James Brazier was a 31-year-old husband and father of four who was violently arrested and killed by white police officers in Terrell County, Georgia, in April 1958 simply for purchasing a new Chevrolet Impala.
This tragic event is the latest to be examined by students participating in Emory University’s Georgia Civil Rights Cold Case Project and is the central focus of the fourth season of “Buried Truths: Race & Rage in Terrible Terrell,” produced by WABE.
Hank Klibanoff, a veteran journalist and director of the project, joined WABE’s “All Things Considered” to discuss the process of investigating Brazier’s death and compiling the information into a powerful and impactful nine-episode series.
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