History Speaks the Spirit of Justice
In this episode, Jemar Tisby joins Macie Bridge on the podcast to discuss his new book, The Spirit of Justice, opening the centuries long history of resistance to racism in the United States through the mode of story, and with the lens of the Spirit moving for justice. They discuss the manifestations of the Spirit of Justice in figures such as H. Ford Douglas, Sister Thea Bowman, David Walker, Myrlie Evers-Williams, and many more; the problem of historical appropriation with figures such as Martin Luther King Jr.; the women whose stories too often fall into the shadow of their husbands’ legacies, like Anna Murray Douglas or Coretta Scott King; and the ever-present question of why we might look to history as we determine our own ways forward.
Jemar Tisby