Stayed On Freedom

Episode: 20: "Beginning Again..." | Stayed on Freedom Podcast

In this episode, we visit Brown Chapel AME Church, a historic cornerstone of the Civil Rights Movement, as it reopens its sanctuary after being closed since the COVID-19

Stayed on Freedom Podcast Best Moments of 2025!

The Alabama African American Civil Rights Heritage Sites Consortium “Stayed On Freedom” podcast engages foot soldiers, leaders, scholars and ‘extraordinary ordinary’ peop

Episode 18: "Sitting Down and Standing Up"

This episode tells the powerful story of the Montgomery Bus Boycott, the year-long protest that began in Montgomery, Alabama after Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to

Episode 17: What's Louder Than A Bomb?

In this episode, we sit down with Mick Petts, son of Welsh stained-glass artist John Petts, to explore the story and significance of the Wales Window at 16th Street Bapti

Episode 16: "The Power and The Peril of a Mass Meeting"

This episode of Stayed On Freedom recounts the tragic stampede at Greater Shiloh Baptist Church in Birmingham in 1902, when a mass meeting turned deadly. It explores how

Episode 15: "Hatred, Holy Places & Heroes" | Stayed on Freedom

History lives in the voices of those who lived it.In 1958, a young janitor named James Pruitt helped prevent what could have been a deadly bombing at Birmingham’s Temple

Episode 14: "Justice Delayed: The Legacy of the Scottsboro Boys"

Made possible with the support of the 1772 Foundation.The Alabama African American Civil Rights Heritage Sites Consortium “Stayed On Freedom” podcast engages foot soldier

Episode 13: "Letter from a Birmingham Jail"

In this episode of the Stayed on Freedom podcast, we explore Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s powerful "Letter from a Birmingham Jail." Written in 1963, this letter is both a

Episode 12: "The Bloody Tuesday Before Bloody Sunday"

🎙️ “The Bloody Tuesday Before Bloody Sunday” – Premiering Friday, March 14th on the Stayed On Freedom podcast!Before Bloody Sunday in Selma, there was Bloody Tuesday in T

Episode 11: Remembering Selma, the “Field Negro” and The Legacy of Malcolm X

Today (2/21/25) marks the 60th anniversary of Malcolm X’s assassination, we honor his legacy with a powerful conversation featuring his daughter, Dr. Ilyasah Shabazz. In

Episode 10: "In Defense of Our Peace..."

Join us for this episode as we take a trip down memory lane to Greensboro, AL and The Safe House Museum. We also took a trp to Atlanta, GA to have a conversation with Edu

Episode 009: "These Three Words....."

Join us as we sit and chat with LaTosha Brown. She is the Co-Founder of the Black Voters Matter Movement, which has been noted for its work on the 2017 U.S. Senate specia

Episode 008: Resurrecting Buried Black History

Join us as we visit Gadsden Alabama's largest African American cemetery. Established in 1826 as "The Colored Cemetery," this site is the first and largest African-America

Episode 007: "Thank God For Mississippi" Revisiting Freedom Summer 1964 Part 3

We revisit Mississippi for a part 3 of Mississippi Freedom Summer 1964 conversation with Dr. Roy DeBerry. Sixty years ago on August 4, 1964 the bodies of three murdered,

Episode 006: "Thank God For Mississippi" Revisiting Freedom Summer 1964 Part 2

By popular demand, we revisit Mississippi for a part 2 of Mississippi Freedom Summer 1964. Sixty years ago on August 4, 1964 the bodies of three murdered, Freedom Summe

Episode 005: "Thank God For Mississippi" Revisiting Freedom Summer 1964

Sixty years ago on August 4, 1964 the bodies of three murdered, Freedom Summer Civil Rights workers registering people to vote were found in a shallow grave in Mississipp

Episode 004: Foot Soldier for Life - Uncovering Bloody Tuesday 1964

Join us as we uncover the powerful and heartbreaking story of Bloody Tuesday in Tuscaloosa, AL on June 9, 1964. We get the opportinuty of hearing the first hand experienc

Episode 003: Holders of Hope

Episode 003: Join us as we sit with the Executive Director of Greater Birmingham Ministries and long time member of St. Paul United Methodist Church, Scott Douglas. We di

Episode 002: To Be Young, Courageous and Black AquaMayne

Episode 002: This Black History Month "Each One, Teach One" episode features a courageous conversation with 16 year-old Aaren "Black AquaMayne" Rudolph who captured the i

Episode 001: An Extraordinary Ordinary King

Episode 001: Scholar and activist Dr. Cornel West visits 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, AL ---“ground zero of the Black Freedom Movement” on Martin Luther King