The U.S. Civil Rights Trail Podcast is collaborating with a podcast called History Daily, which tells the true stories of people and events that shaped our world. In this episode, we’re going to learn the back story of President Abraham Lincoln’s most famous speech — the Gettysburg Address. What’s interesting and relevant for us is that some legal scholars believe that the speech is part of the “origin story” of Civil Rights language. They say that it redefined what the United States is for—liberty and equality for all. And later, Civil Rights activists and leaders also used language like that to demand actual civil rights.

Resources:

• U.S. Civil Rights Trail
• Visit Mississippi

This is season two of the Mississippi Freedom Trail Podcast, where the people who pushed for Civil Rights--and their family members--tell their stories of the role they played in the state's Civil Rights Movement. You’ll hear the real stories of people who drew from courage and persistence to make voting a reality for the Black residents of Mississippi. In this fourth of four episodes, we hear the story of slain Civil Rights icon Medgar Evers as told by his widow Myrlie Evers-Williams and their daughter Reena Evers Everette.

Trip-Planning Resources:

• The Mississippi Freedom Trail
• Visit Jackson
• The U.S. Civil Rights Trail

This episode features the voices and perspectives of:

• Myrlie Evers-Williams
• Reena Evers Everette

The U.S. Civil Rights Trail podcast series is produced by Ingredient with Tanner Latham as Executive Producer.

This is season two of the Mississippi Freedom Trail Podcast, where the people who pushed for Civil Rights--and their family members--tell their stories of the role they played in the state's Civil Rights Movement. You’ll hear the real stories of people who drew from courage and persistence to make voting a reality for the Black residents of Mississippi. In this third of four episodes, we explore the remarkable stories of Euvester Simpson, Fannie Lou Hamer, Owen Brooks, and Annie Devine.

Trip-Planning Resources:

• The Mississippi Freedom Trail
• The City of Winona
• Visit Greenwood
• Canton Tourism
• The U.S. Civil Rights Trail

This episode features the voices and perspectives of:

• Euvester Simpson
• Fannie Lou Hamer
• Owen Brooks and the Delta Ministry
• Annie Devine
• Pam Brooks
• Barbara Devine Reed

The U.S. Civil Rights Trail podcast series is produced by Ingredient with Tanner Latham as Executive Producer.

This is season two of the Mississippi Freedom Trail Podcast, where the people who pushed for Civil Rights--and their family members--tell their stories of the role they played in the state's Civil Rights Movement. You’ll hear the real stories of people who drew from courage and persistence to make voting a reality for the Black residents of Mississippi. In this second of four episodes, we pick up with Joyce Ladner and her sister Dorie who risked their lives working to register Black voters across the Mississippi Delta.

Trip-Planning Resources:

• The Mississippi Freedom Trail
• Visit Hattiesburg
• Visit DeSoto County
• Visit Jackson
• The U.S. Civil Rights Trail

This episode features the voices and perspectives of:

• Joyce Ladner
• Leslie McLemore
• Charlie Cobb

The U.S. Civil Rights Trail podcast series is produced by Ingredient with Tanner Latham as Executive Producer.

This is season two of the Mississippi Freedom Trail Podcast, where the people who pushed for Civil Rights--and their family members--tell their stories of the role they played in the state's Civil Rights Movement. You’ll hear the real stories of people who drew from courage and persistence to make voting a reality for the Black residents of Mississippi. In this first of four episodes, we begin in Hattiesburg to tell the story of Vernon Dahmer.

Trip-Planning Resources:

• Visit Hattiesburg
• The Mississippi Freedom Trail
• The U.S. Civil Rights Trail

This episode features the voices and perspectives of:

• Dennis Dahmer
• Ellie Dahmer

To learn more about the life of Vernon Dahmer:

• Mississippi Encyclopedia / Vernon Dahmer

The U.S. Civil Rights Trail podcast series is produced by Ingredient with Tanner Latham as Executive Producer.

Listen to this in-depth exploration of Bloody Monday, a public library protest, and organized marches that were met with violent backlash.

Trip-Planning Resources:

• Explore Virginia's sites on the U.S. Civil Rights Trail
• Learn even more about Danville's history and how to visit
• Check out other states and stories along the U.S. Civil Rights Trail

This episode features the voices and perspectives of:

• Dr. Robert Vinson, Director of the Carter G. Woodson Institute for African American and African Studies at the University of Virginia
• Karice Luck-Brimmer, Local Danville Historian
• Sherman Saunders, former Danville mayor, current City Council member
• Dr. Cassandra Newby-Alexander, Endowed Professor of Virginia Black History and Culture at Norfolk State University

The U.S. Civil Rights Trail podcast series is produced by Ingredient with Tanner Latham as Executive Producer.

Listen to the inspiring stories of individuals who sparked real change in Fredericksburg, Virginia, through school protests and department store sit-ins.

Resources:

• Explore Virginia's sites on the U.S. Civil Rights Trail
• Learn even more about Fredericksburg's history and how to visit
• Check out other states and stories along the U.S. Civil Rights Trail

This episode features the voices and perspectives of:

• Ambassador Pamela Bridgewater
• Lateefah Muhammad
• Mary Malone
• Clarence Todd
• Dr. Gaila Sims, Curator and Public Historian

The U.S. Civil Rights Trail podcast series is produced by Ingredient with Tanner Latham as Executive Producer.

A teenager named Barbara Johns leads a student protest at her segregated school in Farmville—an act of courage that would help change legal history in Virginia and beyond.

Resources:

• Explore Virginia's sites on the U.S. Civil Rights Trail
• Learn even more about Farmville's Civil Rights stories at the Robert Russa Moton Museum
• Check out other states and stories along the U.S. Civil Rights Trail

This episode features the voices and perspectives of:

• Cainan Townsend, Exec. Dir., Robert Russa Moton Museum
• Joan Johns Cobbs
• Claude Jones Cobbs
• Skip Griffin
• Gary Flowers, Historic Tour Guide and former attorney

The U.S. Civil Rights Trail podcast series is produced by Ingredient with Tanner Latham as Executive Producer.