Season 2, Episode 1
The Largest Movement in History
In this episode, two students and three of our faculty share thoughts on two defining events of the past year: last summer’s Black Lives Matter protests and the January 6 attack on the Capitol.
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Guests
Herman Beavers, Julie Beren Platt and Marc E. Platt President’s Distinguished Professor of English and Africana Studies
Camille Charles, Walter H. and Leonore C. Annenberg Professor in the Social Sciences
Heather Williams, Geraldine R. Segal Professor in American Social Thought
Breanna Moore, C’15 and Ph.D. candidate, Department of History
Jelani Williams, C’21
Host
Alex Schein
Producer
Loraine Terrell
Editors
Alex Schein and Loraine Terrell
Interviewers
Jane Carroll, Loraine Terrell, Lauren Rebecca Thacker
Illustration
Adriana Bellet
Music
Theme music by Nicholas Escobar, C’18
Additional music by Blue Dot Sessions
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