Special thanks to Susanna Capelouto and Chris Worthingon. It was produced in collaboration with APM Reports, the investigative and documentary unit of American Public Media, with support from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. The Thomas Finch segment was reported and produced by Stephannie Stokes of WABE and edited by David Lewis, investigations editor at WNYC, and Reveal’s Michael Montgomery. Listen: Hear more stories from Radio Diaries.The case has been called a real-life “To Kill a Mockingbird.” Dig Deeper Years later, his granddaughter went searching for the truth. Then we revisit a story from Radio Diaries about the execution of Willie McGee, who was put to death in Mississippi’s traveling electric chair. In our first story, Stephannie Stokes of WABE investigates what really happened more than 80 years ago and why the city of Atlanta and its police force never have recognized the case. Very little was known publicly about Finch’s death until his name appeared at a new memorial to the victims of lynching. In 1936, an African American man named Thomas Finch was shot and killed by an Atlanta police officer who later became leader of the Ku Klux Klan. Please reload the page and try again.Īpple Podcasts | Spotify | Google Podcasts | S titcher | Pandora | Amazon Music Whoops! There was an error and we couldn't process your subscription.

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