Akibu Hutchinson is an author and educator based in LA. She didn't know anything about black women's involvement in people's temple until she started really researching the topic for herself. Her novel follows a story of three fictionalized black women who navigate all the challenges of people's temple and Jones town. "I wanted to highlight the multiple trajectories of folks that were involved"
A sonic memorial to the Black women of the Peoples Temple.
Produced and reported by Babette Thomas. Edited by Liza Yeager and Mitchell Johnson, with editorial oversight from Daniel Denvir and Alex Lewis.
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