Until I Am Free: An Interview with Dr. Keisha Blain

Pass The Mic

The Witness

Christianity, Society & Culture, Philosophy, Religion & Spirituality

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🗓️ 20 January 2022

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Dr. Keisha Blain released her acclaimed book, "Until I Am Free: Fannie Lou Hamer's Enduring Message to America" in 2021 and brought lessons from the life of civil rights activist Fannie Lou Hamer to bear on our current social and political situation. She shares her wisdom about Black history and the way faith interacts with justice in Hamer's life as well as her own work. Order "Until I Am Free" HERE Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This episode is brought to you in part by META.
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0:21.0	Dynamic Voices for a Diverse Church.
0:29.0	This is Past the Mike.
0:32.0	Hey folks, this is Jamar Tisby with another episode of Past the Mike.
0:38.0	One of our few episodes where we do an interview.
0:41.0	Y'all know it's usually just Tyler and I gabbling away.
0:46.0	But we're so eager to welcome our guest, Dr. Tisha Blaine.
0:51.0	Welcome to Past the Mike.
0:53.0	Thank you so much for having me.
0:55.0	Listen, I know you are basically the busiest historian in the field right now.
1:02.0	So I just want to say thank you for making time for us on your book tour
1:07.0	about this phenomenal new book until I am free.
1:14.0	Fannie Lou Hamers enduring message to America.
1:17.0	Now, the great part about this Dr. Blaine is that regular PTM listeners
1:23.0	are no strangers to Fannie Lou Hamers because she's one of my historical heroes.
1:27.0	And we'll get into that in a moment.
1:29.0	But before we do, for folks who may not be familiar with you or your work,
1:33.0	tell us about yourself.
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