Growing Up Segregated: Three Witnesses to the Struggle for Civil Rights, Part 2

Growing Up Segregated: Three Witnesses to the Struggle for Civil Rights, Part 2 | Uncommon Knowledge

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Recorded on December 12, 2023
Mary Bush, Freeman Hrabowski, and Condoleezza Rice grew up and were classmates together in segregated Birmingham, Alabama, in the late 1950s and early ’60s. After taking a brief visit with Rice to her childhood home, we gather them again for a second conversation in Birmingham’s Westminster Presbyterian Church, where Rice’s father was pastor during that period. In this second part of our interview, the three lifelong friends further recount what life was like for Blacks in Jim Crow Alabama and the deep bonds that formed in the Black community at the time in order to support one another and to give the children a good education. They discuss how they overcame the structural racism they experienced as children to achieve incredible successes as adults. Lastly, they discuss their views on the recent reckoning with racism in today’s culture and weigh in on the 1619 Project and other social programs.
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@LaciOlson 3 күн бұрын

Absolutely wonderful interview as usual. I loved all the guests but Condoleezza is the cream of the crop. Love her!

@jumpman0079 2 ай бұрын

Excellent! This video is just so excellent! I'm a black student finishing up my undergrad and I have no excuse! I love their stories and this motivates me to be the best.

@strangefruitalbum 2 ай бұрын

Amazing to hear this history from Dr. Rice!

@tinachristie9935 Ай бұрын

What a pleasure to listen to the perspectives of these three lovely people. Thanks for sharing a treasured conversation.

@marymccauley2637 Ай бұрын

I could listen to so much more of their conversations and experiences. Three amazing people. Thank you so much for sharing your time with us.

@captainnima 2 ай бұрын

I love all these stories. Loved Dr. Rice’s story on the expensive books. All three are incredible but Dr. Rice is in a class by herself.

@vinnyfalcone 2 ай бұрын

Epic conversations, as always. Thank you for this insight.

@sheanmcdonald4589 2 ай бұрын

Thank you for these conversations. This panel of speakers are incredible.

@uofa82 2 ай бұрын

I’m so proud to share my native state with these outstanding individuals! They are a credit to their godly parents who taught and guided them well. It all starts in the home. 👏❤️

@operadivasmom1 2 ай бұрын

What a great interview! Thank you! Condie for president please!

@uofa82 2 ай бұрын

I LOVE the way Condi speaks up and stands her ground! She KNOWS of what she speaks! KNOWS!

@tehaury 2 ай бұрын

God bless you Dr. Rice. I wish you would run for president.

@ThuIaniNgobeni Ай бұрын

This is so inspiring. Thank you guys

@jasonwalker4221 2 ай бұрын

You 3 need your own show, together! Peter Robinson to moderate and ask these types questions with the same curiosity and naivety. You are telling the stories our community needs to hear and contextualize it so well.

@annielou--2599 2 ай бұрын

Thank you for this discussion. It's a gift to listen to these three, especially when they disagree. There is so much we can learn from listening to each other's experience and beliefs. It's challenging me to go further in learning, and in community.

@Rb-cf7rs 2 ай бұрын

What an incredible conversation! Thank you 😊

@eliz1866 2 ай бұрын

Very much enjoyed what Mary was saying, we are as a whole nation, I think people don’t realize how many “ poor” kids there are in the country, and also how many of them come from welfare families, or middle class who are no longer emphasizing education or standards or gaining trade skills. I grew up in Montana and grew up in poor neighborhoods. Very few blacks, but mostly white and native, many of the parents had addiction problems, or were socially hindered, and lacked skills, and many came from violent homes, and came from mothers who were young and unwed. Racism exist, probably in some areas more than others, but I think there are many other problems that are not mentioned perhaps because they are difficult to overcome. Teen pregnancy and drugs are things that affect all ethnic groups, thank you to all the speakers, and feel honored to hear all 3 perspectives. All very wise.

@user-rr8yl1nc9d Ай бұрын

So often, the most ambitious parents seek to provide so many tangibles as access to places and possession of things they did not have as children, yet neglect to provide access to places and possessions they had, often intangible.

@wv9529 2 ай бұрын

Condoleza Rice was just on another class.

@dennisstrasburg7105 2 ай бұрын

You just replaced my number one video pick on KZbin and revived my interest in continuing to come back to KZbin (especially Uncommon Knowledge - my number one subscription.) Huzzah, huzzah, huzzah!

@maryspencer4274 2 ай бұрын

So uplifting, sorry for our sins

@BaiHuJ 2 ай бұрын

We should be looking to Dr Rice, if anyone, to be drawing plans for the first 100 days of a new administration

@uofa82 2 ай бұрын

Love Mrs. Condi!👏❤️

@user-qy3yt5fr3g Ай бұрын

Great take on segregation.

@rcbrown22 2 ай бұрын

Condi for VP 2024 !

@uofa82 2 ай бұрын

Impossible to strengthen public schools unless you restore respect for the teachers by students and parents.

@lauriegardner8135 2 ай бұрын

I grew up in the country on 18 acres in a big family with hard working parents. I saw 1 black person for the 1st time at about age 14. I thought it was neat and interesting to see a person with dark skin. I never knew what prejudice was...and it hurt my heart terribly when I learned what it was. As a Christian, there is no place for that.

@0HOON0 2 ай бұрын

The new American dream is to experience what you took for granted growing up.

@billmelater-rb6vt Ай бұрын

How do asians and latinos fit into this discussion?

@markw.2106 Ай бұрын

I think most citizens don't realize how strong the black families were "back in the day". Dads were with their families, strong mothers, in some ways the black family was stronger and closer than white families.

@rumbaughsteven5577 2 ай бұрын

This is fascinating. These people achieved a great deal, but they must have known kids who didn’t succeed. I wish they would have discussed people they remember who didn’t overcome as they did. My family were Pennsylvania Dutch. They farmed. They put little emphasis on education, they emphasized good cattle. They pioneered. I was born in Nebraska after my family moved west many times. My parents only went through 8th Grade. For whatever reason, I decided about 2nd Grade that I wanted to go to college. My son went to Chicago and MIT, which I discouraged, because I knew that those schools would take him far away from me. He did anyway and now has a high position (not quite Ms Rice, but I am very proud) although I only see him a few times a year now. My older brother (10 years older) when in high school explained how “Negroes” were not given a fair chance. Of course, I grew up in a little western Nebraska town where I never encountered someone not descended from Europeans, so everything was theoretical.

@toddtravis2596 2 ай бұрын

Would should they focus on failures?

@johnyoung1761 Ай бұрын

@@toddtravis2596To get a fuller picture, consider the bad along with the good. As one commonly learns more from failure than from success, I had a similar take. We're Condi's experiences typical or an outlier? Seems worth knowing.