Episode 4: The Runaways
Unreformed: the Story of the Alabama Industrial School for Negro Children02/08/23 • 28 min
Since the 1920s, notices started appearing in the local newspapers near Mt. Meigs. They said things like "Six armed negroes escaped Mount Meigs Industrial School” or “Police seeking escape artist in burglary."
In this episode, we hear about the tradition of running away at Mt. Meigs. Lonnie tells us about his experience running away and the harrowing consequences that led him to spend months on the rock pile.
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02/08/23 • 28 min
Unreformed: the Story of the Alabama Industrial School for Negro Children - Episode 4: The Runaways
Transcript
School of Humans. Please note that this podcast episode discusses historical events that include physical abuse against children. Please take care as you listen. For most, if not all, of Mount Megs existence, running away was a tradition born of necessity. We mentioned in the first episode that in nineteen twenty two there had been a fire that destroyed many of the early records about Mount Megs. So it's hard to know just how many kids ran away i
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