Unreformed: The Story of the Alabama Industrial School for Negro Children

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🗓️ 1 May 2023

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

A hundred years ago, Alabama took over a reform school that served Black children who were "wayward" or broke the law. But survivors say the facility at Mount Meigs was run more like a slave plantation, complete with forced labor and physical and sexual abuse. For decades segregationist politicians gave administrators a free hand in running the school. Then in the 1960s a whistleblower led a lawsuit to improve conditions - with qualified success. School of Humans and iHeartMedia present “Unreformed: The Story of the Alabama Industrial School for Negro Children.” Host Josie Duffy Rice talks to former residents to recount the institutional cruelty and intergenerational trauma inflicted by the school at Mount Meigs.

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0:00.0	For exclusive podcasts and more, sign up at patreon.com slash partners in crime media.
0:06.4	I'm Rebecca LaVoy and this is Crime Riders on.
0:23.5	Crime Riders on is the original True Crime Review podcast that exists in a true crime,
0:27.9	pop culture, other podcasts.
0:29.8	And on this episode, survivors say the reform school at Mount Megs was more like a slave
0:35.6	plantation.
0:36.6	We'll discuss the eight part investigative series, Unreformed, the story of the Alabama
0:42.4	Industrial School for Negro Children.
0:45.3	Joining me to get that done and more is True Crime author, TV journalist and host of
0:50.8	these other stories podcast, my husband and love of my life, Kevin Flynn.
0:54.4	Hello, Kevin.
0:55.4	Rebecca, I want to point out something here.
0:59.6	How big of a cup does this have?
1:01.1	Exactly how big it is.
1:02.2	How big is it?
1:03.2	It's 20 ounces.
1:04.2	Oh, okay.
1:05.2	I was looking for a little cold beverage and I decided, I'll screw it.
1:11.3	I've got all this margarita mix.
1:12.8	And do you have a 20 ounce margarita?
1:17.1	No.
1:18.1	Yeah, well, that's what I guess I just ended up making.
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