Civil Wrongs

Dwania Kyles, one of the Memphis 13 who integrated schools in 1961, shares her healing journey from racial trauma.

Miniature paintings by artist Ephraim Urevbu are now embedded in the sidewalk with QR codes that link to difficult stories of America’s racial past.

The Weakley County Reconciliation Project encourages conversations around race and works to memorialize lynching victims.

Elaine Massacre of 1919

The Elaine Massacre of 1919

The Elaine Massacre of 1919

The racist caricature that Black people are inherently lazy and morally corrupt is also widely used to characterize people with addiction – and some treatment facilities may be capitalizing on that misrepresentation to pay for their programming through "work therapy."

Slavery was still happening in eastern Arkansas in the 1930s — seven decades after Emancipation.

After the Civil War, Black people had secured their freedom. But even though they were legally free, they were far from equal. Over three days in May 1866, these issues would come to a head in the streets when white citizens lashed out in what would become known as the Memphis Massacre.

After the Civil War, Black people had secured their freedom. But even though they were legally free, they were far from equal. Over three days in May 1866, these issues would come to a head in the streets when white citizens lashed out in what would become known as the Memphis Massacre.

After the Civil War, Black people had secured their freedom. But even though they were legally free, they were far from equal. Over three days in May 1866, these issues would come to a head in the streets when white citizens lashed out in what would become known as the Memphis Massacre.

After the Civil War, Black people had secured their freedom. But even though they were legally free, they were far from equal. Over three days in May 1866, these issues would come to a head in the streets when white citizens lashed out in what would become known as the Memphis Massacre.

S1E3: False confessions today

S1E2: The Descendants

S1E1: The Lynching

Trailer: The Lynching of Ell Persons