The United States Civil Rights Trail podcast

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This is the North Carolina Civil Rights Trail podcast. A series where historians and experts help us explore significant events in African American history that happened in the state. This is the third and final episode, where we take you to protests and movements across the state inspired and energized by the Greensboro Four sit-in in places such as Elizabeth City, Kinston, High Point, Salisbury, Shelby and Warren County. We also tell the story of Ella Baker and how she founded SNCC on the campus of Shaw University in Raleigh. Learn more about the sites on the North Carolina Civil Rights Trail by visiting: VisitNC.com/Civil-Rights North Carolina African American Heritage Commission CivilRightsTrail.com The episode features the voices and perspectives of: Glen Bowman, History Professor, Elizabeth City State University Adriane Lentz-Smith, History Professor, Duke University Bill Kearney, University of North Carolina Outreach Manager Keri Peterson, Sr. Director of History and Exhibitions, Levine Museum of the New South…

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North Carolina: The A&T 4 Sit Down 23:36

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This is the North Carolina Civil Rights Trail podcast. A series where historians and experts help us explore significant events in African American history that happened in the state. This is the second of three episodes. And in it, we’re going to learn about how four young men protesting at a department store lunch counter in Greensboro, NC, influenced generations. Learn more about the sites on the North Carolina Civil Rights Trail by visiting: VisitNC.com/Civil-Rights North Carolina African American Heritage Commission CivilRightsTrail.com The episode features the voices and perspectives of: Cassandra Williams, Tour Guide, International Civil Rights Center and Museum Torren Gatson, Asst. Professor of History, UNC-Greensboro Robert "Pat" Patterson, Sr., former student at NC A&T Charles Bess, former busboy at Woolworths in Greensboro Roslyn Smith, former Bennett College student Yvonne Johnson, former Bennett College student…

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North Carolina: NC Students Start a Revolution 21:08

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This is the North Carolina Civil Rights Trail podcast. A series where historians and experts help us explore significant events in African American history that happened in the state. This is the first of three episodes. And in it, we’ll tell the story of the events leading up to the famous A&T Four sit-ins in Greensboro in 1960, including the story of Dorothy Counts and her attempt to integrate a public high school in Charlotte. Learn more about the sites on the North Carolina Civil Rights Trail by visiting: VisitNC.com/Civil-Rights North Carolina African American Heritage Commission CivilRightsTrail.com The episode features the voices and perspectives of: Dorothy Counts-Scoggins Will Harris, Principal Scholar, International Civil Rights Center and Museum Keri Peterson, Sr. Director of History and Exhibitions, Levine Museum of the New South Cassandra Williams, Tour Guide, International Civil Rights Center and Museum Yvonne Johnson, Bennett College student from 1960-1964 Torren Gatson, Asst. Professor of History, UNC-Greensboro…

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North Carolina: Introducing the North Carolina Civil Rights Trail Podcast 2:37

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The North Carolina Civil Rights Trail podcast is a series where historians and experts help us explore significant events in African American history that happened in the state. It features well-known events from larger cities like Charlotte, Greensboro and Raleigh. It also tells stories of how everyday citizens joined together to make change in their communities such as Chapel Hill, Kinston, Monroe and Elizabeth City among others. It’s a podcast that helps us understand why what people did in North Carolina then is still so relevant today. Learn more about the sites on the North Carolina Civil Rights Trail by visiting: VisitNC.com/Civil-Rights North Carolina African American Heritage Commission CivilRightsTrail.com…

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Tennessee: The Clinton 12 31:45

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This episode takes us to the town of Clinton in the eastern part of the state. Following the pivotal U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Brown v. Board of Education, a judge ordered the desegregation of Clinton High School. On August 26, 1956, a group of African American students – the Clinton 12 – attended their first day of class, marking the first integration of a public high school in the South. What began as a seemingly peaceful transition quickly evolved into a threatening uproar. We follow a few of the stories of the Clinton 12, including Bobby Cain, who on May 17, 1957, became the first African American student to graduate from an integrated public high school in the South. Learn more about the sites on the Tennessee Civil Rights Trail by visiting: TNCivilRightsTrail.com CivilRightsTrail.com The episode features the voices and perspectives of: Adam Velk, Director of the Green McAdoo Cultural Center Bobby Cain, one of the Clinton 12 students Jo Ann Boyce, one of the Clinton 12 students…

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Tennessee: Nashville’s Civil Rights Legacy 27:07

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The Tennessee Civil Rights Trail podcast explores the most significant aspects of the Movement in the state. This episode takes a look at the integral role college students played in the city (from Fisk University, American Baptist College, Tennessee State University and elsewhere) especially as they participated in significant protests, such as the Feb. 1960 sit-in at the F.W. Woolworth building and separately at the April 1960 Davidson County courthouse to protest a bombing at a Civil Rights attorney’s home. Finally, as a nod to the National Museum of African American Music, the episode concludes by exploring how influential African American music was during the 1950s and 1960s. Learn more about the sites on the Tennessee Civil Rights Trail by visiting: TNCivilRightsTrail.com CivilRightsTrail.com The episode features the voices and perspectives of: Crystal deGregory, a research fellow at Middle Tennessee State University’s Center for Historic Preservation Katie Rainge-Briggs, manager of exhibitions and collections at the National Museum of African American Music in Nashville Bernard LaFayette, former American Baptist College student…

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Tennessee: Memphis's Civil Rights Legacy 32:25

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The Tennessee Civil Rights Trail podcast explores the most significant aspects of the Movement in the state. This episode offers a sketch of the city’s overall history before bringing us into what it was like there in the 1950s and 1960s. We learn about the city’s Sanitation Workers’ Strike in 1968, the cause that compelled Martin Luther King, Jr. to visit there that spring to offer his support. The episode details the moments leading up to King’s assassination in Memphis on April 4th that year as well as the effect it caused nationally. Episode 1 concludes with the role that music and the radio played in the Movement by telling the stories of Stax Records and WDIA, one of the first radio stations in the country programmed entirely for the Black community. Learn more about the sites on the Tennessee Civil Rights Trail by visiting: TNCivilRightsTrail.com CivilRightsTrail.com The episode features the voices and perspectives of: Ryan Jones, museum educator for the National Civil Rights Museum Elaine Lee Turner, Movement veteran and Civil Rights tour guide Al Bell, former executive at Stax Records Mark Stansbury, DJ and news reporter at WDIA…

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Tennessee: Introducing the Tennessee Civil Rights Trail Podcast 2:56

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The Tennessee Civil Rights Trail podcast explores the most significant aspects of the Movement in the state. The episodes will take you from the cities of Memphis and Nashville to the town of Clinton. And they will feature the voices of veteran foot soldiers who stood strong against oppression. You’ll also hear from historians and experts who explain the full context of what was happening and help us understand why what took place then is still so relevant today. Learn more about the sites on the Tennessee Civil Rights Trail by visiting: TNCivilRightsTrail.com CivilRightsTrail.com…

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Louisiana: Meeting Places, Organizing Protests & Confrontations, pt. 2 24:44

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In this episode, “Meeting Places, Organizing Protests & Confrontations, pt. 2,” historians and experts help explain the role of the civil rights movement in Louisiana’s rural towns such as Plaquemine, Jonesboro and Bogalusa. You’ll hear the heroic stories of the Deacons of the Defense and learn about the influential 105-Mile March from Bogalusa all the way to the capitol steps in Baton Rouge. Click for more information: https://www.louisianacivilrightstrail.com/ CivilRightsTrail.com The episode features the voices and perspectives of: Lance Hill, historian Norman Robinson, former news anchor Barbara Hicks Collins James Farmer Bob Hicks A.Z. Young…

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Louisiana: Meeting Places, Organizing Protests & Confrontations, pt. 1 26:50

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In this episode, “Meeting Places, Organizing Protests & Confrontations, pt. 1,” historians and experts help explain the growth of the non-violent protests that helped desegregate Louisiana. You’ll hear the story of the nation’s first bus boycott in Baton Rouge. And you’ll learn about the student-organized sit-ins and protests in New Orleans, Shreveport and Baton Rouge. Click for more information: https://www.louisianacivilrightstrail.com/ CivilRightsTrail.com The episode features the voices and perspectives of: Sharlene Sinegal-DeCuir, historian Lawrence Powell, Tulane University historian (retired) Norman Robinson, former news anchor Carolyn Jones Joan Garner T.J. Jemison Oretha Castle Haley…

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Louisiana: Desegregation 26:47

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In this episode, “Desegregation,” historians and experts help explain some of the most pioneering moments in desegregation in the state of Louisiana. You’ll learn about the key role that the 761st Tank Battalion at Camp Beauregard played during World War II. You’ll hear the story how a coach fought to integrate the basketball team at what is now known as the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. And you’ll get the first-person perspective from one of the young students who helped to integrate New Orleans public schools. Click for more information: https://www.louisianacivilrightstrail.com/ CivilRightsTrail.com The episode features the voices and perspectives of: Richard Moran, Camp Beauregard historian Michael Martin, University of Louisiana at Lafayette history professor Nikki Brown, history professor formerly at Grambling University and University of New Orleans Leona Tate Sybil Morial…

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Louisiana: Introducing the Louisiana Civil Rights Trail Podcast 2:17

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The state of Louisiana plays a pivotal role in the history of the Civil Rights Movement. And the Louisiana Civil Rights Trail podcast tells the triumphant stories of people there who made a difference both in their communities and around the country. Each episode features historians, experts and eyewitnesses who explain the full context and help us understand why what took place then is still so relevant to us today. From larger cities like New Orleans and Baton Rouge, to smaller communities like Plaquemine and Bogalusa, the podcast brings to life some of the most important and influential events of the Movement. Click for more information: https://www.louisianacivilrightstrail.com/ CivilRightsTrail.com…

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South Carolina: The March for Equality 28:43

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In this episode, “The March for Equality,” historians and experts help us explore how African Americans in South Carolina, and their allies, began peaceful protests in the late 1950s and into the 1960s, when the state ignored new federal legislation calling for integration and equality. To learn more about the stories and places you hear about, you can see the markers where students held their sit-in at McCrory’s in Rock Hill, where protesters sang “We Will Overcome” at the Charleston Cigar Factory, and where the Hospital Worker’s Strike began at present-day Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston. In Orangeburg, you can visit the Cecil Williams South Carolina Museum on Civil Rights or the monument on the campus of South Carolina State University that memorializes students killed in the 1968 massacre. Click for more information: SC Legacy of Courage ( https://discoversouthcarolina.com/civil-rights ) https://greenbookofsc.com/ https://civilrightstrail.com/ The episode features the voices and perspectives of: Robert Green II, Claflin University history professor Ramon Jackson, Newberry College history professor William Hine, South Carolina State University retired history professor Vernon Burton, Clemson University history professor Cecil Williams, former Jet magazine photographer Bobby Donaldson, director of the Center for Civil Rights History at the University of South Carolina Jim Clyburn, U.S. Congressman…

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South Carolina: Separate is Not Equal 29:14

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In this episode, “Separate is Not Equal,” historians and experts help us explore how some of the pivotal legislation — rooted in South Carolina — made a significant difference in the entire Civil Rights movement. To learn more about the stories and places you hear about, you can visit Columbia where the protest took place at the state capitol and where Sarah Mae Flemming boarded the bus. You can also visit a statue of Judge Julius Waties Waring in Charleston and historic markers at the homes and churches around Summerton where planning meetings were held for Briggs vs. Elliot. Click for more information: SC Legacy of Courage ( https://discoversouthcarolina.com/civil-rights ) https://greenbookofsc.com/ https://civilrightstrail.com/ The episode features the voices and perspectives of: Jim Clyburn, U.S. Congressman Stephanie Cohen, park interpreter at Rose Hill Plantation Bobby Donaldson, director of the Center for Civil Rights History at the University of South Carolina Ramon Jackson, Newberry College history professor Ophelia DeLaine Gona, daughter of Joseph A. DeLaine Henrie Monteith Treadwell, niece of Modjeska Simkins Christopher Frear, researcher with the Center for Civil Rights History at the University of South Carolina…

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South Carolina: Precursor to the Movement 25:29

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