Something to look forward to - The  Reckoning is a planned podcast and public radio series which will examine ways in which America continues to be affected by its long history of racism and discrimination.  To give the story immediacy for a Kentucky audience, the project will chronicle the history of two Kentucky families and interview its members, one descended from a major slave trader who was also one of Kentucky's largest slave owners, and the second descended from two of the enslaved people owned by that family.

The Ohio River was key to the Kentucky slave trade. Kentucky was the number two exporter of slaves to Deep South cotton plantations. Slave exports from Kentucky skyrocketed in the 1850's, when the prices for enslaved African Americans nearly doubled and the slave trade became a very lucrative business.  Louisville was a key shipping hub for both slaves and the products of slave labor.

The Reckoning has been postponed because of the COVID-19 pandemic, but AFLOAT will publicize the airing date for the series as soon as it is decided.  The executive producer for the series is Dan Gediman, who has a long career of award-winning public radio programming.

Additional information is at reckoningradio.org