161. Momentum: The Ripples Made by Ordinary People, Part 16
On our second to last episode in our series, Momentum: Civil Rights in the 1950s, We learn about the Civil Rights Act of 1957 and the commission born of it. For two years, the United States Commission...
29 Heinä 202230min
160. Momentum: The Ripples Made by Ordinary People, Part 15
On today’s episode in our special series, Momentum: Civil Rights in the 1950s, we learn about the women who gave the movement its backbone. Listen in as Sharon speaks about the Queen of the Civil Righ...
27 Heinä 202221min
159. Momentum: The Ripples Made by Ordinary People, Part 14
On today’s episode in our special series, Momentum: Civil Rights in the 1950s, Sharon talks about some of the most important components of a successful movement: money and reputation. Movements take a...
25 Heinä 202226min
158. Momentum: The Ripples Made by Ordinary People, Part 13
On today’s episode in our special series, Momentum: Civil Rights in the 1950s, Sharon tackles the vast topic of religion within the Civil Rights Movement. During the Civil Rights Movement, religion wa...
22 Heinä 202228min
157. Momentum: The Ripples Made by Ordinary People, Part 12
Today in our special series, Momentum: Civil Rights in the 1950s, Sharon rewinds and takes us back to the origin story of a life lost far too soon due to a brutal and racist attack: the murder of Emme...
20 Heinä 202233min
156. Momentum: The Ripples Made by Ordinary People, Part 11
Today in our special series, Momentum: Civil Rights in the 1950s, Sharon talks about the rising popularity of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and how, with greater visibility comes greater threat. We follo...
18 Heinä 202230min
155. Momentum: The Ripples Made by Ordinary People, Part 10
Today in our special series, Momentum: Civil Rights in the 1950s, Sharon begins with a woman who is surely familiar to anyone who has received a crash course on the Civil Rights movement in America: R...
15 Heinä 202227min
154. Momentum: The Ripples Made by Ordinary People, Part 9
Today in our special series, Momentum: Civil Rights in the 1950s, Sharon begins by picking up after the Brown vs. Board of Education decision was released. The courts ordered for integration “with all...
13 Heinä 202220min
