Towards Justice
Towards Justice is a podcast about some of the inspiring people who fought in the Civil Rights Movement. Each episode profiles a different veteran and illustrates how the lessons of the 1960s Freedom Struggle paved the way for a life devoted to social justice. The podcast title is based on the quote, made famous by Martin Luther King Jr., that “the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends towards justice.”
The podcast is hosted by Hannah Simpson, a British documentary Assistant Producer, who has studied United States History & Politics in the UK and America.
Towards Justice
Towards Justice: Jim Kates
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Jim Kates was just a teenager when he travelled down to Mississippi during the Freedom Summer campaign of 1964. He worked in the community to register Black Mississippians for the vote and taught African American children about their history in the campaign’s ‘Freedom Schools’. Jim reveals how, decades later, one of the pupils reached out to thank him for making him worthy for the first time in his life. Jim features in one of the most iconic images of the Civil Rights Movement standing alongside fellow activist Robert Fullilove, who is also profiled in the series. Over the course of his life, Jim has served as a public school teacher and non-violence trainer for personal and political movements. He is a prominent poet, literary translator and co-directs the publishing house Zephyr Press, which published the book, Letters From Mississippi.