The Red Record

Lynching Sites Project
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The Red Record

The Red Record is a podcast from Lynching Sites Project of Memphis, which aims to create a new legacy of racial equality and justice by turning the light of truth on lynchings in Shelby County, Tennessee. This podcast tells the stories of racial terror lynchings and how they connect to racism today.

Episodes

  1. 01/03/2022

    Say his name: Unidentified victim, 1851

    In this episode, we talk with Jen Bennie, a researcher with Lynching Sites Project and the host of the YouTube channel "Walk with History." She investigated a case of an unnamed man who was lynched in Memphis on Jan , 1851. In this case,  Black man shot the county clerk who declared his freedom papers a forgery as he attempted to board a boat headed north. It is the first recorded lynching in Shelby County and extremely rare to happen before the Civil War. Though more than two dozen papers reported the lynching, none mentioned his name. Jen's experience highlights the difficulty of locating key facts about these significant historical event because of the deeply rooted disregard for Black lives that continues today.

    48 min

  2. 10/30/2021

    What is Lynching? Part 2: Violence against Asian-Americans

    Expanding on what we discussed in episode 3, Dr. Beth Lew-Williams shares the similarities and differences between lynching in the American West and South, especially as it relates to violence against Asian-Americans. “The Chinese Must Go: Violence, Exclusion, and the Making of the Alien in America” https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-chinese-must-go-beth-lew-williams/1127017331

    30 min

  3. 10/20/2021

    What is Lynching? Part 1: Racial Terror in the South

    Dr. Margaret Vandiver breaks down the definition of lynching throughout American history and why it matters. Show notes: Lethal Punishment by Margaret Vandiver https://bit.ly/3C6l9j6 Invitation to a Lynching by Gene Miller https://amzn.to/2Zcq9Er

    29 min

  4. 09/01/2021

    People's Grocery PART 2

    On March 9, 1892, Thomas Moss, Calvin McDowell, and Will Stewart were lynched in Memphis, TN. The Black men had formed a co-op called People’s Grocery that had drawn customers away from a nearby white competitor. Their murders led famed journalist and women’s suffragist Ida B. Wells to investigate the true racist motivations of lynchings and she was exiled soon after because of her writings. Learn more here: https://lynchingsitesmem.org/lynching/peoples-grocery-lynchings-thomas-moss-will-stewart-calvin-mcdowell Original newspaper article, page 1: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1SB_0vvoDDg_xPJyBSfdWQhjgmqnqUAFh/view?usp=drivesdk Original newspaper article, page 2: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1XzMwEaX7nMOOKYW1Pi3J-RsGpA-27Wn6/view?usp=drivesdk Above article courtesy of Memphis, Shelby County Room in Memphis Public Libraries.

    36 min

  5. 07/17/2021

    People's Grocery PART 1

    On March 9, 1892, Thomas Moss, Calvin McDowell, and Will Stewart were lynched in Memphis, TN. The Black men had formed a co-op called People’s Grocery that had drawn customers away from a nearby white competitor. Their murders led famed journalist and women’s suffragist Ida B. Wells to investigate the true racist motivations of lynchings and she was exiled soon after because of her writings.  Learn more here: https://lynchingsitesmem.org/lynching/peoples-grocery-lynchings-thomas-moss-will-stewart-calvin-mcdowell Original newspaper article, page 1: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1SB_0vvoDDg_xPJyBSfdWQhjgmqnqUAFh/view?usp=drivesdk Original newspaper article, page 2: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1XzMwEaX7nMOOKYW1Pi3J-RsGpA-27Wn6/view?usp=drivesdk Above article courtesy of Memphis, Shelby County Room in Memphis Public Libraries.

    18 min

  6. SEASON 1 TRAILER

    Trailer

    What you can expect from The Red Record and why we started this podcast.

    2 min

Trailer

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The Red Record is a podcast from Lynching Sites Project of Memphis, which aims to create a new legacy of racial equality and justice by turning the light of truth on lynchings in Shelby County, Tennessee. This podcast tells the stories of racial terror lynchings and how they connect to racism today.

Information

  • Creator
    Lynching Sites Project
  • Years Active
    2021 - 2022
  • Episodes
    6
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Lynching Sites Project
  • Show Website
    The Red Record

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