingham, and its leadership. Protests foll... more

14 Dec 2020

44 MINS

44:52

14 Dec 2020


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S3E5: "Shoot her again"

Who is Officer George Sands? The Birmingham police officer had amassed more than a dozen c... more

07 Dec 2020

33 MINS

33:35

07 Dec 2020


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S3E4: Catching the Devil on All Sides

The status quo was broken in Birmingham, Alabama, in the weeks after the Bonita Carter kil... more

30 Nov 2020

35 MINS

35:28

30 Nov 2020


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S3E3: The Shoebox

What was it about the killing of Bonita Carter that sparked police reform? The search for ... more

23 Nov 2020

37 MINS

37:07

23 Nov 2020


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S3E2: Anger and action

Protest began to swell in Birmingham began to swell the night Bonita Carter was killed, an... more

16 Nov 2020

38 MINS

38:56

16 Nov 2020


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S3E1: 'It was a girl in the car'

June 22, 1979, just another evening in Birmingham Alabama, and Bonita Carter and her frien... more

16 Nov 2020

27 MINS

27:43

16 Nov 2020


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Trailer: Unjustifiable

Reckon Radio presents: “Unjustifiable,” an investigative series from Pulitzer-prize winnin... more

02 Nov 2020

02 MINS

02:21

02 Nov 2020


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S2E3 - Recused Episode 3

In the 1980s and 1990s, Jeff Sessions fought political corruption and drug traffickers as ... more

25 Dec 2018

27 MINS

27:41

25 Dec 2018


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S2E2 - Recused Episode 2

Years before he was the U.S. Attorney General, Jeff Sessions served as the Alabama Attorne... more

18 Dec 2018

28 MINS

28:54

18 Dec 2018


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S2E1 - Recused Episode 1

In 2016, Jeff Sessions was announced as President Donald Trump's pick for attorney general... more

11 Dec 2018

33 MINS

33:06

11 Dec 2018


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Doug Jones: The Reckon Interview

Episode Notes Reckon's John Hammontree spoke with U.S. Sen. Doug Jones about Supreme Court... more

21 Nov 2018

49 MINS

49:30

21 Nov 2018


#6

Trailer: Recused

Episode Notes Reckon’s Amy Yurkanin dives into the untold story of Jeff Sessions, from the... more

13 Nov 2018

00 MINS

00:59

13 Nov 2018


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S1E4 - Greek Gods Episode 4

Episode Notes Episode Four: What does The Machine teach students about real world politics... more

27 Aug 2018

35 MINS

35:09

27 Aug 2018


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S1E3 - Greek Gods Episode 3

Episode Notes Episode Three: What role does race play on campus? In recent years, the Univ... more

27 Aug 2018

32 MINS

32:39

27 Aug 2018


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S1E2 - Greek Gods Episode 2

Episode Notes Episode Two: The Machine strikes back. Is the organization nefarious, or jus... more

27 Aug 2018

33 MINS

33:53

27 Aug 2018


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S1E1 - Greek Gods Episode 1

Episode Notes Episode One: What is “The Machine?” Hosts Amy and John trace the history of ... more

27 Aug 2018

36 MINS

36:44

27 Aug 2018


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Trailer: Greek Gods

Episode Notes ============= Threats of violence, wire-tapping, boycotts, voter coercion, ... more

31 Jul 2018

02 MINS

02:22

31 Jul 2018