Introducing The Stolen Girls of Americus
Black History Year
PushBlack
4.6 • 2.2K Ratings
🗓️ 13 November 2023
⏱️ 38 minutes
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Summary
In Americus, Georgia, 1963, three young girls meet at a local protest, only to face chilling consequences for demanding justice.
Introducing The Stolen Girls of Americus, PushBlack’s new true crime narrative podcast, based on the true story of more than a dozen Black girls (ages 9 to 15) who were abducted by police during a 1963 protest in Americus, Georgia, where, for 45 days, their whereabouts remained a mystery to their family, community, and the world. Echoing the long history of missing Black girls, what happened next remains relevant today.
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The Stolen Girls of Americus is a co-production of Accelerate Change and PushBlack. If you enjoyed this episode and would like to show your support, please consider donating at www.stolengirls.com.
This episode features performances by:
Joelle Denise as Shirley Green
Brooke Brown as Lorena Barnum
MJ VanDevere as Carol Barner
Leslie Taylor-Grover as Bernice Green
Debra Mittleman as Mabel Barnum
Precious Joubert as Helen Barner
Additional voice support includes:
Jareyah Bradley
Cindy Kamtchoum
Richie Kamtchoum
Zul Manzi
Bianca Tochi
Len Webb
Nate Woldu
Chris Yates
This episode is written by MJ Vandevere and Cydney Smith, and directed by Richie Kamtchoum.
The editor is Julian Blackmore, with engineering provided by Nathan Wizard and Yanii Evans. Original music composed by Julian Blackmore. Photo: Danny Lyon/Magnum Photos
Our producers are Jill Janairo, Darren Wallace, Len Webb, and Lilly Workneh.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hey there is Len of Push Black, producer of our Black History |
| 0:03.8 | Year and two minute Black History series. |
| 0:06.8 | I'm excited to introduce Push Black's first narrative |
| 0:10.1 | podcast, a thrilling true crime series called The Stolen Girls of America's. |
| 0:15.8 | It's 1963 and on a seemingly ordinary summer day in America's Georgia, 15 black girls eagerly joined a protest only to mysteriously vanish into thin air. |
| 0:29.5 | For 45 days, they went missing without a trace, leaving a terrified community asking what |
| 0:36.0 | happened to our girls. |
| 0:39.4 | That is the real story behind Push Black's first dramatic series, The Stolen Girls of America's. |
| 0:47.0 | Now sit back and enjoy the very first episode of the Stolen Girls of America's. |
| 0:56.2 | And if you want to hear more, look for and subscribe |
| 0:59.4 | to the Stolen Girls of America's on The Odyssey app or wherever you find podcasts. |
| 1:06.7 | This podcast is based on a true story. You're going to. A-gun! |
| 1:14.0 | Oh! |
| 1:16.0 | Oh! |
| 1:18.0 | Oh! Oh! This way. Hurry up y'all! We can't get cold. We can't get cold. We're moving as fast as we can. |
| 1:33.0 | Well, it ain't fast enough. |
| 1:35.0 | Lorena, we don't know where we're going. |
| 1:38.0 | Or what's waiting for us in these woods. |
| 1:40.0 | Then I guess we're going to have to find out. Pick up your feet, Varna. |
| 1:45.0 | Lorena, I'm trying. |
| 1:48.0 | Marana, it's a pass. |
| 1:50.0 | See, Shirley, I told you this trail leads to a town or something. |
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