Episode 67 - The man who lived through Doomsday and Medgar Evers
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Following on from last week’s episode, Chris stays in Martinique, the beautiful Caribbean island, but turns to a dark tale when 30,000 people died on the French island in minutes. The year was 1902 and Mt. Pelee erupted at 7:52am on 8 May. There were just three known survivors - a little girl who was found floating out at sea some time after the eruption, someone the authorities labelled a “madman” and promptly armed with a gun and a hardened criminal who survived a flash temperature rise to 1000 degrees centigrade inside his prison cell. This story has it all!
Harrison meanwhile focused on the incredible story of the African American civil rights leader, Megdar Evers, who was assassinated on 12 June 1963, aged just 37 years old. He is perhaps not as well known as other leaders who gave their life, but we think he should be. Medgar worked to desegregate schools and to bring attention to cases of inequality. For this he was shot in the back outside his home, and his killer was thrown a parade after being let off twice.
Chris’ Sources
Lonely Planet article on Martinique
Lonely Planet article on St-Pierre
The Prison Cell of Ludger Sylbaris
Saint-Pierre and the Prison Cell of Ludger Sylbaris
Wikipedia article on Ludger Sylbaris
Mt. Pelee Eruption (1902)
Léon Compère-Léandre
Wikipedia article on Mount Pelée
Harrison’s Sources
The Assassination of Medgar Evers - A Hero Silenced - Extra History
MEDGAR EVERS - NAACP
Medgar Evers - Wikipedia
Civil rights leader Medgar Evers is assassinated
Medgar Evers - FBI History
NAACP
Myrlie Evers-Williams
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