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# Peniel Joseph
- URL: https://www.cascadepbs.org/show/live-from-the-lbj-library-with-mark-updegrove/episode/peniel-joseph-4lfkyf/
- Published: 2025-08-05T16:00:58.000Z
- Updated: 2025-12-10T06:30:17.000Z
- Description: Historian Peniel Joseph on 1963 as an inflection point in the quest for civil rights.
- Author: Cascade PBS Staff
- Tags: Live from the LBJ Library with Mark Updegrove, Season 2, Episode 212, #ZZZ_Episode_da9b6a5d-9ffe-45fd-b1c0-72f4ba6c531a, #episode, #ZZZ_Show_96f35176-4e88-4f53-af06-30b2d4dbe054, #v1.16

Historian Peniel Joseph discusses his book, Freedom Season, which delves into 1963 as an inflection point for civil rights—exploring the Birmingham campaign, Martin Luther King, Jr.’s evolving leadership, and John F. Kennedy’s seminal framing of civil rights as a “moral issue.”