GPB Encore :: August 2020

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GPB RADIO PODCAST SPOTLIGHT

THE STORY OF ONE OF THE FIRST MAJOR CIVIL RIGHTS ERA RIOTS IN THE SOUTH

GPB and the Jessye Norman School of the Arts are taking a unique look at one of the first major Civil Rights era riots in the South with Shots in the Back: Exhuming the 1970 Augusta Riot. The new six-episode podcast is hosted and reported by journalist Sea Stachura, who serves as an instructor at Jessye Norman School for the Arts, an after-school program and community arts center designed to develop and nurture the artistic and creative talents of students of all ages. The podcast also features the voices and contributions of middle and high school students who are part of Stachura’s podcasting class at the school.

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