The Original 33: Why Everybody Ain’t Invited To The Cookout (featuring Roland Martin, Nina Hibbler Webster and Brian Forte)
Drapetomaniax: Unshackled HistoryShow Notes
After the Civil War, so many newly freed African Americans registered to vote that Georgia elected 3 Black state senators and 30 Black state representatives. They were known as The Original 33. Southern white supremacists were so afraid when Black people exercised their right to vote that they started a race war. Representative Henry McNeal Turner aka DJ Freedman hosts this week's show live from the 1868 cookout that led to the Camilla Massacre.
Drapetomaniax is created by Michael Harriot in collaboration between OtherTone, Sony Music Entertainment and Queer Media
This episode features:
Sen Tunis Campbell Roland Martin
Rep. Henry McNeal Turner Brian Forte
Stacey Nina Hibbler Webster
Special thanks to our voice actors:
Commercial Voice Over Andrea O’Brien Vives
Black Voice 1 Blu Radway
Black Voice 2 Q Daily
Black Voice 3 Taylor Le Melle
Social Media Voice 2 Deborah Beete
Social Media Voice 1 Diamond Stylz
Essy Mae Davis Sabrina Harvey
Child Ryze Sparkman
Ad Libs Shalewa Mackal
Executive Producers Pharrell Williams, Scott Vener, Noleca Radway, and Moses Soyoola
Senior Producer Janicia Francis
Managing Producer JoAnn DeLuna
Production Coordinator Homero Radway
Production Assistant Gilianne Roberts-Atkinson
Head Writer Silas Miami
Writers Dallas Rico, Roderick Morrow, Danielle Solomon, Randolph Terrence
Audio Engineer Toni Paulsen
Fact checker LaPorsche Thomas
Music Supervisor Patricia Kihoro
Theme Song Freedom by Pharell Williams
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Family and What by Walz
Operator by White Drift
Get off your feet by Margareta
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