Vintage Saints and Sinners

Who's a saint? Who's a sinner? Who decides? Through storytelling and conversation, host Karen Wright Marsh traces the tales of the broken, beautiful people we sometimes call "saints” but who were always sinners, as well. Each episode features a special guest, who joins Karen to explore the ancient Christian wisdom that illuminates today’s complex world.

All Episodes

Vintage Saints and Sinners

Fannie Lou Hamer

October 14, 2020 • Karen Wright Marsh, Gabriel Hunter-Chang • Season 2 • Episode 5

Larycia Hawkins and host Karen Wright Marsh recount the story of the indomitable American civil rights leader Mrs. Fannie Lou Hamer.

Fannie Lou Hamer was a native of the Mississippi Delta, one of twenty children, the girl who was forced to leave school after sixth grade to work in the cotton fields. That same Fannie Lou heard the call of Jesus, boldly raised her hand and never looked back. Her courage would change America.

Meet host Karen Wright Marsh, and learn more about the show here: www.karenwrightmarsh.com

Guest Dr. Larycia Hawkins is an American scholar and speaker whose act of embodied solidarity became the subject of the award-winning documentary film Same God.

Dr. Hawkins is general faculty at the University of Virginia, where she teaches in the departments of politics and religious studies and serves in the Religion, Race, and Democracy Lab.

Support the show