Season 5 of the podcast Buried Truths, hosted by Professor Hank Klibanoff, Professor of the Practice in Emory’s Creative Writing Program and Associated Faculty in the Department of History, has premiered on WABE. Drawing on research over three semesters that involved 35 Emory undergraduate students, this season investigates “the brutal beating and medical neglect that led to the 1957 death of Rev. Clarence Horatious Pickett, a preacher in Columbus, Georgia.” Read more details about the seven-episode season, titled “A Preacher, a Policeman, and a Physician,” here: “WABE Announces August 26 Premiere of Buried Truths’ Season 5, hosted by Pulitzer and Peabody Award Winner Hank Klibanoff.”

“This story has lived in the margins of history for far too long,” said Buried Truths creator and host Hank Klibanoff. “With the help of research by more than 35 Emory University undergraduate students across three semesters, we’ve tried to give Clarence Pickett the attention and dignity that eluded him in life. His story reveals painful truths—not just about one town or one moment, but about how our systems treat the most vulnerable.”