In part three of our series American Dissent, With Good Reason Associate Producer Kelley Libby talks with Dr. Michael Higginbotham (University of Baltimore) about a list of people—some well known, some not—whom he credits with seeing America for what it could be and then working toward making it so.

Vilissa Thompson (LCSW, Founder of Ramp Your Voice!) explains how understanding Harriet Tubman as a disabled Black woman has inspired intersectional disability rights activists.

Terry Beitzel helps his students better understand political protest as a form of citizen engagement.

Isabel Fay and Christopher Labosier (Longwood University) come from different disciplines: communications and science.