A Civil Rights History Lesson
In The Thick
Futuro Media
4.9 • 1.9K Ratings
🗓️ 17 January 2023
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Summary
In this rebroadcast episode from 2021, Maria and Julio are joined by Jeanne Theoharis, distinguished professor of political science at Brooklyn College, historian, author and co-editor of “Julian Bond’s Time To Teach: A History of the Southern Civil Rights Movement.” They talk about the legacy of activist, politician and educator Julian Bond and the lessons from his lectures - compiled in the new book - on the civil rights movement and what it teaches us about the fight for racial justice and radical change.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, and the thick listeners, it's Julio here, and as we honor and remember Dr. Martin |
| 0:14.3 | Luther King Jr. and his legacy, we wanted to share an episode from 2021 about another |
| 0:20.9 | civil rights icon, Julian Bond, who was an activist, politician, and educator, and so |
| 0:27.6 | in this episode, from 2021, we talked with Gene Theo Harris, who's a distinguished professor |
| 0:33.6 | of political science at Brooklyn College, and was also a student of Julian Bond's. |
| 0:38.5 | So we get into Professor Julian Bond's legacy and the lessons we can learn from his lectures |
| 0:43.0 | about the civil rights movement, and what it teaches us about the fight for racial justice |
| 0:47.6 | and radical change. |
| 0:49.5 | And we even discuss MLK's legacy too, so I don't want to give too much away, so let's |
| 0:55.2 | go to the episode. |
| 1:09.7 | Hey, welcome to In The Thick, a podcast about politics, race, and culture from a POC perspective. |
| 1:14.6 | I'm Maria Inujosa, and I'm Julio Ricardo Varela. |
| 1:17.7 | And today we have a very special guest joining us from Brooklyn, New York is Gene Theo Harris, |
| 1:22.7 | a distinguished professor of political science at Brooklyn College, a historian and author |
| 1:26.9 | of the rebellious life of Mrs. Rosa Parks. |
| 1:30.5 | She's co-editor of the new book, Julian Bond's Time to Teach, a history of the Southern |
| 1:37.4 | civil rights movement. |
| 1:39.2 | Gene, welcome to the show. |
| 1:41.8 | Thanks for having me. |
| 1:43.4 | So today we're going to honor one of the leaders of the civil rights movement. |
| 1:48.6 | I actually met Julian Bond. |
| 1:51.4 | I just can't remember where I was going to say that you probably did. |
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