Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth was one of the leaders of the civil rights movement along with Martin Luther King Jr. and Ralph Abernathy.  But he was in many ways unsung.  Middle Georgia State University Professor Andrew Manis talks about the legacy of Fred Shuttlesworth.   In 1999, he wrote A Fire You Can’t Put Out: The Civil Rights Life of Birmingham’s Reverend Fred Shuttlesworth.  This book is in the process of being made into a film.

I also speak with Dr. Michael Eric Dyson.    He is a Georgetown University sociology professor, a New York Times contributing opinion writer, and a contributing editor of The New Republic, and of ESPN's The Undefeated website.  In January he released Tears We Cannot Stop:  A Sermon to White America.

Powerful spokespersons for truth about race past and present.  Fire and tears.

Development efforts in American cities often push out long-term residents and communities of color. Zeroing in on Baltimore, Professor Brandi Blessett breaks down the intentional and unintentional impacts of urban policy decisions.

For More on this Topic:

• Read more of her work on the impact of public administration on communities of color in her two-page brief.

• Check out Arnold Hirsch’s book on race and housing in Chicago, Making the Second Ghetto.

Further Reading:

• The Health Consequences of Moving From Place to Place, Antwan Jones, George Washington University

• The Real Baltimore Crisis, Eva Rosen, Johns Hopkins University

• Episode 19: Changing Neighborhoods for Better or Worse, Jackelyn Hwang