Befriending the KKK
A Black Man's Odyssey in the Ku Klux Klan
Guest: Daryl Davis, recording artist, race relations expert, lecturer, and author, "Klan-Destine Relationships: A Black Man's Odyssey in the Ku Klux Klan"
This Black musician has used the blues to change the hearts of dozens of former KKK members, and he has the robes to prove it.
Martin Luther King and Human Rights
Guest: Clayborne Carson, Martin Luther King, Jr. Centennial Professor, American History, and Director, Martin Luther King, Jr., Research and Education Institute, Stanford University
Martin Luther King, Jr., was the most influential American civil rights leader of the 20th century. We dive into his early years before he became a minister or activist. Professor Carson calls him "almost an accidental civil rights leader," but he was always bound to help the poor.