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Interview with Joan Trumpauer mulholland. She recalls taking part in the 1961 freedom rides, attending tougaloo college, and serving at the Mississippi State penitentiary with other activists. This interview is part of a project on the Civil Rights Movement initiated by congress in 2009, conducted by the Smithsonian National museum of africanAmerican History and culture, the american full like american folklife center. Joan i was born in washington, d. C. And raised in arlington, virginia, basically a mile down the road in apartments, which at that point was the only place in Northern Virginia that would rent to jews. This was the early 1940s, folks had come from new york, looking for government jobs. They wanted out of the boarding houses and they can move to buckingham and that was about it. What did your dad do . Joan they had those government jobs. My father came from southwest iowa, during the depression. My folks met at the midnight shift at the post Office Building in the elevat
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Host with us next is david brody. Is the chief political analyst for the christian broadcasting network. Thank you for being with us on this Easter Sunday morning. Guest thanks for having me. Host we spend our first hour asking our viewers about public gatherings and whether they should be exempt from the stayathome orders. What is your sense of how religious leaders across the spectrum are handling the challenge of getting a congregation together or keep them apart . Challenge to a degree, but i want to do a disclaimer off the top. That i think well cloaked the hall whole conversation we have. Most christians, most churches either the by federal guidelines or state guidelines. The reality is, for most of the country, for most evangelical me,stians, excuse christians across this country, they are abiding by these rules. We are talking about certain cases, a certain handful of churches. It has been a challenge. More than that, i think, how do you come up creatively with ways to go ahead
Brody, us next is david the host of the pods honest podcast. He is also the chief analyst for the christian broadcasting network. Thank you for being with us on this Easter Sunday morning. We spent our first hour asking our viewers about public gatherings and whether they should be exempt from the stayathome orders. What is your sense of how religious leaders christian on this Easter Sunday but across the spectrum are handling the challenge of getting a congregation together somehow, or keeping them apart . Guest it is a great question, and it is a challenge to a degree. But i want to do a disclaimer off the top. It is an important disclaimer that i think will cloak the whole conversation we have. Most christians, most pastors, most churches are indeed abiding by either the federal guidelines or state guidelines, what have you. The reality is, for most of the country, for most evangelical christians, for christians worldwide or excuse me, christians across this country, they are abidin