26 min
Episode 001: An Extraordinary Ordinary King Stayed On Freedom
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Episode 001: Scholar and activist Dr. Cornel West visits 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, AL ---“ground zero of the Black Freedom Movement” on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day 2024. We discuss the “ordinary extraordinary” legacy of Dr. King and the continuing struggles of the freedom movement today.
The Alabama African American Civil Rights Heritage Sites Consortium “Stayed On Freedom” podcast engages foot soldiers, leaders, scholars and ‘extraordinary ordinary’ people who are “stayed on freedom.” We remember to remember how the history and continuing legacy of the Black freedom movement and our Civil Rights Heritage Sites have transformed communities and changed the world!
"This podcast was recorded on January 15, 2024, a week before the passing of Dexter Scott King, the youngest son of the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. We delayed release of the episode out of respect for the family. We offer our sincere condolences to the King family and our entire beloved community in this time of loss and lament."
Reverend Lukata Mjumbe, Executive Director
Alabama African American Civil Rights Heritage Sites Consortium (AAACRHSC)
The views and opinions expressed are those of the podcast hosts, guests and participants and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the Alabama African American Civil Rights Heritage Sites Consortium.
Books Referenced:
The Radical King (King Legacy)
https://a.co/d/9yWRM9Q
A More Beautiful and Terrible History: The Uses and Misuses of Civil Rights History https://a.co/d/2cFwi80
Poem Read:
https://www.facebook.com/share/p/REpewqEy1SG9FwoQ/?mibextid=K8Wfd2
Donate to the Consortium
https://aaacrhsc.org/donate/
Episode 001: Scholar and activist Dr. Cornel West visits 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, AL ---“ground zero of the Black Freedom Movement” on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day 2024. We discuss the “ordinary extraordinary” legacy of Dr. King and the continuing struggles of the freedom movement today.
The Alabama African American Civil Rights Heritage Sites Consortium “Stayed On Freedom” podcast engages foot soldiers, leaders, scholars and ‘extraordinary ordinary’ people who are “stayed on freedom.” We remember to remember how the history and continuing legacy of the Black freedom movement and our Civil Rights Heritage Sites have transformed communities and changed the world!
"This podcast was recorded on January 15, 2024, a week before the passing of Dexter Scott King, the youngest son of the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. We delayed release of the episode out of respect for the family. We offer our sincere condolences to the King family and our entire beloved community in this time of loss and lament."
Reverend Lukata Mjumbe, Executive Director
Alabama African American Civil Rights Heritage Sites Consortium (AAACRHSC)
The views and opinions expressed are those of the podcast hosts, guests and participants and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the Alabama African American Civil Rights Heritage Sites Consortium.
Books Referenced:
The Radical King (King Legacy)
https://a.co/d/9yWRM9Q
A More Beautiful and Terrible History: The Uses and Misuses of Civil Rights History https://a.co/d/2cFwi80
Poem Read:
https://www.facebook.com/share/p/REpewqEy1SG9FwoQ/?mibextid=K8Wfd2
Donate to the Consortium
https://aaacrhsc.org/donate/
26 min