Imagine An America

About Imagine An America

This is more than a podcast. It’s a call to action to uncover the truth, give voice to the unheard, and spark a movement for social change. Join this journey of transformation as we track the history and move forward toward solutions around key social issues. Our voices are strong, and together we can find viable sustainable solutions. As part of our work to educate and serve as a catalyst for positive social change, the National Civil Rights Museum is committed to centering the past lessons of the civil rights movement to issues of today as we seek solutions that rid society of injustices.

Publisher

National Civil Rights Museum

Category

history

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

30 May 2024

Latest episode

27 Sept 2026

Latest episodes

34 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   27 Sept 2026

   Flonzie Brown-Wright and Charles McLaurin “Remembering the March Against Fear and Black Power Today”

   Two accomplished veterans of the Civil Rights Movement, Dr. Flonzie Brown Wright and Charles McLaurin, were involved in the 1966 March Against Fear and several other campaigns. Dr. Brown Wright became active in the movement in 1963 after the assassination of NAACP Field Secretary Medgar Evers. In 1968, she became the first African American woman elected to public office in Mississippi since Reconstruction, serving as an Election Commissioner. Mr. McLaurin joined SNCC in 1962 as a Field Secretary in Sunflower County, where he led voterregistration efforts and met sharecropper Fannie Lou Hamer, later serving as her 1963 congressional campaign manager. In 1964, he directed the Sunflower County Freedom Summer Project and helped organize the Mississippi FreedomDemocratic Party’s delegate challenge at the Democratic National Convention.

2. 

   21 Sept 2026

   Tamika Mallory “Living to Tell the Story”

   Tamika D. Mallory is a globally recognized civil rightsactivist, movement strategist, cofounder of the Women’s March and Until Freedom, and author of the powerful new memoir I Lived to Tell the Story. Many people know Tamika from the front lines of modern social justice movements, but in this podcast episode, she offers a deeply personal reflection on resilience, healing, and the costs—and courage—of leadership.

3. 

   13 Sept 2026

   James W. Douglass, "Unspeakable Martyrs”

   James W. Douglass is a longtime peace activist and writer. He and his wife, Shelley, are co-founders of the Ground Zero Center for Nonviolent Action in Poulsbo, WA, and Mary’s House, a Catholic Worker house of hospitality in Birmingham, AL, where they now live. His books include: Martyrs of the Unspeakable; The Nonviolent Coming of God, Resistance and Contemplation; Gandhi and the Unspeakable; and JFK and the Unspeakable. In this episode, Douglass discusses how American leaders turned martyrs faced the ultimate sacrifice not only because they challenged the status quo, but also because of their alignment of philosophies and policies.

Who has been a guest on Imagine An America

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Ben Crump
• Spike Lee
• Roxane Gay
• Tommie Smith
• Amaré Stoudemire

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

9 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

2 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 25 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

29

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

51

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