Today we tell the story of Bristol, Virginia, native Charles S. Johnson. Born the son of a Baptist minister during the time of Jim Crow, Johnson got his college education and began a lifelong study of the causes of racism.  His efforts doing so laid the groundwork for the civil rights movement of the 1950's and 1960's.

If you'd like to have Stories delivered to your device automatically, subscribe at Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Feedburner or on your favorite podcast app.

For more tales about the history of Appalachia you can follow us on Facebook @storiesofappalachia or on Twitter @storyappalachia.

Thanks for listening, y'all...