9 episodes
Holy Week The Atlantic
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4.7 • 232 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.
Subscribe and listen to all 8 episodes coming March 14. www.theatlantic.com/holyweek -
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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
So Good
I have listened x 2. And each time I hear something different. By the end I had more questions and wanted to listen again. The story is exquisite. Thank you.
Not Long Enough
This was really a great podcast series. It was so good that my only criticism of it is that it wasn’t long enough! Should’ve been at least a 20 part series. Really well done storytelling mixed with radio broadcasts and voices from the past. It was put together in such a way where it really felt like I jumped into a Time Machine and returned back to those days. Sometimes, I actually wish I could do just that but I definitely appreciate when something is done so well with obviously great research, storytelling, editing, etc. This was really good!
Incredible story telling
Got sucked into all 8 episodes in a day. Wonderful interviews. Fascinating historical facts shared. It’s incredibly interesting, sad, and amazing all at the same time.