We Will Rise: National Parks and Civil Rights

We Will Rise: National Parks and Civil Rights

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Imagine a National Park. Picturing waterfalls and mountains? Or Dr. King’s childhood home, Japanese internment camps, and a school that became a battleground for racial integration? National Parks aren’t just wilderness. They are spaces of remembrance, preserving the stories of who we are and how we came to be. Join Park Rangers, researchers, authors, and activists as we discuss what liberty and justice for all means on our public lands. Opinions shared by guests are not the official position of the NPS.

Recent Episodes

  • Episode 8: Brian Forist and Welcoming LGBTQ+ Folks into National Parks

    2 years ago
  • Episode 7: Gina Mallisham, Marketing Manager at BCRI, on her LGBTQ+ Advocacy Work

    2 years ago
  • Episode 6: Candacy Taylor, Author of Overground Railroad: The Green Book Roots of Black Travel in America

    2 years ago
  • Episode 5: Racial Equity and Social Justice with Denise Gilmore

    2 years ago
  • Episode 4: But for Birmingham

    3 years ago
  • Episode 3: Ashley M. Jones, Poet Laureate of Alabama

    3 years ago
  • Episode 2: Rev. Shuttlesworth and the Freedom Rides

    3 years ago
  • Episode 1: Roy Wood, Jr. interviews Charles Person (Freedom Rider)

    3 years ago