Shots in the Back: Exhuming the 1970 Augusta Riot
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- Society & Culture · Documentary
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"Shots in the Back: Exhuming the 1970 Augusta Riot" tells the story of one of the first major Civil Rights Era riots in the South. The immediate cause of the riot in Augusta, Ga. was the brutal murder of Charles Oatman, an African American teenager held by police in the county jail. During the riot, six black men were killed by white police officers, all of them shot in the back. In a collaboration, students at the Jessye Norman School of the Arts join GPB in telling this story.
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Recent episodes
- Bonus: Telling The Story_
- Episode 6: Was It Worth It?
- Bonus: No Peace, No Justice, 1970
- Episode 5: The Smoke Clears
- Bonus: All Cakes Should Be Equal
- Episode 4: Shoot To Kill
- Episode 3: The Days Of The Riot
- Bonus: People Called Him Charlie
- Episode 2: A Lay Of The Land In 1970 Augusta
- Bonus: Could Charles Oatman’s Death Happen Today?