7.14 America's Autobiography: MLK Jr's Letter from a Birmingham Jail with Dr. Nicholas Buccola

Vital Remnants, a production of the McConnell Center at the University of Louisville, is a podcast hosted by academics, experts, and guests of the McConnell Center, who will walk you through great texts in human history. Designed to accompany your own reading of the text, Season Seven focuses on exploring the McConnell Center's newest publication, America's Autobiography: Key Documents that Tell Our Story. For this episode, Dr. Nicholas Buccola joins to talk about MLK Jr's Letter from a Birmingham Jail. Dr. Nicholas Buccola is the acclaimed author of One Man's Freedom, the dramatic untold story of Barry Goldwater and Martin Luther King Jr.'s decade-long clash over the meaning of freedom. He is also the Dr. Jules L. Whitehill Professor of Humanism and Ethics in the Department of Government at Claremont McKenna College. His essays have appeared in scholarly journals including The Review of Politics and American Political Thought as well as popular outlets such as The New York Times, Salon, The Baltimore Sun, and Dissent. ABOUT THE MCCONNELL CENTER Founded in 1991, the non-partisan McConnell Center at the University of Louisville seeks to identify, recruit and nurture Kentucky's next generation of great leaders. Our core principles—leadership, scholarship and service—guide us as we (1) prepare top undergraduate students to become future leaders; (2) offer civic education programs for teachers, students and the public; and (3) conduct strategic leadership development for the U.S. Army. Learn more regarding the work of The McConnell Center: www.mcconnellcenter.org