We Care Now. A Podcast for Ed Johnson

In 1906, a young African American man named Ed Johnson was murdered by a lynch mob on the Walnut Street Bridge in his home town of Chattanooga, Tennessee. We Care Now is the story of what happened to Ed Johnson and what a group of citizens are doing today to memorialize him. We Care Now was created by the podcasting students of Will Davis at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.

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1. January 23, 1906

This story begins with Ed Johnson being wrongfully accused of Nevada Taylor’s rape in 1906.
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2. March 19, 1906

This story continues with Ed Johnson’s conviction, the U.S. Supreme Court’s stay of execution and Johnson’s lynching on the Walnut Street Bridge.
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3. The Bridge

A memorial is being built on Chattanooga’s popular Walnut Street Bridge to honor Ed Johnson. Jerome Meadows is the artist chosen to design it.
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4. We’re Together

Will Davis

Chattanooga artists and leaders Nicole Coleman, Donivan Brown, and LaFrederick Thirkill, talk about racism and the legacy of Ed Johnson.
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5. Reflections

Will Davis

The student podcasters of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga reflect on the making of We Care Now. A Podcast for Ed Johnson, and its subject matter.