Air Date: 1–16-2018
Show Notes
Ch. 1: Opening Theme: A Fond Farewell - From a Basement On the Hill
Ch. 2: Act 1: MLK What They Won't Teach In School Part 1 - News Beat (@USNewsBeat) - Air Date 1-8-18
Ch. 4: Act 2: Understanding Beyond Vietnam - Intercepted (@intercepted) - Air Date 4-5-17
Ch. 5: Song 2: The Envelope - Aeronaut
Ch. 6: Act 3: The MLK you don't see on TV - CounterSpin (@FAIRmediawatch) - Air Date 1-20-17
Ch. 7: Song 3: Vengeful - Warmbody
Ch. 8: Act 4: MLK What They Won't Teach In School Part 2 - News Beat (@USNewsBeat) - Air Date 1-8-18
Ch. 10: Act 5: Invoking King when it's convenient, ignoring what we don't like - Intercepted (@intercepted) - Air Date 4-5-17
Ch. 11: Song 5: Celestial Navigation - Aeronaut
Ch. 12: Act 6: Understanding the response to the Beyond Vietnam speech - Start Making Sense from @TheNation - Air Date 1-13-16
Ch. 14: Act 7: A Dream Remembered? How we came to revere MLK - @Making_Contact - Air Date 1-17-17
Ch. 15: Final comments on the revival of the Poor People’s Campaign
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Closing Music: Here We Are - Everyone's in Everyone
(Additional music from Blue Dot Sessions)
Activism:
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Martin Luther King's Poor People's Campaign Reborn (Truth Dig)
Artist creates "Letter from a Birmingham Jail" memes to stop people from whitewashing MLK (Mic)
Written by BOTL Communications Director Amanda Hoffman
Produced by Jay! Tomlinson
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