The Ghost of Frank J. Robinson

By: Texas Public Radio
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  • Summary

  • On Oct. 13, 1976, East Texas voting rights activist Frank J. Robinson was mortally wounded from a shotgun blast to his head. When the police chief saw the body, he declared it looked like a murder — but days later he retracted his assessment. After a public inquest, Robinson’s death was ruled a suicide. But a specter of doubt hangs over his death — so much so that even the Texas State Historical Association’s Handbook of Texas questions the ruling. Robinson had won victories to promote and preserve the power of the Black vote in East Texas, and some say that’s why he was killed. In Texas Public Radio’s "The Ghost of Frank J. Robinson," reporter David Martin Davies investigates and finds new evidence about this mystery that haunts East Texas. This podcast is made possible in part by Texas A&M San Antonio.
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Episodes
  • Introducing The Ghost of Frank J. Robinson

    Introducing The Ghost of Frank J. Robinson
    Oct 20 2022
    The iconic civil rights leader's 1976 death led to probes by the Texas attorney general, the FBI, and others. But all documents that might have proven he was murdered appeared to have vanished. In the Ghost of Frank J. Robinson podcast, reporter David Martin Davies investigates and finds new evidence about this mystery that haunts East Texas.
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    2 mins
  • Episode 1 – A funny thing happened on the way back from the funeral

    Episode 1 – A funny thing happened on the way back from the funeral
    Oct 28 2022
    When the East Texas voting rights advocate died under mysterious circumstances in 1976, his death was seen as a murder. However, officials called it a suicide. Former Palestine resident James Hopkins explains what happened when he attended Robinson’s funeral. Also, we hear about the unusual honor for Robinson connecting him with The Reverend Martin Luther King Jr.
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    13 mins
  • Episode 2 – The Making of a Mystery: Who was Frank J. Robinson, and why would anyone want to kill him?

    Episode 2 – The Making of a Mystery: Who was Frank J. Robinson, and why would anyone want to kill him?
    Oct 28 2022
    Frank J. Robinson’s wife, Dorothy Robinson, remembers the moment she saw Frank’s ghost and learned the important message he brought from the grave. Also, Robinson’s courtroom ally Dave Richards, Gov. Ann Richards' former husband, explains how Robinson ended anti-Black gerrymandering and how the public inquest over Robinson’s death was a farce.
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    38 mins

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