HeyJaredBlack Jonestown
Black Jonestown is a storytelling and documentary channel dedicated to honoring the Black members of the People’s Temple — those who lived, died, and those who survived the tragedy in Jonestown, Guyana on 11/18/1978This channel reclaims their narrative.
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Virginia Taylor, A Life Remembered & Honoring the 1 year old children (opens the original)
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Every person who died in Jonestown had a name, a story, and a life that mattered.In this special memorial episode of Black Jonestown, we step away from the interview format to honor Virginia Taylor, one of the senior citizens who lost her life on November 18, 1978. Through the memories of those who knew her and the historical record she left behind, we reflect on the life of a woman whose journey deserves to be remembered beyond the tragedy.As the episode concludes, we pause for a solemn memoria
Who Was Leslie Before Peoples Temple (opens the original)
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Before there was People's Temple… before Jonestown… there was a little girl with dreams, a family, and a life that shaped the woman she would become.In this deeply personal episode of Black Jonestown, special guest interviewer Janet Shular sits down with survivor Leslie Wagner-Wilson for an intimate conversation about the years before Jim Jones entered her life. Leslie shares never-before-told stories of her childhood, her family, and the experiences that molded her long before the tragedy that
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