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Reginald Dwayne Betts originally read Martin Luther King Jr.'s 1963 "Letter from Birmingham Jail" – King's defense of the use of nonviolent civil disobedience in the fight for civil rights – while in solitary confinement in prison. Mr. Betts, who served over 8 years for a carjacking he committed when he was 16, went on to become an award-winning poet and graduate of Yale Law School. He has written the Afterword for a new commemorative edition of Dr. King's "Letter from Birmingham Jail." Mr. Betts talks about the book and the work done by Freedom Reads, an organization he founded that builds libraries in prisons. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Previous episodes
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617 - Reginald Dwayne Betts on Martin Luther King Jr.'s "Letter from Birmingham Jail" Mon, 10 Feb 2025
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616 - Judge Frederic Block, "A Second Chance" Mon, 03 Feb 2025
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615 - Nigel Hamilton, "Lincoln vs. Davis" PART 2 Sun, 26 Jan 2025
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614 - Nigel Hamilton, "Lincoln vs. Davis" PART 1 Mon, 20 Jan 2025
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613 - Sharon McMahon, "The Small and the Mighty" Mon, 13 Jan 2025
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612 - Stuart Eizenstat, "The Art of Diplomacy" Mon, 06 Jan 2025
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611 - Speaker Don Scott (D), Virginia House of Delegates Mon, 30 Dec 2024
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610 - Christina Swarns, Innocence Project Executive Director Mon, 23 Dec 2024
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609 - Larry Silverstein, "The Rising" Mon, 16 Dec 2024
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608 - Malcolm Gladwell, "Revenge of the Tipping Point" Mon, 09 Dec 2024
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607 - Jochen "Jack" Wurfl, "My Two Lives" Tue, 26 Nov 2024
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606 - Peggy Noonan, "A Certain Idea of America" Mon, 25 Nov 2024
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605 - Maureen Callahan, "Ask Not" Mon, 18 Nov 2024
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604 - Stuart Eizenstat, "The Art of Diplomacy" Mon, 11 Nov 2024
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603 - Christina Swarns, Innocence Project Executive Director Mon, 04 Nov 2024
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602 - Pamela Toler, "The Dragon from Chicago" Mon, 28 Oct 2024
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601 - John Mackey, "The Whole Story" & Steven Pinker, "Rationality" Mon, 21 Oct 2024
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600 - Heath Hardage Lee, "The Mysterious Mrs. Nixon" Mon, 14 Oct 2024
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599 - Francis Collins, "The Road to Wisdom" Mon, 07 Oct 2024
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598 - Michael & Robert Meeropol, Sons of Julius & Ethel Rosenberg on the Rosenberg Spy Case Mon, 30 Sep 2024
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597 - James Allen, Jr., "Not My Chair" Mon, 23 Sep 2024
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596 - Peter Osnos, "LBJ and McNamara" Mon, 16 Sep 2024
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595 - Steven Ford on Gerald Ford's Presidency Mon, 09 Sep 2024
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594 - Patrick Kennedy, "Profiles in Mental Health Courage" Mon, 02 Sep 2024
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593 - Virginia Ali & Bernard Demczuk, "Breaking Barriers with Chili" Sun, 25 Aug 2024
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592 - George Takei, "My Lost Freedom" Mon, 19 Aug 2024
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591 - World War II Veterans Steven Ellis & Rolf Slen Mon, 12 Aug 2024
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590 - Steven Conn, "The Lies of the Land" Mon, 05 Aug 2024
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589 - Tammy Bruce, "Fear Itself" Mon, 29 Jul 2024
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588 - J.D. Vance, "Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis" Mon, 22 Jul 2024
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587 - Riley Gaines, "Swimming Against the Current" Mon, 15 Jul 2024
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586 - David Charter, "Royal Audience" Mon, 08 Jul 2024
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585 - Frank Bruni, "The Age of Grievance" Mon, 01 Jul 2024
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584 - Virginia Ali & Bernard Demczuk, "Breaking Barriers with Chili" Mon, 24 Jun 2024
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583 - Christina Swarns, Innocence Project Executive Director Mon, 17 Jun 2024
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582 - George Takei, "My Lost Freedom" Mon, 10 Jun 2024
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581 - World War II Veterans Steve Ellis & Rolf Slen Mon, 03 Jun 2024
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580 - Betty Koed, "Scenes" Mon, 27 May 2024
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579 - Freeman Hrabowski, "The Resilient University" Mon, 20 May 2024
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578 - Ilyon Woo, "Master Slave Husband Wife" Mon, 13 May 2024
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577 - Patrick Kennedy, "Profiles in Mental Health Courage" Mon, 06 May 2024
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576 - Jochen "Jack" Wurfl, "My Two Lives" Mon, 29 Apr 2024
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575 - Zachary Treitz & Christian Hansen, "American Conspiracy: The Octopus Murders" Mon, 22 Apr 2024
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574 - Steven Conn, "The Lies of the Land" Mon, 15 Apr 2024
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573 - David Charter, "Royal Audience" Mon, 08 Apr 2024
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572 - Dr. Uché Blackstock, "Legacy" Mon, 01 Apr 2024
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571 - Carlos Lozada, "The Washington Book" Mon, 25 Mar 2024
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570 - Rob Henderson, "Troubled" Mon, 18 Mar 2024
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569 - Scott Eyman, "Charlie Chaplin vs. America" Mon, 11 Mar 2024
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568 - Katie Rogers, "American Woman" Mon, 04 Mar 2024