Buried Truths
“Buried Truths” acknowledges and unearths still-relevant stories of injustice, racism, and resistance in the American South. We can’t change our history, but we can let it guide us to understanding. The podcast is hosted by journalist, professor, and Pulitzer-prize-winning author Hank Klibanoff.
Series Episodes
“The valley of dry bones” | S4 E12
Caroline Herring is a singer, songwriter and scholar of the South. She discusses the evolution of her music and of the song she wrote for Buried Truths.
22 mins
9 August 2023 Finished
“There will never be closure” | S4 E10
Buried Truths Live, Part I: a special evening onstage with the daughters of James Brazier, who share the pain of his loss some 60 years after their father died.
49 mins
2 August 2023 Finished
“My world just stopped turning” | S4 E11
Buried Truths Live, Part 2: Our special event continues with a conversation between Hank and Kelley Stinson, granddaughter of the policeman who killed James Brazier.
41 mins
2 August 2023 Finished
“I’m not brave like you” | S4 E9
An anonymous letter in the files of Donald Lee Hollowell captures white attitudes in the South. Some whites harbored no hatred for Black people but were too afraid to say so. What about today? And tomorrow?
1 hour 1 min
5 April 2023 Finished
A season of fire | S4 E8
explicitVoting rights activists in Terrell are met with shootings and arson, attracting the attention of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Jackie Robinson and an angry President Kennedy.
51 mins
29 March 2023 Finished
