FLORENCE-The Florence-Lauderdale Public Library hopes you join them for Thursday’s live podcast recording
“Buried Truths Live: Civil Rights in the Shoals” Community members are invited to share their own experiences of living in the Shoals during the civil rights era during the event.
Buried Truths Podcast
Listening Session
Tuesday, Feb. 25, 11:30 am
Join us as we listen to the civil rights podcast Buried Truths. We’ll listen to and discuss the first episode of Season 1, which explores the story of Isiah Nixon, an African American man who was murdered because he voted. If you are unfamiliar with podcasts, library staff will be on hand to show you how you can listen to the rest of Buried Truths. This event is a preview for our Buried Truths live recording at FLPL on February 27.
Get Dirty at the Library:
Plant Propagation 101
Thursday, Feb. 27, 11:30 am
For this week’s event in our spring gardening series, Taylor Reeder of the the Alabama Cooperative Extension System will help you learn how to grow new plants from cuttings and seeds.
Buried Truths Live:
Civil Rights in the Shoals
A live podcast recording hosted by
Hank Klibanoff and Sherhonda Allen
Thursday, February 27, 6:00 pm
The Shoals area has a reputation for having experienced more peaceful race relations during the civil rights movement than much of the South. But does that reputation tell the whole story? Hank Klibanoff—Pulitzer Prize-winning author, veteran journalist, and now professor—and Sherhonda Allen—journalist for the TimesDaily—will explore this question as they co-host a live recording of an episode for Klibanoff’s Peabody-winning podcast Buried Truths.
Hank, a white man, was a student at Coffee High School when the schools of Florence integrated. Sherhonda, an African American woman, started school at Brooks Elementary School shortly after the onset of integration. Through discussion, interviews, and Q&A, Hank and Sherhonda will explore the Black and White experience in the Shoals during the civil rights era and beyond, discussing topics such as integration, voting rights, and more. Audience members are encouraged to share their own stories and perspectives, as well.
Buried Truths is a narrative civil rights history podcast that investigates still-relevant stories of injustice, resilience and racism in the American South. It is produced by NPR affiliate WABE in Atlanta. The podcast’s first two seasons are available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and other major podcast platforms.
This project is co-sponsored by the Alabama Humanities Foundation, a state partner with the National Endowment for the Humanities, as well as the UNA Mitchell-West Center for Social Inclusion and the UNA Communications Department.
