9 episodes
Holy Week The Atlantic
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4.8 • 82 Ratings
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The story of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination on April 4, 1968, is often recounted as a conclusion to a powerful era of civil rights in America, but how did this hero’s murder come to be the stitching used to tie together a narrative of victory? The week that followed his killing was one of the most fiery, disruptive, and revolutionary, and is nearly forgotten. Over the course of eight episodes, Holy Week brings forward the stories of the activists who turned heartbreak into action, families scorched by chaos, and politicians who worked to contain the grief. Seven days diverted the course of a social revolution and set the stage for modern clashes over voting rights, redlining, critical race theory, and the role of racial unrest in today’s post–George Floyd reckoning.
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Introducing Holy Week
Holy Week: The story of a revolution undone.
The assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on April 4, 1968, is often recounted as a conclusion to a powerful era of civil rights in America, but how did this hero’s murder come to be the stitching used to tie together a narrative of victory? The week that followed his killing was one of the most fiery, disruptive, and revolutionary, and is nearly forgotten. Over the course of eight episodes, Holy Week brings forward the stories of the activists who turned heartbreak into action, families scorched by chaos, and politicians who worked to contain the grief. Seven days diverted the course of a social revolution and set the stage for modern clashes over voting rights, redlining, critical race theory, and the role of racial unrest in today’s post–George Floyd reckoning.
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Part 4: Overcome
In Memphis, the Movement faces a reckoning
Additional reading: The 4ooth: From Slavery to Hip Hop by John Burl Smith -
Customer Reviews
Holy Week
one of the very best… the history…the storytelling…the archival sound…and the amazing musical soundtrack… every american needs to listen to this story. thank you to the Atlantic and to Van Newkirk.
Phenomenal
Phenomenal. Informative. Evocative. The narration, the first person accounts, the music, the use of audio footage from the past. The way it’s all woven together. Every aspect of this is wonderfully done. This is one of the best podcasts, let alone historical podcasts, I have ever heard.
Another great series
I loved the Floodline series a few years ago, and this one is another excellent podcast. It’s remarkable for the interviews with first hand witnesses to those momentous events (and especially given the time is running out for these conversations). Well edited as well, with good sound alongside the stories.