Episodes

  • Joseph J. Wheelers Africatown
    Jul 21 2024

    July 21, 2024

    Joseph J. Wheelers Africatown

    Prologue Africatown: Season Two of The Legacy of Charity’s Children opens with a survivor’s perspective. Documented accounts vividly detail the pro slavery mob attacks, and outline the exact location of attack on the Dayton, Ohio community of Africatown--a Black community that thrived within the Antebellum period.

    The Legacy of Charity’s Children is a production of the Charity’s Children Project LLC.

    Created, Written & Narrated by Executive Producer: Patricia Smith Griffin

    Original scores by Music Director & Audio Engineer: Jared Griffin

    Producer & Director: Tamara Calvert

    Oral History Consultant: Carolyn Lander

    Additional Voices provided by:

    JaQuelynn, Elliot Imani, Darryl Griffin, RJ Michaels, and Charlest Moore Sweet

    The Legacy of Charity’s Children" is a production of The Legacy of Charity's Children LLC, all copyright reserved. Reproduction and redistribution of The Legacy of Charity's Children podcast without express written consent is prohibited. Charity's Children is a trademark of The Legacy of Charity's Children LLC.

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    12 mins
  • Out of Smoke & Ashes | 5
    Mar 9 2023

    Story Six: March 9, 2023

    Out of The Smoke and The Ashes: The Founding of the First Wesleyan Methodist Church by the United Daughters of Zion.

    The Legacy of Charity’s Children is a production of the Charity’s Children Project LLC.

    Created, Written & Narrated by Executive Producer

    Patricia Smith Griffin

    Original scores by Music Director & Audio Engineer:

    Jared Griffin

    Producer:

    Tamara Calvert

    Historian & Researcher:

    Sherri Goudy

    Publicist and Marketing for the Charity’s Children Project

    LaChris Broady Robinson Jordan

    Additional Voices provided by:

    JaQuelynn, Elliot Imani & Darryl Griffin

    With Jaynetta Cassandra as Jewelia Galloway Higgins

    and Charlest Moore Sweet as Charity Davis Cesar Broady

    The Legacy of Charity’s Children" is a production of The Legacy of Charity's Children LLC, all copyright reserved. Reproduction and redistribution of The Legacy of Charity's Children podcast without express written consent is prohibited. Charity's Children is a trademark of The Legacy of Charity's Children LLC.

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    17 mins
  • Africatown | 4
    Feb 13 2023

    Story Five: February 13, 2023

    **You can read Story Four, The Cauldron, at CharitysChildren.org **

    Africatown: Actual accounts of the 1841 pro-slavery mob attacks on Dayton’s thriving Black community

    Featuring the song "Black Joy" by Mukamuri

    The Legacy of Charity’s Children is a production of the Charity’s Children Project LLC.

    Created, Written & Narrated by Executive Producer

    Patricia Smith Griffin

    Original scores by Music Director & Audio Engineer:

    Jared Griffin

    Producer:

    Tamara Calvert

    Historian & Researcher:

    Sherri Goudy

    Publicist and Marketing for the Charity’s Children Project

    LaChris Broady Robinson Jordan

    Additional Voices provided by:

    JaQuelynn, Elliot Imani & Darryl Griffin

    With Jaynetta Cassandra as Jewelia Galloway Higgins

    and Charlest Moore Sweet as Charity Davis Cesar Broady

    The Legacy of Charity’s Children" is a production of The Legacy of Charity's Children LLC, all copyright reserved. Reproduction and redistribution of The Legacy of Charity's Children podcast without express written consent is prohibited. Charity's Children is a trademark of The Legacy of Charity's Children LLC.

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    20 mins
  • Fire Watchers | 3
    Jan 26 2023

    Story Three: January 26, 2023

    Firewatchers: The backdrop, the back story to the attacks on Dayton’s prosperous 1830s Black canal Community called Africatown… on The Legacy of Charity’s Children

    The Legacy of Charity’s Children is a production of the Charity’s Children Project LLC.

    Created, Written & Narrated by Executive Producer

    Patricia Smith Griffin

    Original scores by Music Director & Audio Engineer:

    Jared Griffin

    Producer:

    Tamara Calvert

    Historian & Researcher:

    Sherri Goudy

    Publicist and Marketing for the Charity’s Children Project

    LaChris Broady Robinson Jordan

    Additional Voices provided by:

    JaQuelynn, Elliot Imani & Darryl Griffin

    With Jaynetta Cassandra as Jewelia Galloway Higgins

    and Charlest Moore Sweet as Charity Davis Cesar Broady

    The Legacy of Charity’s Children" is a production of The Legacy of Charity's Children LLC, all copyright reserved. Reproduction and redistribution of The Legacy of Charity's Children podcast without express written consent is prohibited. Charity's Children is a trademark of The Legacy of Charity's Children LLC.

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    18 mins
  • Inspiration | 2
    Jan 12 2023

    Story Two: January 12, 2023

    Inspiration: The introduction of our family story. Historical documentation helps to verify family written and oral histories of John (Isaac) Davis’ 1802/1803 arrival in the Miami Valley of Dayton, Ohio.

    The Legacy of Charity’s Children is a production of the Charity’s Children Project LLC.

    Created, Written & Narrated by Executive Producer

    Patricia Smith Griffin

    Original scores by Music Director & Audio Engineer:

    Jared Griffin

    Producer:

    Tamara Calvert

    Historian & Researcher:

    Sherri Goudy

    Publicist and Marketing for the Charity’s Children Project

    LaChris Broady Robinson Jordan

    Additional Voices provided by:

    JaQuelynn, Elliot Imani & Darryl Griffin

    With Jaynetta Cassandra as Jewelia Galloway Higgins

    and Charlest Moore Sweet as Charity Davis Cesar Broady

    The Legacy of Charity’s Children" is a production of The Legacy of Charity's Children LLC, all copyright reserved. Reproduction and redistribution of The Legacy of Charity's Children podcast without express written consent is prohibited. Charity's Children is a trademark of The Legacy of Charity's Children LLC.

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    19 mins
  • Wildest Dreams | 1
    Dec 29 2022

    Story One: December 29, 2022

    I Am My Ancestors Wildest Dreams: A Mission Statement… for the Charity’s Children Project highlighting objectives for the Educational Initiative, Archival Preservation, and short story podcast series, “The Legacy of Charity’s Children.”

    The Legacy of Charity’s Children is a production of the Charity’s Children Project, Inc.

    Created, Written & Narrated by Executive Producer

    Patricia Smith Griffin

    Original scores by Music Director & Audio Engineer:

    Jared Griffin

    Producer:

    Tamara Calvert

    Historian & Researcher:

    Sherri Goudy

    Publicist and Marketing for the Charity’s Children Project

    LaChris Broady Robinson Jordan

    Additional Voices provided by:

    JaQuelynn, Elliot Imani & Darryl Griffin

    With Jaynetta Cassandra as Jewelia Galloway Higgins

    and Charlest Moore Sweet as Charity Davis Cesar Broady

    We are proud to share with you The Legacy of Charity’s Children and hope that you are inspired to research & tell Your Black Family Story.

    Because there is value and there is validation in every family story.

    The Legacy of Charity’s Children" is a production of The Legacy of Charity's Children LLC, all copyright reserved. Reproduction and redistribution of The Legacy of Charity's Children podcast without express written consent is prohibited. Charity's Children is a trademark of The Legacy of Charity's Children LLC.

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    12 mins
  • Coming Soon: Episode 4
    Feb 2 2023

    Story Four: February 9, 2023

    The Cauldron: Additional research on the events surrounding attacks on Dayton’s Black community throughout the 1830’s and 1840’s. Available only on the website, charityschildren.org.

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    1 min
  • Coming Soon: Episode 3
    Jan 19 2023

    Listen to Episode 3 Thursday, January 26th The Legacy of Charity's Children, FIrewatchers.

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    1 min