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Shelley’s Plumbline

By: Shelley Stewart
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  • Summary

  • In construction, a plumbline is a weight suspended from a string used as a tool to find the true reference line. A plumbline will always find the vertical axis pointing to the center of gravity, ensuring everything is right, justified, and centered.

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    Pulling from a library of more than 3,000 shows from his storied career in broadcasting, Shelley's Plumbline leads us in a search for the truth, opening the channels of communication and understanding on tough social topics that are as relevant today as they were 40 years ago.

    Join us as we explore the past, compare it to today, and craft a better future.
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Episodes
  • An Interview with Fred Shuttlesworth

    An Interview with Fred Shuttlesworth
    May 16 2024

    Today, Shelley shares a very special interview from 1991 with the one-and-only Fred Shuttlesworth.

    Reverend Shuttlesworth co-founded the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and was instrumental in the 1963 Birmingham Campaign with Martin Luther King.

    Shuttlesworth participated in the sit-ins against segregated lunch counters in 1960 and took part in the organization and execution of the Freedom Rides in 1961. Shuttlesworth invited the SCLC and MLK to Birmingham in 1963 to lead the campaign to desegregate it through mass demonstrations–what Shuttlesworth called "Project C." The "C" stood for "confrontation".

    In 1965, he was active in the Selma Voting Rights Movement and its march from Selma to Montgomery, which led to the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

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    39 mins
  • The Genocide of Black Culture

    The Genocide of Black Culture
    May 8 2024

    This week’s episode draws on an interview from 1991 with playwright Edward McRay.

    He goes deep into the finer points of African culture, history, and the limits of the American educational system. Cultures must share their histories to increase understanding.

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    34 mins
  • Excerpts from the InsideOut Documentary

    Excerpts from the InsideOut Documentary
    May 1 2024

    Today we have a very special edition of Shelley’s Plumbline.

    In 2002, Shelley visited two prisons in Alabama and spoke with inmates about their stories and turned it into the documentary Inside Out. And those stories speak for themselves. They are powerful. They are moving. They are profound. Stay tuned.

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    35 mins
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