Jeremi and Zachary, with guest Dr. Vaneesa Cook, discuss the Port Huron Statement, and the shifting ideals of democracy in America.
Zachary sets the scene with his poem, “Port Huron Revisited.”
Vaneesa Cook received her PhD in US history from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2015. She is the author of Spiritual Socialists: Religion and the American Left. Her articles on the history of social movements and religious thought have appeared in The Washington Post, Dissent magazine, and Religion & Politics, among others. She is currently the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency historian in residence for the UW-Madison Missing in Action Project.
Guests
Dr. Vanessa CookDefense POW/MIA Accounting Agency Historian for UW-Madison Missing in Action Project
Hosts
Jeremi SuriProfessor of History at the University of Texas at Austin- Zachary Suri