[Unedited] Gwendolyn Zoharah Simmons and Lucas Johnson with Krista Tippett

On Being with Krista Tippett

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4.7 • 10.2K Ratings

🗓️ 19 February 2015

⏱️ 95 minutes

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Summary

Gwendolyn Zoharah Simmons is assistant professor of religion at the University of Florida. She is also a member of the National Council of Elders. Her account of her work as an activist in the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) is featured in the book, “Hands on the Freedom Plow: Personal Accounts by Women in SNCC.” Lucas Johnson is international coordinator of the International Fellowship of Reconciliation and an ordained Baptist minister. This interview is edited and produced with music and other features in the On Being episode “Gwendolyn Zoharah Simmons and Lucas Johnson — The Movement, Remembered Forward.” Find more at onbeing.org.

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0:00.0	This is on being's unheard cuts.
0:02.2	I'm Krista Tippett.
0:03.4	You're listening to my unedited conversation
0:05.6	with Dr. Gwendolyn Zahar Simmons and Reverend Lucas Johnson.
0:09.3	She is a civil rights veteran
0:11.4	and an assistant professor of religion
0:13.2	at the University of Florida.
0:15.0	He serves on the International Committee
0:17.2	of the International Fellowship of Reconciliation.
0:20.0	I spoke with them on December 12, 2013,
0:23.3	at NPR's Studio One in Washington, DC.
0:26.8	Download the MP3 of that produced show
0:28.8	at onbeing.org.
0:32.2	Good evening.
0:35.9	It is wonderful to be at this fantastic space
0:39.8	at National Public Radio tonight.
0:42.5	I'm glad you're all here, and I'm so grateful
0:47.4	that Gwendolyn Zahar Simmons, Dr. Gwendolyn Zahar Simmons
0:50.7	and Reverend Lucas Johnson, came in Lucas from Atlanta
0:54.9	and Zohara from Florida.
0:59.1	Just give you a little sense of the evening.
1:02.5	We are going to talk up here, speak up here
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