Live from the LBJ Library with Mark Updegrove · SEASON 2
Peniel Joseph
Episode 12 · 2025-09-16

Episode overview
Historian Peniel Joseph discusses his book, Freedom Season, which delves into 1963 as an inflection point for civil rights—exploring the Birmingham campaign, Martin Luther King, Jr.’s evolving leadership, and John F. Kennedy’s seminal framing of civil rights as a “moral issue.”
27 minutes
Season 2 episodes
1. Bryan Cranston2025-07-01
2. Andrew Young2025-07-08
3. Doris Kearns Goodwin (Part 1)2025-07-15
4. Doris Kearns Goodwin (Part 2)2025-07-22
5. Gretchen Whitmer2025-07-29
6. Lawrence Wright (Part 1)2025-08-05
7. Lawrence Wright (Part 2)2025-08-12
8. David Hogg2025-08-19
9. Ali Velshi2025-08-26
10. Jake Tapper2025-09-02
11. Jonathan Alter2025-09-09
12. Peniel Joseph2025-09-16