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Clarence Lusane

Clarence Lusane

American author

Feb 17, 2026

32:37
Your thoughts on his significance, on his life and legacy.
32:42
Uh, good morning, uh, Amy, and, uh, good morning, Larry, uh, as well.
32:47
Uh, yeah, my phone has been blowing up with, uh, texts from not just people here in the US, but from around the world, uh, as the news spread.
32:56
Uh, I wanna echo what, uh, Bernie Sanders said about Jackson's contribution.
33:03
Uh, Jackson's life, uh, contributed to making this country more democratic, more inclusive, more fair.
33:13
Uh, what Jackson was able to do, uh, was to marry movements, grassroots movements with electoral politics.
33:22
Prior to the 1980s, a lot of, uh, activists who were working on issues from, uh, anti-nuclear, uh, kinds of concerns to peace issues to civil rights, uh, had a kind of sketchy relationship with electoral politics.
34:49
And talk about that, especially for young people who aren't so familiar with the movement to take down apartheid in South Africa and going back to 1966, the March Against Fear in Mississippi, oh, up through, what was it? 2000 with the fight around Gore and Bush.
32:37
Your thoughts on his significance, on his life and legacy.
32:42
Uh, good morning, uh, Amy, and, uh, good morning, Larry, uh, as well.
32:47
Uh, yeah, my phone has been blowing up with, uh, texts from not just people here in the US, but from around the world, uh, as the news spread.
32:56
Uh, I wanna echo what, uh, Bernie Sanders said about Jackson's contribution.
33:03
Uh, Jackson's life, uh, contributed to making this country more democratic, more inclusive, more fair.
33:13
Uh, what Jackson was able to do, uh, was to marry movements, grassroots movements, with electoral politics.
33:22
Prior to the 1980s, a lot of, uh, activists who were working on issues from, uh, anti-nuclear, uh, kinds of concerns, to peace issues, to civil rights, uh, had a kind of sketchy relationship with electoral politics.
34:49
And talk about that, especially for young people who aren't so familiar with the movement to take down apartheid in South Africa, and going back to 1966, the March Against Fear in Mississippi, oh, up through, what was it? 2000, with the fight around Gore and Bush.
32:37
Your thoughts on his significance, on his life and legacy.
32:42
Uh, good morning, uh, Amy, and, uh, good morning, Larry, uh, as well.
32:47
Uh, yeah, my phone has been blowing up with, uh, texts from not just people here in the US, but from around the world, uh, as the news spread.
32:56
Uh, I wanna echo what, uh, Bernie Sanders said about Jackson's contribution.
33:03
Uh, Jackson's life, uh, contributed to making this country more democratic, more inclusive, more fair.
33:13
Uh, what Jackson was able to do, uh, was to marry movements, grassroots movements, with electoral politics.
33:22
Prior to the 1980s, a lot of, uh, activists who were working on issues from, uh, anti-nuclear, uh, kinds of concerns, to peace issues, to civil rights, uh, had a kind of sketchy relationship with electoral politics.
34:49
And talk about that, especially for young people who aren't so familiar with the movement to take down apartheid in South Africa, and going back to 1966, the March Against Fear in Mississippi, oh, up through, what was it? 2000, with the fight around Gore and Bush.

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