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Strange Fruit #205: New Leadership At A Legendary Regional Institution

Strange Fruit #205: New Leadership At A Legendary Regional Institution

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Strange Fruit #205: New Leadership At A Legendary Regional Institution

FromStrange Fruit

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Length:
37 minutes
Released:
Aug 4, 2017
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

The Highlander Research and Education Center in New Market, Tennessee is a living piece of civil rights history. It functioned as a folk school from the 1930s through '60s, hosting Rosa Parks, Dr. King, Congressman John Lewis, and other activists and icons. Now in its 85th year, the Highlander continues to be a space where movement leaders come together to teach and to learn. Executive Directors Ash-Lee Woodard Henderson and Rev. Allyn Maxfield-Steele join us this week to talk about the center's legacy, and its future. We also check in a little closer to home with Dominique Barber, who's organizing the Louisville Black LGBT Pride Festival, coming up on August 27th. [Photo: highlandercenter.org]
Released:
Aug 4, 2017
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

Jaison Gardner and Dr. Kaila Story talk race, gender, and LGBTQ issues, from politics to pop culture. A new episode every week, from Louisville Public Media.