The Stemma Report

Project McRae
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A history and genealogy lover's podcast about the news you may have missed.

  1. 08/25/2019

    Episode Ten | Joe McDonald

    To commemorate the 400th anniversary of the 'twenty-odd' enslaved Africans arriving to Virginia on a pirate ship in 1619, The Stemma Report presents Voices Remembering Slavery: Freed People Tell Their Stories, a collection of audio recordings by former enslaved African-Americans. (The audio recordings exist in the Library of Congress) The recordings took place between 1932 and 1975. Out of hundreds of interviews, three were selected for The Stemma Report. Episode Ten is an interview with Joe McDonald; Livingston, Alabama, 1940. Website: The Stemma Report

    Episode Ten | Joe McDonald

  2. 08/25/2019

    Episode Nine | Irene Williams

    To commemorate the 400th anniversary of the 'twenty-odd' enslaved Africans arriving to Virginia on a pirate ship in 1619, The Stemma Report presents Voices Remembering Slavery: Freed People Tell Their Stories, a collection of audio recordings by former enslaved African-Americans. (The audio recordings exist in the Library of Congress) The recordings took place between 1932 and 1975. Out of hundreds of interviews, three were selected for The Stemma Report. Episode Nine is an interview with Irene Williams; Rome Mississippi, 1940.

    Episode Nine | Irene Williams

  3. 08/25/2019

    Episode Eight | Uncle Bob Ledbetter

    To commemorate the 400th anniversary of the 'twenty-odd' enslaved Africans arriving to Virginia on a pirate ship in 1619, The Stemma Report presents Voices Remembering Slavery: Freed People Tell Their Stories, a collection of audio recordings by former enslaved African-Americans. (The audio recordings exist in the Library of Congress) The recordings took place between 1932 and 1975. Out of hundreds of interviews, three were selected for The Stemma Report. Episode Eight is an interview with Uncle Bob Ledbetter; Oil City, Louisiana, 1940.

    Episode Eight | Uncle Bob Ledbetter

  4. 08/18/2019

    Episode Seven | Whitecaps: Part I

    This episode is part of the ongoing series: Why So Few African-Americans Own Land Whitecaps were the remnants of the Klan from Reconstruction. They forced African-Americans from their jobs and lands which helped contribute to the giant land loss of former slaves and African-Americans during the late 1800s and early 1900s.

    Episode Seven | Whitecaps: Part I

  5. 07/22/2019

    Episode Six | Why Do So Few African-Americans Own Land?

    A look into the history of why so few African-Americans in the U.S. own land.

    Episode Six | Why Do So Few African-Americans Own Land?

  6. 06/03/2019

    The Curious Case of John Henry Williams Teaser Trailer

    The true account of 1921, in southwest Georgia, a little girl is found dead. An African-American is accused of the crime. What transpires next is five nights of lawlessness, A sheriff plays a cat & mouse game with a mob of over 1,000 people, African-Americans in the town are terrorized, a man is given a trial within five days of the crime, and a savage mob's ways become medieval.

    The Curious Case of John Henry Williams Teaser Trailer

  7. 05/21/2019

    Episode Five | Stop Flogging

    In 1927, floggings of African Americans in Georgia were so prevalent that the Catholic church printed an op-ed plea in their newspaper, The Bulletin, in Augusta, GA, for the hooded gangs of the KKK to stop flogging & beating African-Americans in the dead of night (hear the op-ed, as printed in 1927).

    Episode Five | Stop Flogging

  8. 04/08/2019

    Episode Four | Frank Divers

    In 1890, former slave and Georgia Senate nominee, Frank Divers writes an op-ed to the Atlanta Constitution to share his grievances about the Republican Party.

    Episode Four | Frank Divers
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A history and genealogy lover's podcast about the news you may have missed.

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  • Creator
    Project McRae
  • Years Active
    2019
  • Episodes
    13
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © All rights reserved
  • Show Website
    The Stemma Report