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Back to SearchShelley's Plumbline: Dr. Vincent Harding Discusses the True Meaning of the Struggle
Season 3 Episode 5
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Today, we feature an interview with author and historian Dr. Vincent Harding. A social activist, he was perhaps best known for his wo…
2 years, 10 months ago
Shelley's Plumbline: Mayor Ford Talks about Redistricting in the 90s
Season 3 Episode 9
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Today, we share an interview with Johnny Ford, the first African-American mayor of Tuskegee, Alabama. He served five terms from 1972 …
2 years, 10 months ago
Shelley's Plumbline: Uncovering The Movement: An Interview With Rev. N. H. "Fireball" Smith
Season 3 Episode 4
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In this episode, Shelley shares an interview from January 1993 with Rev. Nelson H. Smith, also known as "Fireball" Smith. Smith was a…
2 years, 10 months ago
Shelley's Plumbline: Shelley's 89th Birthday Celebration!
Season 3 Episode 3
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Happy 89th Birthday to Shelley Stewart!
Today, we celebrate Shelley's 89th birthday with a recording of a speech Shelley made when he …
2 years, 11 months ago
Shelley's Plumbline: Yvonne Turner: One of Freedom's Foot Soldiers
Season 3 Episode 2
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This week, Shelley continues to explore some of the lesser-known yet powerful foot soldiers in the Movement.
One such person is Yvonn…
2 years, 11 months ago
Shelley's Plumbline: Rare Speeches of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Season 3 Episode 1
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To kick off Season 3 of Shelley's Plumbline, we went through his archives, and Shelley rediscovered some rare recordings of #MLK that…
2 years, 11 months ago
Shelley's Plumbline: The Plantation Ghost
Season 2 Episode 10
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Today Shelley shares an interview from 1995 with Ezekwa Abdullah. Ezekwa argues that Blacks still repress themselves and suffer a for…
2 years, 11 months ago
Shelley's Plumbline: Free By Choice Inmates Share Their Stories
Season 2 Episode 9
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Today, Shelley replays an interview from the Free By Choice program, which brought inmates from Alabama prisons on the air to speak o…
3 years ago
Shelley's Plumbline: The Persistent Problem of Colorism
Season 2 Episode 8
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Today, Shelley reaches back into his archive to an interview with Mariam McClendon. They discuss colorism, that is, the differences i…
3 years ago
Shelley's Plumbline: From Running Track to Running Drugs. An Interview with Orlando Jones
Season 2 Episode 7
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Today’s episode of Shelley’s Plumbline features an interview from 1989 with Orlando Jones, a one-time track star at the University of…
3 years ago