Martin Luther King Day

Martin Luther King Day

Constant Wonder - Season 2022, Episode 827

Jan 14, 2021 7:00 am
52:51 mins

Maurice Jackson shares how Anthony Benezet became the founder of abolitionism in the early United States. Jerry Mikorenda tells the story of Elizabeth Jennings, a woman who wouldn't give up her seat on public transit 100 years before Rosa Parks' famous refusal.

Episode Segments

Episode Segments

Founder of American Abolitionism

Maurice Jackson, of Georgetown, introduces Anthony Benezet, founder of abolitionism in the United States.

Maurice Jackson, of Georgetown, introduces Anthony Benezet, founder of abolitionism in the United States.

America's First Freedom Rider

Jerry Mikorenda tells the story of Elizabeth Jennings, a woman who fought for civil rights more than 100 years before the movement of the 1960s.

Jerry Mikorenda tells the story of Elizabeth Jennings, a woman who fought for civil rights more than 100 years before the movement of the 1960s.

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