Podcasts by Cape Up: Voices of the Movement

Cape Up: Voices of the Movement

The veterans of the civil rights movement made history, but they are eager for you to know something: They didn’t set out to be heroes or icons. On two recent occasions, these brave men and women gathered to reflect on their experiences and the legacy they're leaving. Some of them are names you know, some aren’t — but all of them have stories that need to be told while they're still here to tell them. This series from the “Cape Up” podcast brings you the stories and reflections of some of these leaders, and their lessons on where we go from here.

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Cape Up: Voices of the Movement
The power of nonviolent resistance from 2019-05-30T23:25

"The violence trained me to be nonviolent." A longtime civil rights activist and a leader from a younger generation discuss the tension that exists when discussing the most effective paths to change.

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How music propelled the civil rights movement from 2019-05-23T23:20

"Without songs, we couldn’t have had a movement." Civil rights activists describe how in jail, music was the one thing that couldn’t be taken from them — and it propelled the movement forward.

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How segregationist George Wallace became a model for racial reconciliation from 2019-05-16T23:15

"He was the epitome of the legacy of a slave master, and this man kept my people down." Rep. Barbara Lee and Peggy Wallace Kennedy, daughter of former Alabama governor George Wallace, recount how W...

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Women of the civil rights movement from 2019-05-09T23:10

"The movement never would have happened had it not been for these heroic women." Rep. Barbara Lee and Andrew Young explain why women are so often eliminated from civil rights stories — and why that...

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The story of Bloody Sunday and today’s pilgrimage to Selma from 2019-04-25T23:10

"I called it good trouble. I called it necessary trouble." Congressman John Lewis and others who were there recall marching across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Ala., to protest the suppressio...

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How MLK's famous letter was smuggled out of jail from 2019-04-18T22:45

"The Letter from Birmingham Jail became immortal from this combination of very odd circumstances." Clarence B. Jones, Martin Luther King Jr.’s lawyer and occasional speechwriter, describes how he s...

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The day Martin Luther King Jr. died from 2019-04-04T22:40

"You can only choose what it is you give your life for."Andrew Young, King’s chief strategist with the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, and others who were close to King recall the moment ...

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The day Martin Luther King Jr. died from 2019-04-04T22:40

"You can only choose what it is you give your life for."Andrew Young, King’s chief strategist with the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, and others who were close to King recall the moment ...

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Cape Up: Voices of the Movement
The day Martin Luther King Jr. died from 2019-04-04T22:40

"You can only choose what it is you give your life for." Andrew Young, King’s chief strategist with the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, and others who were close to King recall the moment...

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