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Jun 2019
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The Sphinx Of Washington Street

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In Episode 4, we find a woman who says she knows who killed the Rev. James Reeb, because she was there. She's ready — for the first time in more than 50 years — to tell the truth about what she saw.

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The X On The Map
In Episode 5, we search for the fourth attacker while digging into the murder of Jimmie Lee Jackson, a black civil rights activist who was murdered in Alabama just weeks before the Rev. James Reeb. Jackson's killer was brought to justice in 2010. We look at his case for strategie ... Show More
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Learn Not To Hear It
In Episode 6, we reveal the identity of the fourth man who participated in the attack on the Rev. James Reeb. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy 
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A Dangerous Kind Of Self-Delusion
In our final episode, we examine the legacy of the Rev. James Reeb's death. We speak both to his descendants and to those of one of his attackers, exploring how the trauma and the lies that followed it affected both families. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoic ... Show More
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