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**Holy Week**

The story of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination on April 4, 1968, is often recounted as a conclusion to a powerful era of civil rights in America, but how did this hero’s murder come to be the stitching used to tie together a narrative of victory? The week that followed his killing was one of the most fiery, disruptive, and revolutionary, and is nearly forgotten. Over the course of eight episodes, Holy Week brings forward the stories of the activists who turned heartbreak into action, families scorched by chaos, and politicians who worked to contain the grief. Seven days diverted the course of a social revolution and set the stage for modern clashes over voting rights, redlining, critical race theory, and the role of racial unrest in today’s post–George Floyd reckoning.

Latest Episodes:

Part 8: Resurrection Mar 14, 2023

Whoever believes in him shall not perish

Part 7: Covenant Mar 14, 2023

A settlement in ashes

Part 6: Kingdom Mar 14, 2023

On Palm Sunday, Black D.C. wakes up to a broken dream

Part 5: Prophecy Mar 14, 2023

Leaders hope to stop that which had been foretold

Part 4: Overcome Mar 14, 2023

In Memphis, the Movement faces a reckoning

Additional reading: The 4ooth: From Slavery to Hip Hop by John Burl Smith

Part 3: Black Messiah Mar 14, 2023

Who will rise next?

Part 2: Inferno Mar 14, 2023

The Black capital of the world catches fire

Part 1: Rupture Mar 14, 2023

A day at the crossroads of chance and destiny

Introducing Holy Week Feb 28, 2023

Holy Week: The story of a revolution undone.

The assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on April 4, 1968, is often recounted as a conclusion to a powerful era of civil rights in America, but how did this hero’s murder come to be the stitching used to tie together a narrative of victory? The week that followed his killing was one of the most fiery, disruptive, and revolutionary, and is nearly forgotten. Over the course of eight episodes, Holy Week brings forward the stories of the activists who turned heartbreak into action, families scorched by chaos, and politicians who worked to contain the grief. Seven days diverted the course of a social revolution and set the stage for modern clashes over voting rights, redlining, critical race theory, and the role of racial unrest in today’s post–George Floyd reckoning.

Subscribe and listen to all 8 episodes coming March 14. www.theatlantic.com/holyweek

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