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• Episode # 71: With My Mind Stayed on Freedom with Dan Berger, Zoharah Simmons, and Michael Simmons

  The struggle for Black Freedom was intensifying in 1966, and when the term “Black Power!” leapt from the March Against Fear in Mississippi into the mainstream, the Freedom Movement was newly energized. White supremacist hearts were all aflutter, and Mister Backlash went into overdrive with the usual bullshit: Black Power is hate! Is racist! Is…

  April 20, 2023

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  authors, black freedom, Black power, Dan Berger, freedom movement, Michael Simmons, Stayed on Freedom, writer, Zoharah Simmons

• Episode # 70: There But for Fortune with Michael Fischer

  What’s the worst thing you ever did in your life? OK, stop blushing, and be honest. Are you sure you haven’t repressed, suppressed, and forgotten the most unkind or terrible or illegal or unjust things you’ve done? Think harder. What were the consequences of your actions for others, and for yourself? I’m joined in conversation…

  April 5, 2023

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  authors, carceraleducation, crime, education, grace, incarceration, justice, liberation, Michael Fischer, solidarity, teacher, writer