The Experiment Podcast: Fighting to Remember Mississippi Burning

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In June 1964, on the peak of the civil-rights motion, the Ku Klux Klan burned a Black Methodist church to the bottom within the city of Philadelphia, Mississippi, and murdered three civil-rights employees in chilly blood. This crime turned one of the vital infamous of its period, surprising the nation on the eve of the passage of the Civil Rights Act and later inspiring a Hollywood blockbuster: Mississippi Burning.

However when the reporter Ko Bragg began questioning how this historical past is being preserved in Philadelphia, she was confronted with a city that may a lot reasonably neglect its violent previous. Bragg finds a number of Black residents taking it upon themselves to maintain the story of this crime alive, and he or she asks the place the burden of safeguarding historical past ought to lie.

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This episode of The Experiment was produced by Gabrielle Berbey, with assist from Salman Ahad Khan. Modifying by Michael Could and Julia Longoria. Reporting by Ko Bragg. Reality-check by Naomi Sharp. Sound design by Hannis Brown with further engineering by Jennifer Munson. Music by Hannis Brown and Tasty Morsels. Transcription by Caleb Codding.