Episodes

  • Episode 11: The Future of the Civil Rights Movement

    Episode 11: The Future of the Civil Rights Movement
    Feb 12 2026
    In the finale of Everlasting: The Legacy Podcast, Rita Brent talks with Lance Wheeler and Amirhea “Mimi” Bishop about the Gen. Z Summit in Mississippi, and we hear about how Civil Rights veterans and others are using the Evers’ story to pass the torch on to a new generation.

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    33 mins
  • Episode 10: Prosecuting Hate

    Episode 10: Prosecuting Hate
    Feb 5 2026

    Rita Brent interviews Jerry Mitchell about how his investigative journalism finally brought justice to the Evers family, as well as many other families affected by racial violence during the Civil Rights Movement.



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    43 mins
  • Episode 09: The Aftermath

    Episode 09: The Aftermath
    Jan 22 2026
    Through the words of Myrlie Evers-Williams, we hear about what happened in the days, months, and years that followed the assassination of Medgar Evers

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    44 mins
  • Episode 08: A Conversation with Dr. Michael Vinson Williams (Part 3)

    Episode 08: A Conversation with Dr. Michael Vinson Williams (Part 3)
    Jan 8 2026
    For the last section of this three-part interview, Taiwo Gaynor and Dr. Michael Vinson Williams discuss how the life and works of Medgar Wiley Evers continued after his death, and what his legacy means to us today."

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    55 mins
  • Episode 07: Women of the Movement

    Episode 07: Women of the Movement
    Dec 18 2025
    In this special episode, Rita Brent sits down with Dr. Daphne Chamberlain, Executive Director of the Emmett Till Interpretative Center, and Raylawni Branch, a veteran of the Civil Rights Movement, to have a conversation about the role of women in the ongoing fight for Civil Rights.

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    32 mins
  • Episode 06: The Evers Home

    Episode 06: The Evers Home
    Dec 4 2025
    Host Rita Brent interviews Olivia Spann, Supervisory Park Ranger at the Medgar and Myrlie Evers Home National Monument and gets a tour of the house. We also hear from Reena Evers-Everette about what it was like growing up in the house, as well as her firsthand account of the events the night of June 12th, 1963.

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    48 mins
  • Episode 05: A Conversation with Dr. Michael Vinson Williams (Part 2)

    Episode 05: A Conversation with Dr. Michael Vinson Williams (Part 2)
    Nov 13 2025
    In this second part of the extended interview, Taiwo Gaynor and Dr. Michael Vinson Williams discuss Medgar Evers' work as Mississippi’s first NAACP Field Secretary and the exposure and mounting pressure that came with the position.

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    52 mins
  • Episode 04: Why I Live in Mississippi

    Episode 04: Why I Live in Mississippi
    Oct 30 2025
    Drs. Mark Henderson and Ebony Lumumba from Jackson State University breathe life into the 1958 Ebony article, “Why I Live in Mississippi”, which offers a look into Medgar Evers' professional and personal life. Afterward, Host Rita Brent speaks with them about why they live in Mississippi.

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    52 mins