A podcast on the cultural history of the United States. The first season of this podcast sheds light on the importance of religion in the civil rights movement.
Did King and the SCLC succeed in using religion in their freedom campaign? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/americanculturalhistory/message
This first episode elucidates the use of religion during the Civil Rights era and quickly explains how Martin Luther King and the organization, the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, used Christianity as a means to clear up racial tensions in America in the 1950s and 1960s. What you are about to hear is an excerpt of my research done on the black freedom struggle. Music: "Dreamy Landscapes" by Nazar Rybak (via melodyloops.com) --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/americanculturalhistory/message