Feb 25, 202610 min
In 1946, Orson Welles, the director of Citizen Kane, was at the height of his fame. At the time, he had a national radio show called Orson Welles Commentaries on ABC. After a year on the radio, discussing politics and...
About this Podcast:
In 1948, three black farmers decided they’d had enough. They were going to vote in rural South Georgia, where white supremacists held power by suppressing the black vote. Pulitzer-Prize winning author, journalist and Emory University professor Hank Klibanoff explores the mysteries and injustices of history through civil rights cases that few have seen. How far would white supremacists go -- on the streets, in the courtrooms, in the legislatures -- to preserve their racial dominance? And, most importantly, why? Who were we back then? The truth is restless, relevant and revealed in Buried Truths.
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What is Buried Truths about?
In 1948, three black farmers decided they’d had enough. They were going to vote in rural South Georgia, where white supremacists held power by suppressing the black vote. Pulitzer-Prize winning author, journalist and Emory University professor Hank Klibanoff explores the mysteries and injustices of history through civil rights cases that few have seen.
Who hosts Buried Truths?
Buried Truths is hosted by Ayanna Taylor. The show has published 37 episodes to date.
What has Buried Truths covered recently?
Recent episodes include "Presenting: "Orson Welles and the Blind Soldier" from Radio Diaries" (25 February 2026, 10 minutes), "White Man in a White Court" (30 September 2025, 51 minutes), and "The Investigation | S5 E6" (23 September 2025, 31 minutes).
How often does Buried Truths publish?
Buried Truths publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 38 minutes across 37 episodes.
How hard is it to get booked on Buried Truths?
Booking probability for Buried Truths is 31%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Buried Truths requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Buried Truths's contact route on record: public web form.
About the host
Ayanna Taylor hosts Buried Truths, a society podcast with 37 episodes published.
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Recent episodes
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Episode #7
White Man in a White Court
Sep 30, 202551 minS5What happened inside of the courtroom when Joe Cameron stood trial for the murder of Reverend Pickett? The trial tells a deeper story about who could receive equal justice in a small southern community where everyone...
Episode #6
The Investigation | S5 E6
Sep 23, 202531 minS5The Columbus police investigate one of their own, Joe Cameron in the Reverend Pickett’s death and come up with a surprising conclusion. Meanwhile, J. Edgar Hoover sends in the FBI.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy...
Episode #5
“Absolutely no mercy”
Sep 16, 202542 minS5Did the World War II battle of Peleliu, where more than 20,000 American and Japanese combatants fought on an island they could walk across, shape Rev. Pickett’s fate? For more, visit buriedtruths.org See...
Episode #4
Medicine and Race | S5 E4
Sep 9, 202535 minS5How medical myths about Black people led American health care to fail Clarence Pickett in 1957. It is a tragedy that, 70 years later, is still failing African-Americans.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy...
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Episode #3
"Baby, they done killed me" | S5 E3
Sep 2, 202535 minS5Rev. Clarence Pickett’s final days: his arrest, his beating and how he saw a doctor one day and was dead the next.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Episode #1
The boy preacher | S5 E1
Aug 26, 202537 minS5Rev. Clarence Horatious Pickett was a celebrated young pastor who developed behavioral problems that drew attention and arrests. But none should have led to what followed. For more, visit buriedtruths.org See...
Episode #2
"I still hear the screams" | S5 E2
Aug 26, 202537 minS5After enthralling congregations for several years, Rev. Pickett landed in the Georgia state mental institution, then a county jail where the jailer beat him to the edge of death. For more, visit buriedtruths.org See...
- Aug 4, 20253 minS5
Four days before Christmas in 1957, Clarence Horatious Pickett, a preacher and newspaper ad salesman in Columbus, Georgia, walked into town to pick up his paycheck. Forty-eight years old and known as “Reverend” to many...
Episode #12
“The valley of dry bones” | S4 E12
Aug 9, 202321 minS4Caroline 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.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California...
Episode #10
“There will never be closure” | S4 E10
Aug 2, 202347 minS4Buried 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.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and...
Episode #11
“My world just stopped turning” | S4 E11
Aug 2, 202340 minS4Buried Truths Live, Part 2: Our special event continues with a conversation between Hank and Kelley Stinson, granddaughter of the policeman who killed James Brazier.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and...
Episode #9
“I’m not brave like you” | S4 E9
Apr 5, 20231h 3mS4An 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?See Privacy...
Episode #8
A season of fire | S4 E8
Mar 29, 202352 minS4Voting 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. See Privacy Policy at...
Episode #7
Courtroom drama | S4 E7
Mar 22, 202350 minS4Penniless and heartbroken, Hattie Bell Brazier pulls the only lever of power available to her: she sues Mathews and Cherry in federal court, setting up a tense battle between leading lawyers for and against civil...
Episode #6
The unexpected email | S4 E6
Mar 15, 202331 minS4James Brazier’s family will never forget his killing, but what about the family of Weyman Cherry? His granddaughter reaches out to us after learning of his brutal racism. She accepts the truth but struggles with it. See...
Episode #5
S4 E5 | Light in the heart of darkness
Mar 8, 202352 minS4An underground railroad of information smuggles the story of Terrible Terrell out of Georgia and onto the Washington Post’s front page.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at...
Episode #4
S4 E4 | The vanishing knife
Mar 1, 202351 minS4The police said Willie Countryman had a knife, but did he? And his girlfriend is left to wonder about his love for her. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at...
Episode #3
S4 E3 | The witnesses in the jail
Feb 22, 202339 minS4The cops had already hurt James Brazier when they arrested him and took him to jail. But they returned late that night to finish him. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at...
- Feb 22, 202339 minS4
On one April day, three generations of the Brazier family, including 10-year-old James Jr., were beaten by white Dawson police. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at...
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