Don managed to escape Jones town. She was in Georgetown Guyana's capital, getting dental work with her grandma leading up to the mass suicide. And for months, every time she would try to go back to Jones town, she would somehow miss her transportation,. little strings of mistakes that would ultimately save her life.
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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