Blurring the Color Line | The 1970 Augusta Riot

The death of a Black teenager led to the largest uprising of Black Americans in the South. More

In 1970, the Georgia city of Augusta erupted into a riot that became the largest uprising of Black Americans in the South. Sixteen-year-old Black teenager, Charles Oatman, was arrested and then died in a county jail; his brutal death turned a protest into a riot that led to the killings of six Black men by white police officers...this piece of American history has been largely forgotten.

AIR DATE 5/25/23