Holy Week: The Story of a Revolution Undone

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Holy Week: The Story of a Revolution Undone is a podcast by The Atlantic.

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Background

The podcast was inspired by the George Floyd protests. [1] Newkirk also felt that the uprisings after MLK's assassination have not received the media attention that it deserves. [2] The podcast is hosted by Vann R. Newkirk II and produced by The Atlantic. [3] The podcast is a follow up to Floodlines . [4] The podcast looks at the legacy of MLK 55 years after his assassination. [5] The podcast contains music by Julius Eastman. [6] The show contains archival material and four eyewitness accounts. [7] Newkirk used sources from the DC Public Library and the DC History Center. [8] The podcast discusses the Holy Week Uprising. [9] Vanessa Lawson Dixon is one of the interviewees who was there during the riots. [10] The podcast also covers the Watts riots. [11] The podcast discusses what was happening in the White House during Lyndon B. Johnson's presidency. [12] The podcast discusses Johnson's Kerner Commission and the "Negro Marshall Plan". [13] In the podcast, Newkirk poses the question of what America would look like if MLK's vision had been embraced and things such as a job guarantee and a zero poverty rate were enacted as policy. [14]

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