Podcasts about i am a man

THE BLUES SOCIETY is a re-evaluation of the 1960s seen through the lens of the Memphis Country Blues Festival (1966-1969). It's the story of Blues masters like Furry Lewis and Robert Wilkins, who had attained fame in the 1920s but were living in obscurity by the 1960s. It's also the story of a group of white artists from the North and the South who created a celebration of African American music in a highly segregated city. THE BLUES SOCIETY follows the festival from its start in 1966 as an impromptu happening, through a period of cross-pollinization with New York's East Village scene, and up to the 1969 Festival, which mushroomed into a 3-day event and garnered substantial print and television coverage including an appearance on Steve Allen's national PBS show, Sounds of Summer. Festival co-founder and legendary music Executive Nancy Jeffries says, “Everyone remembers the 60s as a party, but there was a seriousness of purpose to what we were doing.” Furry Lewis worked for decades sweeping the city streets, so the efforts to recognize his musical accomplishments echo the 1968 Sanitation Strike, where each worker's sign proclaimed “I AM A MAN,” underlining theracist refusal to honor African Americans' basic humanity. Reaching into the present, the film ends in a 2017 concert where Rev. John Wilkins returns to the stage he last shared with his father 48 years earlier. What is the legacy of the Memphis Country Blues Festival, and who do the blues belong to in 2020?   On this episode, I will speak to Filmmaker and Scholar Augusta Palmer, daughter of Robert Palmer, one of the founding members of the Memphis Country Blues Society, who, with her team, worked relentlessly to get this film to the public. Joining Augusta in this episode will be The American Songster Don Flemons, who is featured in the film.

Darius Dennis is a Chicago-based artist, muralist and the founder of Big Wall Sign and Mural. In response to the civil unrest and protests against police brutality in 2020, he created the mural “I Am A Man,” located near the Blue Line in Wicker Park, which ignited a series of murals to be produced nationwide. His unique style of recreating Civil Rights era photos on a grand scale is aimed to continue creating culturally relevant ways to share history. This is what his Chicago sounds like. This segment of “This Is What Chicago Sounds Like” was produced by Ari Mejia. To keep up with Darius Dennis and his work, follow him on Instagram at @72and10.

The tour bus delivers our travelers for two days in historic Memphis, Tennessee. The National Civil Rights Museum rests on the site of the Lorraine Motel, where Dr. Martin Luther King lost his life to an assassin's bullet while standing on the balcony with his trusted friends, Jesse Jackson, Ralph Abernathy, and Andrew Young. The Museum is housed in a comprehensive series of buildings that outlines the history of Slavery from 1619 to the present day. Exhibits feature the story of resistance and the champions of the Civil Rights Movement. Our tour explores the I AM A MAN Memorial Park and the Sanitation Worker's Strike of 1968 that brought Dr. King to Memphis. Then, we move on to the Burkle House, commonly known as the Slave Haven, a stop on the Underground Railroad. STAX RECORDS in Memphis launched American soul music, celebrated in the STAX Museum where careers were launched including Otis Redding, Isaac Hayes, the Staple Singers, Booker T. & the M.G.'s, and many others. Spoken word artist Rev. Jesse Jackson and comedians Moms Mabley and Richard Pryor got their start in the STAX studios. We end this edition of TRUTH QUEST on Beale Street, the home of B.B. King, Ida B. Wells, and The Memphis Blues. The grand boulevard became the inspiration for James Baldwin's fifth novel If Beale Street Could Talk. SHOW NOTESIn this episode, we happily introduce Sasha Lunginbuhl.Meet our contributors.Listen to the entire series - TRUTH QUEST: Exploring the History of Race in America - in their own words.Support the show

SUMMARYStax Records legend Deanie Parker talks about writing songs for Otis Redding, Albert King, William Bell, and Carla Thomas, dives deep on what made the Stax environment so special, and shines a light on the recently-released box sets of forgotten Stax songwriter demos. PART ONEScott and Paul discuss the wild story behind the monumental box set Written in Their Soul: The Stax Songwriter Demos.PART TWOOur in-depth interview with Deanie ParkerABOUT DEANIE PARKERWhile still in high school, Deanie Parker won a Memphis talent contest and an audition for Jim Stewart at Stax Records. He signed her and released her debut single, on the Volt label, in 1963. The self-penned “My Imaginary Guy” became a regional hit, but the life of a touring artist was not for Parker. She became the first Black employee at Stax's Satellite Record Shop before joining the label staff as the company's first publicist in 1964. Learning on the job while studying journalism at Memphis State, Parker eventually became the company's Vice President of Public Affairs. One of the first female publicists in the music industry, she worked closely with Isaac Hayes, Booker T & the MG's, Rufus and Carla Thomas, Johnnie Taylor, Albert King, and others. Wearing many hats at Stax, Deanie continued to write songs with colleagues such as Steve Cropper, Booker T. Jones, Eddie Floyd, Bettye Crutcher, Mack Rice, Mable John, and Homer Banks, with whom she penned the soul classic “Ain't That a Lot of Love.” The list of Stax artists who recorded her songs includes Otis Redding, Carla Thomas, William Bell, Sam & Dave, The Staple Singers, and more. Her other writing skills were put to use penning liner notes for classic albums such as Sam & Dave's Hold On, I'm Comin', Albert King's Born Under a Bad Sign, Otis Redding's Live in Europe, and Shirley Brown's Woman to Woman. From 1987 through 1995, Deanie served as the Assistant Director of the Memphis in May International Festival. A tireless champion of the Stax legacy, she became the first President and CEO of Soulsville, the nonprofit organization established to build and manage the Stax Museum of American Soul Music, Stax Music Academy, and the Soulsville Charter School. She was appointed to the Tennessee Arts Commission in 2004 and, in 2009, was awarded two Emmy awards for the I Am a Man documentary short, for which she was an executive producer and the title song composer. The list of artists outside the Stax family who've covered Deanie Parker's songs includes The Rolling Stones, Elvis Costello, Darlene Love, Taj Mahal, Three Dog Night, The Flying Burrito Brothers, The Band, New York Dolls, Simply Red, Hall & Oates, and many others. She is a co-producer and co-liner notes writer of the seven-CD collection Written in Their Soul: The Stax Songwriter Demos, and was recently announced as a 2023 inductee into the Memphis Music Hall of Fame. 

Today we interview Joe Starita about his book, I Am A Man. The narrative non-fiction book describes the real life story of Ponca Chief Standing Bear. He was a man who just wanted to live peaceably, with his tribe, on their ancestral homeland that was deeded to them by the U.S. government in a treaty. However, government mistakes, prejudice, and people following orders from their superiors led to the Ponca being stripped of their Nebraska homeland in 1877, many deaths on their journey to a reservation in Oklahoma, and eventually Chief Standing Bear's suit against the federal government, the first time a Native American had been allowed to testify in a US courtroom. And he won. Join us to learn more about this remarkable, heartbreaking, and inspiring man. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/frontporchbookclub/support

Today we interview Joe Starita about his book, I Am A Man. The narrative non-fiction book describes the real life story of Ponca Chief Standing Bear. He was a man who just wanted to live peaceably, with his tribe, on their ancestral homeland that was deeded to them by the U.S. government in a treaty. However, government mistakes, prejudice, and people following orders from their superiors led to the Ponca being stripped of their Nebraska homeland in 1877, many deaths on their journey to a reservation in Oklahoma, and eventually Chief Standing Bear's suit against the federal government, the first time a Native American had been allowed to testify in a US courtroom. And he won. Join us to learn more about this remarkable, heartbreaking, and inspiring man. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/frontporchbookclub/support

In the fifth episode of the I AM Story podcast, current labor leaders discuss how the lessons of the Memphis Sanitation Workers' Strike are as relevant today as they were 55 years ago.   Whether it's building resolve in the face of setbacks, understanding the power of non-violent civil disobedience, the timeless call for safety in the workplace, or how the “I AM A MAN” slogan applies to all workers seeking dignity on the job, I AM Story's fifth episode is a must-listen for workers everywhere.   Hear AFSCME President Lee Saunders bring together SEIU's Mary Kay Henry, AFT's Randi Weingarten and UNITE HERE's D. Taylor, as they talk about what the 1968 Memphis Sanitation Workers' Strike means to them, and how they use the lessons of that historic struggle to fight for workers they represent. 

In our first segment today, from the Working People podcast, we'll hear from one of the graduate student workers who's been out on strike for over five weeks now at the University of Michigan. Then, I AM Story's Episode 2, I Am A Man. From the Million Dollar Organizer podcast, AI and union organizing. Jennifer Berkshire & Jack Schneider on how the corporate theory of change has damaged public education, on The Dig podcast. In our final segment today a Rutgers striker talks about wins and future hopes. That's from The Valley Labor Report. Please help us build sonic solidarity by clicking on the share button below. Highlights from labor radio and podcast shows around the country, part of the national Labor Radio Podcast Network of shows focusing on working people's issues and concerns. #LaborRadioPod @AFLCIO @WorkingPod @AFSCME @boboedy @thedigradio @LaborReporters Edited by Mel Smith, produced by Chris Garlock; social media guru Mr. Harold Phillips.

In 1968, Memphis sanitation workers went on strike – for dignity, for respect, for recognition of their basic humanity. Courageously, they declared: I AM A MAN. The strike would draw together the labor movement and the civil rights movement in a way that changed the course of history. The I AM STORY Podcast revisits this struggle, telling the story of this strike and everything that happened next. Learn more at IAMSTORY.com 

In 1968, two Memphis sanitation workers, Robert Walker and Echol Cole, were crushed to death in the back of their truck, a horrific accident that was the result of shocking negligence by city leaders.   The workers had raised a red flag that trucks in the fleet were unsafe. But the city didn't recognize their union and had no incentive or inclination to make changes.  This tragedy ignited one of the most courageous worker actions in American history: a two-month strike by the city's entire sanitation workforce.   The signs they carried said it all, four words so powerful in their simplicity: I AM A MAN. The strike drew the attention of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., who would join the sanitation workers' fight — in what would be his last campaign.  This is the I AM Story Podcast.  Learn more at IAMSTORY.com 

In 1968, sanitation workers in Memphis took a stand against degrading and deadly working conditions.   They declared a strike that would lead to a movement that would shake the nation.  The I AM STORY podcast tells the story of the sanitation workers who dared to declare: I AM A MAN.  Learn more at http://www.IAMSTORY.com

Hear about the transgender experience from singer-songwriter Nick Lawrence, a family coach and former foster-parent educator on LGBTQ topics. His new album, I Am A Man, is about his own transition.

Are you ready to get real old-timey? This week we discuss the folk and bluegrass revival of O Brother, Where Art Thou? Loosely based on "The Odyssey", Joel and Ethan Coen pulled together an all-star lineup of country musicians to score this wacky road trip through Depression-era Mississippi. The film is a hoot, but the soundtrack was a sensation. The album hit #1 on the charts over a year after its release, and went on to sell 8 million copies. "I Am A Man of Constant Sorrow" and "O Death" won all the awards, but the real standouts on this album come from Allison Krauss, Gillian Welch, The Whites, and more! So join us as we dig deep into the history of American folk music. This episode's an odyssey all on its own! SHOW NOTES: O Brother, Where Art Thou? is available to stream here Down From The Mountain is available on YouTube Darius Rucker's "Tendercrisp Bacon Cheddar Ranch" Libby discusses child singers more on the latest Misbehavin' podcast! INTRO: "Dance Rocket" by Jesse Spillane OUTRO: "Man of Constant Sorrow" by Skeewiff MUSIC VIDEO: "I Am A Man of Constant Sorrow" by The Soggy Bottom Boys Have a soundtrack you'd like us to cover?  Follow us on Twitter @OSTParty and let us know! Or email us at OSTPartyPod@gmail.com

The tour bus delivers our travelers for two days in historic Memphis, Tennessee. The National Civil Rights Museum rests on the site of the Lorraine Motel, where Dr. Martin Luther King lost his life to an assassin's bullet while standing on the balcony with his trusted friends, Jesse Jackson, Ralph Abernathy, and Andrew Young. The Museum is housed in a comprehensive series of buildings that outlines the history of Slavery from 1619 to the present day. Exhibits feature the story of resistance and the champions of the Civil Rights Movement. Our tour explores the I AM A MAN Memorial Park and the Sanitation Worker's Strike of 1968 that brought Dr. King to Memphis. Then, we move on to the Burkle House, commonly known as the Slave Haven, a stop on the Underground Railroad. STAX RECORDS in Memphis launched American soul music, celebrated in the STAX Museum where careers were launched including Otis Redding, Isaac Hayes, the Staple Singers, Booker T. & the M.G.'s, and many others. Spoken word artist Rev. Jesse Jackson and comedians Moms Mabley and Richard Pryor got their start in the STAX studios. We end this edition of TRUTH QUEST on Beale Street, the home of B.B. King, Ida B. Wells, and The Memphis Blues. The grand boulevard became the inspiration for James Baldwin's fifth novel If Beale Street Could Talk. SHOW NOTESIn this episode, we happily introduce Sasha Lunginbuhl.Support the show

Earwolf Presents Hot Doc Summer with Beautiful Anonymous host Chris Gethard introducing you to one of our summer audio documentaries from our Stitcher colleagues at Witness Docs. Witness Docs presents Unfinished, an investigative anthology series digging into America's unfinished business. Season 1, Deep South, produced in collaboration with Market Road Films, brought us on a journey into the Arkansas Delta to investigate the lynching of Isadore Banks. Season 2, produced with Critical Frequency, takes us to Short Creek, a community on the Utah/Arizona border divided by much more than a state line. Season 3, produced with Scripps, explores dual loyalties and hidden histories via the story of Ernest Withers, one of the most important photographers of the 20th century -- who was both a Civil Rights Movement photographer and a FBI informant. Ernest Withers shot timeless photos covering the civil rights movement- Dr. King on that integrated bus in Montgomery, Alabama, Emmett Till's uncle pointing an accusing finger and striking garbage men in Memphis wearing I AM A MAN placards. His loyalty and dedication earned him the trust of movement leaders King, Young, Lawson. But what if that trust was misplaced - what if Ernest was leading a double life? For more audio documentary podcasts go to our Witness Doc friends here:www.witnesspodcasts.com/ Or find your usual faves at www.earwolf.com

Hear about the transgender experience from singer-songwriter Nick Lawrence, a family coach and former foster-parent educator on LGBTQ topics. His new album, I Am A Man, is about his own transition.

Hear about the transgender experience from singer-songwriter Nick Lawrence, a family coach and former foster-parent educator on LGBTQ topics. His new album, I Am A Man, is about his own transition. In our conversation, Nick...

Ernest Withers shot timeless photos covering the civil rights movement- Dr. King on that integrated bus in Montgomery, Alabama, Emmett Till's uncle pointing an accusing finger and striking garbage men in Memphis wearing I AM A MAN placards. His loyalty and dedication earned him the trust of movement leaders King, Young, Lawson. But what if that trust was misplaced - what if Ernest was leading a double life?

19 Keys presents High Level Conversations to bring you into the high frequency of talk to elevate your mindset and value. S1E9 Ft. King Randal Featured Guest Bio:King Randall is a 21 year old community shifter and the founder of the "X" for Boys organization in Albany, Ga where the motto is, "Let US Make Man"He hosts a variety of workshops teaching young men automotive repair such as changing brakes and oil. He also has workshops teaching home improvement such as replacing light fixtures, toilets, and painting.King Randall is also a chef. He graduated at the age of 17 with a degree in Culinary Arts from Albany Technical College before even graduating high school. He was the first black, Georgia Restaurant Association Student of the Year in 2016. He led Westover High School's Culinary Arts Team to Second Place in the state culinary championships in 2016 and 2017. With these skills, he has also taught the young men in his program basic cooking skills in different workshops. He hosts a weekly book club for boys to improve literacy skills and also to teach very important life skills growing into a young man. King Randall also started a bowling league for boys to get them into sports other than football and basketball. This will lead to potential scholarship opportunities for the boys as well as being another outlet for them to release stress. He also assists in feeding children weekly in at-risk communities and making sure they have a meal before bed. This is because many children only have a meal at school. He has recently rebirthed the Iconic "I Am A Man" March, from the 1960s, in Albany, Georgia. It started the new wave of men's mental health Awareness in the city. King Randall has spearheaded movements that have shifted the atmosphere of the city of Albany and he is just now getting the ball rolling.This Episode:This episode goes high level on the full understanding of how to save our children from the biggest threats against them, politics, and true power. Featured Guest Contact:Website https://gogetfunding.com/the-x-for-boys-school-renovation-project/ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/newemergingking/ 19 KEYS:Top thought leader of the culture and leader in the health , financial Liberation , blockchain , crypto , NFT , High level mindset etc. An Oakland,ca  truth speaker.. LinkTreehttps://linktr.ee/19_keys GoldeWater Linkhttps://goldewater.com/  Book link https://crownz19.com/products/paradigm-keys-solution-based-mind-reprogramming-e-book?variant=17962889904179 Course link https://thewealthstandard.podia.com/infinite-wealth-strategies-course?coupon=333 **************Special EYL Viewer Promotion********** Text “HLC“ to 3235776692 Tap in on all platforms: Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/19keys Twitter: https://twitter.com/Instagram: www.instagram.com/19_keys/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@19keys? Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/19keys/messageAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Hello Family, I hope everyone had a wonderful February and a wonderful Black History Month! We are dropping a BHM episode pack for you all, (yes, I know it's March, we on CPT..respectfully.) The first of the two episodes is a episode we did with the great Don Duquene (IG @donduquene), who is an amazing film maker who recently released a short film titled, "I Am A Man." Don came through and chopped it up with the Cheddar Chasers. We discussed what makes a good black man, talked a little about some recent controversies, and finished the episode off praising a whole lot of black actors and creators who continue to put on for us all! Shoutout to Black Culture!

Dr Jerry Mofokeng wa Makhetha, the iconic and award-winning South African actor, grew up knowing his real father, but without knowing that he was actually his father. In this conversation, he explains his complex relationship with masculinity and fatherhood, the deep, meaningful contribution of his wife and lifelong partner, and the lessons he would like young South African men to learn from his story. As a wise elder, we could all benefit from his new memoir, I Am A Man. www.cliffcentral.com

Dr Jerry Mofokeng wa Makhetha, the iconic and award-winning South African actor, grew up knowing his real father, but without knowing that he was actually his father. In this conversation, he explains his complex relationship with masculinity and fatherhood, the deep, meaningful contribution of his wife and lifelong partner, and the lessons he would like young South African men to learn from his story. As a wise elder, we could all benefit from his new memoir, I Am A Man.

In this episode Nate sits down with artist and business owner Ty Lewis to discuss all things art as well as Ty's new book "I Am A Man; In the rhythm of a black man's heart." Listen in as they also discuss mental health and the role that art plays in being mentally healthy. This episode is filled with value so grab your notepad. Make sure to subscribe, share and leave a review Follow the podcast: www.instagram.com/changewhatwenormalizepodcast Follow Nate: www.instagram.com/nateevansjr For Bookings: www.nateevansjr.com Support our movement & platform: CashApp: $ChangeAgent89 Venmo: nathan-evans08 PayPal: info@nateevansjr.com --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/changewhatwenormalize/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/changewhatwenormalize/support

Pride Month continues! Sit down with the author of "The Queen's English", Chloe O. Davis to talk about her new dictionary and the impact that the LGBTQIA+ community has had on our world. It's also Black Music Month! We chop it up with Grammy-winning Bassists and Composer Ben Williams about his album, "I Am A Man" and the influence of Black Music on America culture. 

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Join my as I welcome the profound Regina Weatherspoon-Bell. She is the inspiring founder of the non-profit, Dreamers, Visionaries, & Leaders Project. This episode is a fitting bookend to close out February's multi-episode focus on Black History Month. Among her recent contributions is the must see documentary, "I Am A Man". The documentary features seventeen accomplished men who detail their experiences along with the realities and “Impact of Racism on their Lives.” Tune in to hear our discussion on the importance of inclusion, the phenomenal documentary, the mission of the DVL Project and more. Don't miss it! View a preview of the documentary and learn more at dvlproject.com --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/protkall/message

Today, there are crucial conversations rippling across North America—conversations happening on social media, on campuses, in the streets and around dinner tables. In greater numbers, people are talking about real empowerment and liberation for historically disadvantaged groups. When it comes to the Black Lives Matter movement, they're talking specifically about human dignity for African Americans. And for this movement, journalist, humanitarian, and activist Shaun King, a columnist for The Intercept and the Writer-In-Residence at Harvard Law School's Fair Punishment Project, is amongst the most compelling voices: a humane and passionate advocate for justice and families, and an extremely visible fundraiser for victims of brutality and discrimination.Sometimes people wonder who they might be, and what role they might play, if they were alive during the Civil Rights Movement of the 60s. Mass marches. Signs reading “I AM A MAN.” Fire hoses, police dogs, and bloody batons. Distant history, but not as removed as we might think: just this past year Shaun bravely spearheaded the efforts to identify and arrest violent white supremacists who brutally attacked men and women in Charlottesville, Virginia. His dogged efforts single-handedly led to more arrests of Neo-Nazis there than that of the FBI or State Police.Leaders like Shaun King help us see how racism is not dead and forgotten, but merely a mutating virus, and one that manifests in different forms in every age. Racism, mass incarceration, policies that criminalize blackness in the twenty-first century—these problems won't solve themselves. And that's why King's voice, perspective, and work are so important.As a magnetic element of the Black Lives Matter movement, King helps us see our present place in the larger current of American history. He's adopted social media to rally and unite people of disparate backgrounds and has now become one of the most followed activists in the world. He uses his platform as a journalist, now for Harvard and The Intercept, and formerly as The Senior Justice Writer at the New York Daily News, to unearth the truth beyond local media, and to organize us all in purposeful and directed ways. Moreover, he reminds us that we can take whatever we do best—whether we lobby, speak, litigate, protest, write, or more—and tilt that practice toward justice.As a speaker, Shaun King offers an articulate and historically grounded take on the most pressing problems of the day. He has now spoken in 35 states, on over 100 college campuses, in jails and prisons, and in corporate boardrooms – always calling for us to be better and do better. As a writer, he has written an astounding 1,500 articles on injustice since 2014 and gives morning commentary on the legendary Tom Joyner Morning Show heard by 6 million listeners in over 100 cities.Shaun might be new to many of us, but he has been on this path his whole life. In 1999, Shaun became the youngest Student Government President elected at Morehouse College since Dr. King was a student there in 1947. Before he was ever known nationally, Shaun was a popular high school history and civics teacher in Atlanta, then a traveling teacher and counselor at a dozen different jails, prisons, and youth detention centers in Georgia –speaking and teaching 5 times a day, 5 days a week, for years. Shaun started and pastored a church in inner city Atlanta and launched several award-winning social good campaigns that raised millions of dollars for causes around the world.Shaun is now based out of Brooklyn, New York, is married to his high school sweetheart, and is the father of five children - four girls and a boy - ranging in age from pre-school to high school. Making the world a better place for them is his daily motivation.  Indeed, this generation has its own challenges—challenges for which we need real and applicable solutions. Instead of wondering who we'd be and what we'd do if we were alive in the 60s—or assuming progress will just march along, without our help—King asks us to see our present place in the modern movement for a more equitable world. If every generation operates on a set of principles, then we need to judge our own by looking, clearly and without rose-colored glasses, on the values we live by. As King argues, it's not enough to be just a little bit better. In fact, that's never been enough. 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Sermonette All Lives Matter To God honoring the Black History Movement of remembering those whose shoulders we stand upon. Pastor Earma preaches about God’s plan of significance for humanity. It’s the same cry of the sixties when the Garbage Technicians took to the streets crying ‘I Am A Man’ as the new generations who declare ‘Black Lives Matter’. She proposes that it’s our common cry when we feel our lives are NOT respected and treated as insignificant… Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/gracecovenant)

You can find the videos from this episode at our Discord RIGHT HERE!LVL Up Expo: Jim and Them continue their strike against the LVL Up Expo and Mike continues to be the scab that he is and cross the picket line. Corey Feldman: It looks to be finally happening! Corey’s documentary has a pay per view premiere date and a trailer! Also his birthday set of live cover songs. Quaden Bayles: The Internet has already gone from supporting to destroying the bullied dwarf child. LIVING IN A DREAMS!, OSCARS!, THE SOPRANOS!, BEST FRIENDS!, PATREON!, TWITCH!, REVIEWS!, NO MIKE!, LVL UP EXPO!, PROTEST!, STRIKE!, SCAB!, PICKET LINE!, WRESTLING!, DROPPED ON YOUR HEAD!, POKEMON TRAINING!, PANEL!, INJURY!, INSURANCE!, WAIVER!, PASSIONATE!, LIABILITY!, LEGAL ADVICE!, LAWYER!, SUE!, NEGLIGENCE!, PEDOPHILE!, MICHAEL JACKSON!, NO WAY!, CHILDREN!, MACAULAY CULKIN!, ACCUSATIONS!, DR. OZ!, COREY FELDMAN!, TRAILER!, DOCUMENTARY!, PAY PER VIEW!, STREAMING!, NAME NAMES!, HOLLYWOOD!, METOO!, KIDS2!, VICTIMS!, REPERCUSSIONS!, HARVEY WEINSTEIN!, VICTIMS!, MY TRUTH!, THE RAPE OF 2 COREYS!, MARCH 9TH!, BIRTHDAY SET!, COVERS!, BEATLES!, BLACKBIRD!, EVENFLOW!, PEARL JAM!, CAT STEVENS!, CAN’T KEEP IT IN!, GOOF!, SHOCK JOCK!, LOUIS CK!, I TOUCH MYSELF!, DRUMMER!, COURTNEY!, ANGELS!, IMPROV!, FROG SISTERS!, LOST BOYS!, YES AND!, PARACHUTE!, BULLYING!, DWARF!, AUSTRALIAN!, QUADEN BAYLES!, BRAD WILLIAMS!, VIRAL VIDEO!, SUICIDE!, SCHOOL!, HOAX!, 9 YEAR OLD!, ANGER!, DUMBEST KID IN CLASS!, MESSAGE!, TEACHER!, FUCK THIS KID!, COMEDIAN!, VIOLENCE!, SCHOOL SHOOTER!, THOUSAND YARD STARE!, GOFUNDME!, QUATTO!, BITTER!, SUFFERING!, OPERATION!, I AM NOT A BABY!, CHECK OUT MY UGHH!, I AM A MAN!CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD JIM AND THEM #620 Part 1 RIGHT HERE! 

In July 1910, the murder of Janie Sharp rocked the community of Rural Hill, Mississippi. A man would be arrested for the murder but over the next two years there would be unexpected twists in the search for answers, including the murder of two men associated with the case. Find full show notes for this episode at southernmysteries.com SUPPORT THE SHOW Leave a tip or sign up to make a monthly gift to support the showBuy merchandise in the Southern Mysteries Store SPONSOR This episode of Southern Mysteries is brought to you by barkbox.com – get one free extra month of BarkBox at getbarkbox.com/southernmysteries when you use code PBFEM CONNECT  | Website | Twitter  | Facebook  | Discussion Group MUSIC Theme Song “Dark & Troubled” by Panthernburn. Special thanks to Phillip St Ours for permission for use ***Additional Music: “Sugar Pines” by Wes Hutchison; Lost Time”, “Evening Fall Harp”, “Clean Soul” by Kevin MacLeod; "Last Train to Mars" and “I Am A Man” by Dan Lebowitz Licensed under Creative Commons

The murder of Helen Clevenger is one of Asheville, North Carolina’s most infamous crimes. In July of 1936, the 18 year old college student was murdered in a room at the Battery Park Hotel. A hotel employee was tried, convicted and executed for the murder but his conviction remains highly contested. In fact, some people say his conviction was a case of injustice.  Read full show notes and learn more about this episode at southernmysteries.com Connect with Southern MysteriesFacebook Discussion GroupTwitter @mysteriespodEmail southernmysteriespodcast@gmail.com MusicTheme Song “Dark & Troubled” by Panthernburn. Special thanks to Phillip St Ours for permission for use.  Additional Music "Virtues", "Resolution", "Piano", Drone in D", "Ossuary 6" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com); "I Am A Man" by Dan Lebowitz; "Not Alone" by  Lee Rosevere Licensed under Creative Commons 

During the Sanitation Workers' Strike of 1968, civil rights and labor activists organized together inside Clayborn Temple. The “I AM A MAN” signs created by the congregation's pastor with his own printing press have since become a universal symbol for human rights and human dignity. • In 1979, Clayborn Temple was added to the National Register of Historic Places. The AME congregation continued to worship in Clayborn until the doors were closed due to the congregants, similar to Second Presbyterian before it, moving away from downtown. For over 25 years this formative institution in Memphis has sat vacant. • Clayborn Temple is one of only two National Treasures – referred to by the National Trust for Historic Preservation as places that reflect the nation's past while enriching the future. • The history of Clayborn Temple is, in many ways, the history of educational formation. It was here—in this space—that ministers were trained, congregations were transformed, artists were inspired, and activists were equipped. • Anasa, share about your own personal mission of Clayborn Temple serving as a place for restorative development in the community – where those who enter the doors of Clayborn Temple are provided with the opportunity to generate income, share ideas and support one another. • Clayborn Temple proudly serves as a meeting place for The Downtown Church, a site for religious gatherings, black-tie affairs, live concerts and Rotary Club meetings, and recently, MLK50 remembrances. Mission • Restoring the physical space in a way that both honors its architectural past and enables its programmatic future. • Re-engage the social mission of bearing witness to the reality of God's love, honoring the dignity of our neighbors, and seeking the flourishing of our city. And it is through our mission that we seek to partner with our neighbors to see Memphis become a thriving community for all of its residents. https://www.claybornreborn.org/

The last ship to bring slaves to America arrived in Alabama’s Mobile Bay in 1860, carrying in its hull more than 100 Africans who had been kidnapped from their villages and sold into slavery. The slavers hid the evidence of their illegal operation by burning and sinking the Clotilda in the Mobile River Delta. For over 150 years, the ship was shrouded in mystery, until an Alabama environmentalist and reporter found it in 2018. Read full show notes and learn more about this episode at southernmysteries.com Connect with Southern MysteriesFacebook Discussion GroupTwitter @mysteriespodEmail southernmysteriespodcast@gmail.com MusicTheme Song “Dark & Troubled” by Panthernburn. Special thanks to Phillip St Ours for permission for use.  Additional Music"Lost Time", "Crowd Hammer", "Dark Fog", and "Resolution" by Kevin MacLeod; "I Am A Man" by Dan Lebowitz; "Sugar Pines" by Wes Hutchison; "Shawdowlands" by Purple Planet Music Licensed under Creative Commons

One of the most detailed records of life along Louisiana's Cane River was told through paintings of folk artist, Clementine Hunter. In 2008, the FBI opened a folk art forgery case to investigate a trio of suspects they believed to be forging Hunter's work Read full show notes and learn more about Clementine Hunter at southernmysteries.com Connect with Southern MysteriesWebsite southernmysteries.comFacebook Discussion GroupTwitter @mysteriespodEmail southernmysteriespodcast@gmail.com MusicTheme Song “Dark & Troubled” by Panthernburn. Special thanks to Phillip St Ours for permission for use.  Additional Music"Peace of Mind" "Almost in F Tranquility" by Kevin MacLeod; "A Revelation" by Jeremy Blake; "Under Suspicion" by Lee Rosevere. "I Am A Man" and "Wave In Atmosphere" by Dan Lebowitz Licensed under Creative Commons

In this special collaborative episode, five ordained women come together to lament, confess, celebrate, and ultimately reclaim an embodied and faithful way to move in their professional, spiritual, and personal lives. (VOICED BY PROFESSIONAL TALENT) FULL TRANSCRIPT When women come together there's nothing we cannot do. Welcome to the WellSprings Journal Podcast, where you will hear from women who have been called by God into lives to speak grace and compassion, that share pain and anger, and that dance life's joys and laughter. Inspiration to call forth your creative spirit await. Listen now. 0:39     Lament, Gospel, Response – a collaborative effort by Nannette Banks, Isabel Docampo, Allison St. Louis, Trudy Hawkins Stringer, and Laura Tuach. 0:52     Introduction by Laura Tuach. “The Word became flesh and lived among us.” John 1:14 calls us to embrace the embodiment of God’s grace through Christ. 1:05     This article is a collaborative project. A living, breathing, and evolving endeavor by five ordained women of differing faith communities, differing bodies and stories, differing experiences of the Divine. We are five religious professionals located within the academy, training and supporting the next generation of congregational leaders. We are of Cuban descent, African American descent, Anglo descent, and African and Indian descent. We are deeply faithful women, serving our calls in academia while maintaining our connections to the Episcopal, Progressive Baptist, United Methodist, and United Church of Christ denominations. We are each embodied, fleshy, and beautifully and wonderfully made, reflecting God’s complexity, diversity, and magnificence. Over the past three years, we gathered virtually and in person for mutual professional support and to produce writing that reflects our deepest commitments and beliefs. In this article we lament, confess, celebrate, and ultimately reclaim an embodied and faithful way to move in our professional, spiritual, and personal lives. 2:25     We begin exploring the theme of this issue with lament. As an all-female community of practice, we lament our individual and collective traumas. We tell the truth about the violence inflicted on women’s bodies, bodies of those who are “othered,” and our own bodies. We lament the barrage of images and messages we cannot escape in a culture that worships consumerism and productivity and a prescribed definition of beauty. We lament this injustice and ask for forgiveness for our own complicity in systems of oppression that deny full human expression through the body. We hear the good news that the word became flesh and lived among us. We respond by creating ritual and worshiping together. In this article, we invite you to explore these words of John without divorcing them from your own body and the bodies of the women and girls you minister to. As women of all shapes, colors, sizes, and experiences, we are called to celebrate our bodies and the ways in which the living God is enfleshed in each of us. 3:40     Lament by Trudy Hawkins Stringer -- “But flesh has ambiguous connotations. Indeed, its materiality often carries the weight of sin.” — Mayra Rivera 3:53     How is it that in the Christian tradition we hold the radical claim that God became flesh and dwelt among us, and yet in the same tradition, flesh, as Rivera writes, “carries the weight of sin”? We begin with lament, an ancient practice of weeping and wailing, of grieving loss. Lament as an embodied, communal practice has fallen out of favor, so we turn our mourning inward, silencing it and forcing it to molder in the nether reaches of our bodies. We seek to reclaim lament as a necessary step in remembering our being, calling “flesh, spirit, mind, soul” from the long loneliness of dichotomies of: spirit / flesh, soul / body, mind / body. 4:45     In Enfleshing Freedom, M. Shawn Copeland writes: The ambivalence with which Christian thought focuses on the sex of the matter may be traced to a persistent somatophobia or fear of flesh. This fear stems from a conceptual axis that compounds both distortions of Neoplatonism, with its tendency to idealism, suspicion of ambiguity, and discomfort with matter, and Pauline and Augustinian warnings about flesh and its pleasures. We lament somatophobia entrenched in Christian traditions. We lament all cultural constructions of race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, and able-ness that encourage exclusion, domination, and violence. 5:34     We lament the violence acted out on bodies—raced bodies, gendered bodies, ethnic bodies, queer bodies, diseased bodies, disabled bodies. We lament masculinities that teach violence and debasement of women and emotional numbness to men. We lament raced identities that construct white supremacy and condone slavery and Jim Crow in old and new iterations.  We lament sexual teaching that denies the sacred worth of human sexuality. We lament the role of religion in creating and perpetuating cultural distortions of flesh. We lament and confess our own complicity, by commission and omission, in cultural, societal, and religious systems that distort, degrade, and commodify flesh. 6:28     We ask forgiveness. We seek to participate in the re-sacrilizing of our flesh: flesh as a source of our knowing and of joy, flesh welcome in worship, flesh necessary for ritual, flesh foundational to sacramental practices of baptism and Eucharist. We seek forgiveness and the collective courage to reimagine flesh as sacred gift. 6:58     Response: Hope in “Isness” by Nannette Banks.  “I CAN’T BREATHE!” the tragically famous last words of Brother Eric Garner, and according to Yale ethicist, the Rev. Dr. Ebony Marshall Turman, declaring his “isness.” As we watch that black male body struggle to survive while being choked to the ground, we hear him proclaim his existence: “I CAN’T BREATHE.” This moment is reminiscent of Malcolm X’s father being tied to active train tracks with the sound of the train’s horn and the blinding light shining on him, shouting, “I AM A MAN!” and the screen goes blank. It is reminiscent of Fannie Lou Hammer rebuffing—without reticence and with clarity—the oppressors with, “I AM SICK AND TIRED OF BEING SICK AND TIRED!” These are not defeatist statements; instead, they are declarations of “isness,” existence and “I am somebody.” To unapologetically declare your space, place and “isness” as human in the face of hatred, brute force, and injustice is the zenith of resistance; giving no one real power over your being—body or mind. 8:23     Continual blows of dehumanization can leave the being—body and mind—bereft and without hope, unless you know that you exist! It is the spirit of resistance that stirs in us to confront the oppressors’/dehumanizers’ glare and physical force with the fact of our existence and place. Recall Jesus on the cross, declaring his “isness” with his last few words, even while he was being mocked. The embodiment of such gumption and spirit destabilizes governments’; economic, political platforms; unjust systems; privilege; ancestral supremacy; and religion. This very spirit is present in each of our bodies, limbs, “isness,” and declarations. It’s in our showing up and in our very flesh (hard to unravel the two, impossible really)—spirit and flesh together. One without the other leaves a gaping hole of prayers with no protest or protest with no prayers; a gaping hole of embodiment with no sure housing, words with no real meaning, and life with no real point. Again, recall Jesus: the word became flesh! God inhabits/embodies the praises, the declarations of the people. Show up, inhabit, embody, become flesh with your very first, until your very last, word and breath. 10:01   Gospel: Good News by Isabel Docampo. The encounters of Simon, the social outcast and unclean leper, a nameless woman, and Jesus in the Gospel of Mark’s 14th chapter offer good news of the Divine’s transfiguration of oppression to hope. When these three hurting people encounter one another in the Gospel story, they are moved to care for one another’s flesh: their bodily and emotional wounds. Simon offers shelter and fills Jesus’ hungry stomach. The woman offers human touch as she spreads the oil on his head, shoulders, and feet. Jesus, the Divine made flesh, gratefully receives these gifts. Here the Divine is embraced and embraces, crossing the boundaries between Creator and Creature. In the compassionate embrace of the Other’s wounds and pain, these three experience the Divine “touch” that helps them transcend their bodily oppression and move forward in hope! 11:08   The body is the pathway by which we experience the world. The body is an historical receptacle. It carries our ancestors’ stories in its DNA—of intermarriages, diseases, migrations, and the truth of our inescapable biological and cultural hybridity—for survival within political and economic histories. Our perception of our own bodies and that of the Other’s body reveals the marks of these histories on our emotional psyche that is an extension of our body. Latina studies have explored the legacies of colonialism, whose violence on all indigenous bodies (particularly the female body) was enacted to produce “bodily traits” for a perfect economic commodity. Colonialism’s power persists in our subconscious, producing a self-desire for certain bodily traits to the point of masochistic surgeries in a quest for bodies deemed safe and most likely to succeed. 12:12   Emilie Townes says it well: “We do not love ourselves. We have become cavalier with each other’s lives . . . we live in a time when the disregard for human lives in general is astoundingly sanctioned by a legal system that fails all of us when black and brown and native lives are taken and no one is responsible. ”Ultimately, we are responsible for all of the bodies that we see on our Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter feeds, and on podcasts, with eyes glazed over by trauma. These bodies are collateral damage in the quest for postcolonial, global economic stability. Categorizing the human body as a commodity remains as much a moral act of oppression today as it was in colonial times. Powerful nations are not helpless, but rather hesitant, to enact new policies and disrupt their geopolitical and economic arrangements. Their hesitancy in the postcolonial reality is counter to our moral imperative as Christians: to love God and love one another as ourselves. Like the nameless woman, we need to get out of the shadows and enter into the space, bravely, and anoint our collective body with oil. 13:34   The good news is that the Divine loves the Creation so much that the Godself chose the limitations of the complex human body. Why? That remains a mystery. Yet our experiences of the flesh help us unravel it. Stories from across the ages tell of life-changing moments when human beings from different groups transcend limitations to commune together for truth-telling, justice, and mercy. In those intimate moments of vulnerability and shared bodily knowledge of pain, power is experienced outside and within the self that engenders inexplicable hope in the face of losing odds. It becomes holy ground as we are able to see in the faces looking back at us that we are love-able. And, so, by loving one another, we begin to be healed so we can love ourselves. 14:32   Biblical references to glory frequently allude to the transfiguration of the ordinary in its encounter with the divine .. . Thus the glory of God is always encountered as flesh … Past relations leave their marks in our bodies … signs of renewal as well as scars. These scars are never absent from our encounters. When we see, hear, or touch the Other, we touch upon the Other’s scars … become transfigured in the divine embrace. Again, and again, and again. We may not fully understand the unconditional love of the Godself choosing embodiment. Nevertheless, we can bear witness that by doing so the Divine’s identity is revealed as one that can never be reduced to historically frozen faith tenets. Instead, the Godself can be many things, and is, and is all things at one time, and is differentiated yet never separated from the Creation. 15:38   The good news is that as children of the Creator, we, too, have multiple identities that we move in and out of, and the Divine delights in our complexity! The good news is that we are differentiated yet tethered to one another without fear. Fear has no place in love; and the Divine loves completely. If God is to be found in the Other . . . ethics becomes a central concern of theology. Theology … shall call us to transform our bodies so that they become capable of embracing without grasping, to transform our eyes to see and ears to hear. Theology shall encourage us to perceive the transcendence of the Other as the glory of God. We are invited to repeatedly encounter the Divine within, between, and beyond us as we reach toward one another to fearlessly re-order life without the categorization and commodification of bodies. We are freed by love to mutually offer and receive shelter, food, and healing oil. Good news, indeed! 16:53   Response: Embodied Ritual by Allison St. Louis. Ritual practices are ways of remembering. Ritual practices can also serve to help communities “re-member.” The following ritual is a call for our bodies to enter into their rightful place in the kingdom come. 17:15   Service of Healing and Celebration of Our Embodiment. Let us give thanks to our Creator God, Who made heaven and earth. Let us give thanks to our Creator God, Who knit us together in our mothers’ womb. Let us give thanks to our Creator God, Whose life-giving spirit dwells in us. 17:36   Scripture Reading: Psalm 139:1-18. O Lord, you have searched me and known me. You know when I sit down and when I rise up; you discern my thoughts from far away. You search out my path and my lying down, and are acquainted with all my ways. Even before a word is on my tongue, O Lord, you know it completely. You hem me in, behind and before, and lay your hand upon me. Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is so high that I cannot attain it. Where can I go from your spirit? Or where can I flee from your presence? If I ascend to heaven, you are there; if I make my bed in Sheol, you are there. If I take the wings of the morning and settle at the farthest limits of the sea, even there your hand shall lead me, and your right hand shall hold me fast. 18:38   If I say, ‘Surely the darkness shall cover me, and the light around me become night’, even the darkness is not dark to you; the night is as bright as the day, for darkness is as light to you. For it was you who formed my inward parts; you knit me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works; that I know very well. My frame was not hidden from you, when I was being made in secret intricately woven in the depths of the earth. Your eyes beheld my unformed substance. In your book were written all the days that were formed for me, when none of them as yet existed. How weighty to me are your thoughts, O God! How vast is the sum of them! I try to count them—they are more than the sand; I come to the end — I am still with you. 19:42   Litany of Confession and Healing. For forgetting that we are created in your image: Forgive us Holy God. For colluding with cultural standards of beauty and worth: Forgive us, Holy God. For remaining silent about oppression, abuse, and violence: Forgive us, Holy God. With embracing the holiness of our bodies: Gift us, Healer God. With appreciating the beauty of all bodies: Gift us, Healer God. With unrelenting courage to speak up for the voiceless: Gift us, Healer God. 20:21   Closing Prayer: “The Lord’s Prayer.” The Word became flesh! God embodies the praises, the declaration of the people. Show up, embody, become flesh from your very first, until your very last, word! Let us bless the Word become Flesh. Thanks be to God! 20:45   Thank you for listening to the WellSprings Journal podcast. Be sure to visit WellSpringsJournal.org to find more resources for the journey.

Today's episode features a conversation with Derek Ham, assistant professor of graphic design in the North Carolina State University College of Design. He is also the creator of the “I Am A Man” VR Experience, an interactive virtual reality experience set to the historic events of the Civil Rights Movement. “I Am A Man” is the basis of Derek’s two master classes through Special Studies at 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. Monday, August 13, at Chautauqua. Register for either class at chqtickets.com. Derek’s research interest spans the areas of game-based learning, algorithmic thinking, and digital fabrication. In his work, he continues to investigate both virtual reality and augmented realty technology to find ways these tools can expand the possibilities of interaction design. Before joining the faculty in the College of Design, Derek has taught at MIT’s School of Architecture, Harvard’s Graduate School of Design (GSD), and the Rhode Island School of Design. Follow him on Twitter at @DerekAHam.

(Elizabeth) In 1868, the striking sanitation workers of Memphis carried signs declaring "I AM A MAN." This statement answered a question asked by abolitionists and supporters of Civil Rights since the late 18th century.

JANUARY 15, 2015 FROM 'I AM A MAN' TO 'BLACK LIVES MATTER' When the Rev. Martin Luther King was gunned down in 1968 in Memphis—where he had gone to support striking sanitation workers—the workers in the city marched with those iconic signs that read “I Am A Man.” Today—on the day that King would have been 86 years old—the signs carried by protesters of police killings and violence convey the same but broader affirmation—that “Black Lives Matter.” We talk to Liana Asim, who administers the popular Facebook page "2014 Michael Brown death and aftermath in Ferguson Missouri" about the killing of Michael Brown and police killings and brutality. We also talk to Ebony Washington, organizer of a protest that will be held outside the White House on the MLK holiday and also Salim Adofo, of the National Black United Front, which is holding teach-ins this weekend. Headlines on Republican White supremacists and more. https://onthegroundshow.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/OTG-JAN-15-2015.mp3

  If You Won't Get Jobs Bill Done in Suite, We Will Get Done in Street!'   Green-Thomas was one of several thousand who rallied and marched Saturday as a prelude to Sunday's belated dedication of the Martin Luther King Jr. National Memorial. The message of the “Jobs and Justice” event, organized by the Rev. Al Sharpton's National Action Network along with labor and civil rights groups, was that today's poor, unemployed and homeless embody King's unfinished business. Before the march to the King memorial on a radiant fall afternoon, they packed the lawn at the foot of the Washington Monument, near the Sylvan Theater, carrying signs that read “I AM A MAN” and “The rich must pay their fair share.” They demanded passage of President Obama's $447 billion American Jobs Act. The legislation was blocked in the Senate last week. Referring to Congress, Sharpton said, “If you won't get the jobs bill done in the suite, we will get the jobs bill done in the street!”  

  If You Won't Get Jobs Bill Done in Suite, We Will Get Done in Street!'   Green-Thomas was one of several thousand who rallied and marched Saturday as a prelude to Sunday's belated dedication of the Martin Luther King Jr. National Memorial. The message of the “Jobs and Justice” event, organized by the Rev. Al Sharpton's National Action Network along with labor and civil rights groups, was that today's poor, unemployed and homeless embody King's unfinished business. Before the march to the King memorial on a radiant fall afternoon, they packed the lawn at the foot of the Washington Monument, near the Sylvan Theater, carrying signs that read “I AM A MAN” and “The rich must pay their fair share.” They demanded passage of President Obama's $447 billion American Jobs Act. The legislation was blocked in the Senate last week. Referring to Congress, Sharpton said, “If you won't get the jobs bill done in the suite, we will get the jobs bill done in the street!”  

  On February 25, Swann Galleries conducted their 15th annual auction of Printed & Manuscript African Americana. Highlights ranged from material on slavery and abolition to artifacts of the modern Civil Rights movement, and an important archive on African-American Art. View-Slide Show The auction's top lot was an immense archive of research material amassed by art historian James Amos Porter that consisted of thousands of items including photographs, letters, exhibit catalogues, art books, flyers, and bibliographical data on important African-American artists. Porter was an artist, and head of the Art Department at Howard University for more than 40 years. He is well known for his groundbreaking text, Modern Negro Art, 1943, which placed these artists' contributions into the broader context of American and modern art. The archive sold to a major university for $50,400. Another highlight of the sale was a rare surviving poster carried by a striking sanitation worker in Memphis, TN. Martin Luther King Jr. marched with the strikers in April 1968 shortly before he was assassinated. Bidding for the printed placard that says I AM A MAN, opened at $9,000, and rapidly rose to a final price of $40,800.

University of Nebraska-Lincoln journalism professor Joseph Starita talks about his book "I Am A Man," which was just chosen as the selection for "One Book - One Lincoln."

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