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Q&A with Directors Yoruba Richen and Brad Lichtenstein, Professor Paula Johnson of Syracuse University College of Law and Director of Cold Case Justice Project, moderated by Democracy Now's Amy Goodman
The Peabody-nominated documentary American Reckoning investigates the unsolved 1967 murder of a local NAACP leader, Wharlest Jackson Sr., in Mississippi — and reveals a little-known history of Black armed resistance during the civil rights movement. Following the Jackson family’s search for answers, and allegations of the involvement of a Ku Klux Klan offshoot in Jackson’s murder, the documentary also illuminates America’s buried history through rarely-seen archival footage of the Black-led self defense group, the Deacons for Defense and Justice. Helmed by acclaimed directors Yoruba Richen and Brad Lichtenstein, American Reckoning is a component of FRONTLINE’s Emmy Award-winning multi-platform initiative, Un(re)solved, which examines a federal effort to grapple with America’s history of racist violence.