My guest this episode is Benjamin Saulsberry, the Public Engagement and Museum Education Director of the Emmett Till Interpretive Center in Sumner, Mississippi.
The story of Emmett Till’s lynching and murder has long had a haunting effect on me, partially because I Iive about a mile north of the church where his funeral was held in 1955 and I went on a personal pilgrimage a few years ago where I walked 13 miles from that church to his grave site in suburban Chicago. A story about Till’s death was published in The Atlantic last summer and it was there I learned about the Till Center. Benjamin was kind enough to speak with me about the center and its goals for racial reconciliation and justice.
ABC is running a mini-series this week called “Women of the Movement” that is based on Till and his mother Mamie Till-Mobley and I thought it was a good time to air this podcast now.
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Conversation with author Kathleen Norris
Conversation with author and pastor Tyler Sit
Conversation with the author and scholar Rev. Dr. Wil Gafney
Conversation with author/artist Jan Richardson
Conversation with interfaith leader Eboo Patel
Conversation with Grail Cafe owner, Sheldrick Holmes
Conversation with church planter Kevin Makins
Conversation with journalist Derrick Clifton
Conversation with Medill School of Journalism Dean Charles Whitaker
Conversation with Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot (rebroadcast)
Conversation with paralympian Susannah Scaroni
Conversation with educator Denise Pope
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Conversation with Ph.D. student & "Rejection-skirt" designer Caitlyn Kirby
Conversation with Freedom Singer Rutha Mae Harris (rebroadcast)
Conversation with activist Shane Claiborne
Conversation with Trey Hall
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