Policing Greene: A Policeman at the Sunset of the Jim Crow South
Policing Greene: A Policeman at the Sunset of the Jim Crow South
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Tom Lewis & Hal McAlister
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Created By Tom Lewis & Hal McAlisterPodcast Status activeStarted 30/12/2022Latest Episode 30/12/2022Release Period EpisodicEpisodes 5Partner Reviews 0Language EnglishFrequency 0Average Length 28 minutes and 36 secondsCountry United StatesGlobal Rank TOP 10%Description
In 1964 at age 48, Carlton Lewis took an abrupt turn in life to become a policeman in a rural Georgia county - half white, half black – that must cope with new federal civil rights laws. He was a roughneck Son of the South whose grandfather owned slaves. How would he perform in his new role? Would he treat all Greene County citizens fairly and equally regardless of their color? This is the true story of an exceptional police officer at a turning point in U.S. history. Recruited as a deputy to legendary Greene County Sheriff L. L. Wyatt, Carlton Lewis rose to become Wyatt’s Chief Deputy before taking on the job of Chief of Police of the small Greene County town of Union point. His 22-year career led Carlton Lewis through many incidents and encounters ranging from murder and extortion to banishing a peacock. Along the way, Carlton’s predilection for a good fight and equal justice for all of Greene’s citizens exposed him to dangers mostly unknown to his family. When it was clear that federally-enforced integration of schools would occur in Georgia, the Greene County school superintendent stated that they would do the right thing without being ordered by having a few teachers volunteer to go the black and white schools to set examples for the community. Carlton’s wife Eleanor was the first white teacher to volunteer to go to the black school. This was a clear indication of the Lewis family’s attitude towards the societal changes coming their way. While Carlton would arrest and get in “tussles” with many of Greene County African Americans throughout his policing years, he would make sure that they received the same treatment in the justice system as did the white citizens he arrested. When Sheriff Wyatt died in 1977, community black leaders encouraged Carlton to run for the vacant office. He was grateful for such support but decided to complete his career by staying on as the Union Point police chief. In early 1986, as Carlton was approaching retirement, his son Tom, then Chief of Staff to Georgia Governor Joe Frank Harris, sat down with his dad and recorded their conversation about Carlton's policing exploits. Two months later, and just two weeks after his retirement, Carlton Lewis collapsed and died while on one of his daily walks. He had been shot at, bludgeoned on the head, and bloodied in numerous knock-down-drag-outs but survived his policing career only to be taken down by a fatal heart attack. Those audio recordings were incorporated in the 2018 book Policing Greene written in a collaboration between Tom and his friend Hal McAlister, who worked together at Georgia State University where Tom was a senior Vice President and Advisor to the President and Hal was Regents Professor of Astronomy. Their book is available on Amazon.com. Now, you can hear Carlton, Tom, and others describe incidents and encounters from the book, brought back to life in their own voices in these five podcast episodes. This podcast is sponsored by Team BlueLine, a non-profit giving back to families of fallen officers physically or mentally injured in the line of duty. Visit teamblueline.org. The episodes were produced by Andrew (Drew) Nelson with the editing assistance of Marion (Mars) Rinaldi. Drew narrates the series, and Mars reads occasional passages from the book. You can learn more about the book at amazon.com and halmcalister.com. -
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Episodes
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#114766 - EPISODE 5 - So, what kind of cop was Carlton Lewis?
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#114767 - EPISODE 4 - It's midnight. Let's go shut down a juke joint
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#114768 - EPISODE 3 - Chief Lewis befriends the Gambler
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#114769 - EPISODE 2 - Shooting at the Chief
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#114770 - EPISODE 1 - Murder in Union Point
2 years ago
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