The Civil Rights Chapter: An Introduction

This episode marks the beginning of a powerful new chapter of The Last Generation, expanding the project’s mission beyond the Holocaust to explore the lived legacy of the American Civil Rights Movement through intergenerational conversation.

Hosted by Maddy Kramer, the episode introduces collaborators Jimmy Smith and Sequel Smith, whose work and lived experience anchor this chapter with depth, urgency, and humanity. Together, they set the intention for what’s to come: preserving firsthand stories from elders who shaped history, alongside the grandchildren who carry those stories forward.

The episode also introduces Agosto as the project’s new music house partner. Agosto’s original compositions establish the emotional tone of the chapter, underscoring the intimacy, weight, and resonance of these conversations.

This is not a history lesson. It is a living archive.
A space where memory, identity, and legacy meet, across generations, across movements, and across time.