We know. If you've read the title, we're sure you're thinking; "where's the overlap with these 3 topics?" Allow Michael & Zoe to explain as they debrief the history of this special 100th annual celebration of cultural excellence and resilience.

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Welcome! Last month we sat down with Rosie Dawson for insider details on the Black History Month art exhibit at the ASPIRE Center that highlights the importance of taking control of the black image post-civil war emancipation. Take a listen.

Read about it here on The Culture: https://ourculture.us/black-history-lives-in-the-details-at-austin-pop-up-museum/

Rev. Jesse Jackson, the Baptist minister, civil rights activist, and two-time presidential candidate whose audacious campaigns reshaped the Democratic Party and helped redefine American political power after the civil rights era, as said by his family, died on Feb. 17, at age 84.

To supporters, Jackson represented the unfinished promise of a more expansive liberalism, a counter-narrative to the rise of market-driven politics in the late 20th century. To detractors, he symbolized the tensions between movement idealism and electoral pragmatism.

What remained constant was his presence — still preaching, organizing, and speaking well into his later years, his voice a reminder of an era when the boundaries of American democracy felt more open and more contested.

Read about the impact of his legacy on our website: https://ourculture.us/west-side-clergy-remember-life-and-legacy-of-jesse-jackson-push-for-voting-bill-named-after-him/