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    Episode 1 – A funny thing happened on the way back from the funeral

    Episode 1 – A funny thing happened on the way back from the funeral

    FromThe Ghost of Frank J. Robinson

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    Episode 1 – A funny thing happened on the way back from the funeral

    FromThe Ghost of Frank J. Robinson

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    Length:
    13 minutes
    Released:
    Oct 28, 2022
    Format:
    Podcast episode

    Description

    When the East Texas voting rights advocate died under mysterious circumstances in 1976, his death was seen as a murder. However, officials called it a suicide. Former Palestine resident James Hopkins explains what happened when he attended Robinson’s funeral. Also, we hear about the unusual honor for Robinson connecting him with The Reverend Martin Luther King Jr.
    Released:
    Oct 28, 2022
    Format:
    Podcast episode

    Titles in the series (6)

    On Oct. 13, 1976, East Texas voting rights activist Frank J. Robinson was mortally wounded from a shotgun blast to his head. When the police chief saw the body, he declared it looked like a murder — but days later he retracted his assessment. After a public inquest, Robinson’s death was ruled a suicide. But a specter of doubt hangs over his death — so much so that even the Texas State Historical Association’s Handbook of Texas questions the ruling. Robinson had won victories to promote and preserve the power of the Black vote in East Texas, and some say that’s why he was killed. In Texas Public Radio’s "The Ghost of Frank J. Robinson," reporter David Martin Davies investigates and finds new evidence about this mystery that haunts East Texas. This podcast is made possible in part by Texas A&M San Antonio.