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Peniel Joseph

Historian Peniel Joseph discusses his book, Freedom Season, which delves into 1963 as an inflection point for civil rights—exploring the Birmingham campaign, Martin Luther King, Jr.’s evolving leadership, and John F. Kennedy’s seminal framing of civil rights as a “moral issue.”

Peniel Joseph

26m 46s

Historian Peniel Joseph discusses his book, Freedom Season, which delves into 1963 as an inflection point for civil rights—exploring the Birmingham campaign, Martin Luther King, Jr.’s evolving leadership, and John F. Kennedy’s seminal framing of civil rights as a “moral issue.”

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