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.

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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. 

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

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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. 

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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.

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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.

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

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

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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. 

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

The Virginia Civil Rights podcast explores significant moments and movements across the Commonwealth, sharing stories of everyday citizens whose courage and resilience drove lasting change. Through firsthand accounts, expert commentary, and historical context, the series examines key events in Farmville, Fredericksburg, Danville, and Richmond, featuring voices of those who lived the history alongside historians and scholars who continue to study its impact.

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

This is the North Carolina Civil Rights Trail podcast. A series where historians and experts help us explore significant events in African American history that happened in the state. This is the third and final episode, where we take you to protests and movements across the state inspired and energized by the Greensboro Four sit-in in places such as Elizabeth City, Kinston, High Point, Salisbury, Shelby and Warren County. We also tell the story of Ella Baker and how she founded SNCC on the campus of Shaw University in Raleigh. 

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