Hi im Steve Clemons and i have a question what would angela davis do lets get to the bottom line. My guest today is someone who is talking about fighting racism in defunding the police when it was considered way too radical she became a folk hero in the 1970 s. For standing up to the establishment in almost every way you can imagine she got fired from her teaching job at the university of california for being quote unquote too outspoken when she was one thrown in jail a movement of blacks and whites took to the street in protest until she was free musicians like the Rolling Stones and john lennon and yoko ono wrote songs about her and all that was before she was 30 years old this year Time Magazine chosen as one of the women of the century. And even nowadays a t. Shirt with her image on it made by prada goes for 300. 00 she is the one and only angela davis scholar activist and author of several books most recently freedom is a constant struggle ferguson palestine and the foundations of
Of the 1963 childrens crusade. We do so tonight with an authors talk featuring paul kicks. Paul is the author of you have to be prepared to before you can begin ten weeks in birmingham. That america, while reflecting on a photo of Minneapolis Police officer Derek Chauvin suffocating, george floyd, paul is shocked by its parallels to the iconic may 1963 photo of a black teenager in birmingham, alabama, being attacked by a white officer and an aggressive shepherd. These similarities motivated to uncover the legacy and full history behind the historic civil rights photograph. Pauls book light on the strategy of the 1963 ten week southern christian Leadership Conference campaign end segregation led by dr. Martin luther jr. King, along with white walker, Fred Shuttlesworth and james bevel, joined the efforts of the Alabama Christian Movement for human rights to launch the Birmingham Campaign together, they sought to Bring National attention to the efforts to desegregate public facilities in
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Good morning. Hows it feel, berman . Hey. One more time. How does it feel . Birmingham. Oh, these foot soldiers still louder than these students. Lets one more time. Come on, birmingham. Hows feel . Oh, look, i am hype woman. Im sorry. No, im not. My name is dr. Samantha elliot briggs, and i serve as one of the Vice President s of the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute. And we are grateful that you are here with us today. Give yourselves a round of applause. This is a historic moment birmingham. This is the 68th anniversary of. 1963 childrens march. We are standing in one of the most important and spaces in our city now at 16th Street Baptist Church. I am so grateful that you all that your School Leaders that your families allowed you to share in this space with us today. I am so grateful that reverend price welcomed us into his home. I am so that our president and ceo, the one ill thompson allowed us to have this opportunity. And i am so grateful to the city leaders, to all the educati