Rev. Dr. Bernice A. King is a global thought leader, peace advocate, and CEO of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Center For Nonviolent Social Change (The King Center), which was founded by her mother as the official living memorial to the life, work, and legacy of her father, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. As part of the Helen Edition Lecture Series, Dr. King talks w ... Show More
Apr 2025
Personhood: The New War over Reproductive Rights and Justice
What’s next for the battle over abortion? In this lecture, Mary Ziegler argues that undoing Roe v. Wade was never the endpoint for the antiabortion movement. Since the 1960s, the goal has been to secure recognition of fetuses and embryos as persons under the 14th Amendment, makin ... Show More
44m 1s
Jan 2025
Making a Case for Hope Through Racial Healing
Watch Carol and Tim LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF. Rev. Dr. Bernice King, CEO of The King Center, talks about honoring Martin Luther King Jr. Day. La June Montgomery Tabron, President and CEO of the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, discusses her book How We Heal: A Jou ... Show More
20m 31s
Oct 2024
509. America in '68: The Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. (Part 2)
The peaceful figurehead of the Civil Rights movement in the early 1960s, Dr Martin Luther King had inspired hundreds of thousands to demand equal rights for African Americans. But by 1968, the once uniting leader seemed to be losing popularity, both amongst activists and in the p ... Show More
1h 4m
Jan 2025
MLK Bonus: The Civil Rights Children's Crusade
To further celebrate Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day, we're re-releasing our classic episode about the Children's Crusade, an effort to bring the youth of Birmingham, Alabama into the Civil Rights Movement in order to affect change across the country.April 20, 1963. Dr. Martin Lut ... Show More
31m 45s
Jan 2025
The Hit Song that Gave Us MLK Day
January 15, 1969. It's been less than a year since the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Friends, family, and followers are gathered at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, where Dr. King preached. They are there to remember him on his birthday, honor his legacy, and pre ... Show More
35m 34s
Jul 2023
W.E.B. Du Bois: Black Reconstruction in America
Dr. Gerald Horne joins Breht and guest-co-host PM Irvin to launch our new series on the life and work of W.E.B. Du Bois, the famous American sociologist, Marxist socialist, esteemed historian, and Pan-Africanist civil rights activist, starting with his major work Black Reconstruc ... Show More
1h 34m
Sep 2024
484. The Great Partisan Shift | Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Dr. Jordan B. Peterson and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. discuss the development of Donald Trump’s political team, how the team plans to tackle foreign affairs and the ongoing health crisis, Kamala Harris’ inability to unify the country (let alone police the broader world), and the detri ... Show More
1h 27m