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

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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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