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Fishing Without Bait 228: Looking Back at Martin Luther King, Jr with Professor Buzzkill

February 4th, 2020  |  26 mins 14 secs

black history month, cult of personality, history, jr, martin luther king, ralph abernathy, segregation

Jim Ellermeyer welcomes back one of our favorite guests, Professor Buzzkill, to chat about the famous Martin Luther King, Jr “Where Do We go From Here?” Speech. We talk about the extent of discrimination in the 1960’s, background on King and his rise to popularity, how much actual effort went into Rosa Parks and the lunch counter sit ins, relationship with Ralph Abernathy, contending with radicals in the movement, and boycotts.