We Will Rise: National Parks and Civil Rights

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Imagine a National Park. Picturing waterfalls and mountains? Or Dr. King's childhood home, Japanese internment camps, and a school that became a battleground for racial integration? National Parks aren’t just wilderness. They are spaces of remembrance, pr

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    • Nov 22, 2022 LATEST EPISODE
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    Episode 8: Brian Forist and Welcoming LGBTQ+ Folks into National Parks

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 22, 2022 59:01


    Join us for a conversation with Dr. Brian Forist, who is a researcher, author and park ranger. He currently works as a lecturer at Indiana University in Bloomington, and he is focused on visitor centered, two-way interpretation through dialogue on diversity, equity and inclusion, specifically related to the outdoors and environmental professions. He is serves as a guest editor of the May 2023 Special Issue of the Parks Stewardship Forum focusing on LGBTQIA+ experience and expertise in the outdoors.

    Episode 7: Gina Mallisham, Marketing Manager at BCRI, on her LGBTQ+ Advocacy Work

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 13, 2022 39:33


    Listen in as Gina Mallisham, Marketing Manager at Birmingham Civil Rights Institute (BCRI) describes her advocacy work on behalf of the LGBTQ+ community in Birmingham.

    Episode 6: Candacy Taylor, Author of Overground Railroad: The Green Book Roots of Black Travel in America

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 29, 2022 73:36


    Author Candacy Taylor discusses the Green Book, known as the “Black travel guide to America.” The conversation spans Black female entrepreneurs, the role of music and clubs in racial integration, and the prison-industrial complex.

    Episode 6: Candacy Taylor, Author of Overground Railroad: The Green Book Roots of Black Travel in America

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 29, 2022 73:36


    Author Candacy Taylor discusses the Green Book, known as the “Black travel guide to America.” The conversation spans Black female entrepreneurs, the role of music and clubs in racial integration, and the prison-industrial complex.

    Episode 5: Racial Equity and Social Justice with Denise Gilmore

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 28, 2022 48:50


    Join Birmingham Civil Rights National Monument superintendent Kristofer Butcher as he interviews Denise Gilmore. Ms. Gilmore serves the City of Birmingham as the Senior Director in the Division of Social Justice and Racial Equity in the Mayor's office. The City of Birmingham and the National Park Service co-own and co-manage the A.G. Gaston Motel, and collaboratively support the other stakeholders that make up the National Monument

    Episode 4: But for Birmingham

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 13, 2022 78:18


    Tune in as we interview Dr. Glenn Eskew, author of the book But for Birmingham: The Local and National Movements in the Civil Rights Struggle.

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    Episode 3: Ashley M. Jones, Poet Laureate of Alabama

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 6, 2022 104:55


    Listen in to our latest podcast with Ashley M. Jones, the first person of color to be the Poet Laureate for the state of Alabama. Ms. Jones shares what it means to her to hold this post, the magic in the Magic City, and lessons we can all learn from the movie Frozen. Join us.

    Episode 2: Rev. Shuttlesworth and the Freedom Rides

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 20, 2021 83:16


    In this conversation, we focus on Reverend Shuttlesworth's role in the Freedom Rides. Interviewees include Dr. Martha Bouyer, Executive Director at The Historic Bethel Baptist Church; Reverend Thomas Wilder Jr., the current pastor at The Historic Bethel Baptist Church, and one of Reverend Shuttlesworth's children, Mrs. Ruby Bester.

    Episode 1: Roy Wood, Jr. interviews Charles Person (Freedom Rider)

    Play Episode Listen Later May 25, 2021 40:56


    Welcome to our first episode featuring Charles Person and Roy Wood, Jr. Charles Person was a Freedom Rider. Freedom Riders rode buses across the south to test Supreme Court rulings declaring segregation unconstitutional in restrooms, bus depots, and waiting areas. Roy Wood, Jr. is a comedian, best known for his work on the Daily Show. Raised in Birmingham, he has written that Alabama represents to him “painful history, new hope, and home.” Audio footage courtesy of Freedom Riders Park, Inc.

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