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Peniel E. Joseph

Season 12 Episode 17

Historian Peniel E. Joseph discusses the civil rights movement and his new book, Freedom Season.

Dr. Peniel E. Joseph, a leading historian of Black power, discusses the tumult and hope brought on by the civil rights movement, how it relates to the moment America finds itself in right now, and his book, Freedom Season: How 1963 Transformed America’s Civil Rights Revolution.

AIR DATE 6/13/25

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