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1963 set the stage for civil rights progress in America. Is 2025 rolling it back?

The cover of "Freedom Season" beside author Peniel Joseph. (Courtesy of Hachette Book Group)
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The cover of "Freedom Season" beside author Peniel Joseph. (Courtesy of Hachette Book Group)

Find part 1 of our conversation with Peniel Joseph and a book excerpt here.

Here & Now‘s Scott Tong talks with Peniel Joseph, author of the new book “Freedom Season: How 1963 Transformed America’s Civil Rights Revolution,” about the political and social climate in the country today, and the rollbacks of civil rights and racial justice ideals that the turmoil and violence of 1963 ushered in.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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