![]() ![]() The fourth season of the Murrow Award-winning Reckon Radio examines the first year the Voting Rights Act was put to the test, deep in the heart of the Jim Crow South. A county that paved the way for revolution. A county where an all-Black party made it to the ballot in the year 1966. ![]() ![]() Lowndes County, Alabama: a county where every single thing Black folks did was an act of rebellion. Far from Oakland, the Black Panther and its principles came from just outside Selma, Alabama. Panther: Blueprint for Black Power is the story of the unexpected birthplace of the Black Panther, a site that changed the course of the nation. And you’ll learn the surprising origin story of the Black Panther symbol. In this episode you’ll learn how even the smallest acts could be revolutionary-and dangerous. What did the Lowndes County freedom movement look like? Everything Black folks did in Lowndes was an act of rebellion-from teaching and organizing, to cooking meals and cutting hair. ![]()
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