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Every book Brendan Terry recommended on podcasts
Key facts
- Brendan Terry has recommended or discussed 10 books on podcasts, as of July 4, 2023.
- Brendan Terry has talked about books on 1 podcast, as of July 4, 2023.
- Those books came up in 2 episodes, as of July 4, 2023.
- The 3 books Brendan Terry has mentioned in the most episodes, as of July 4, 2023: A more beautiful and terrible history, Dark ghettos and The Sword and the Shield.
- The latest episode with a book mention from Brendan Terry aired on July 4, 2023.
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Brendan Terry’s most recommended books
- A more beautiful and terrible history by Jeanne Theoharis
- Dark ghettos by Tommie Shelby
- The Sword and the Shield by Peniel E. Joseph
- The trumpet of conscience by Martin Luther King Jr.
- WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE : CHAOS OR COMMUNITY? / by Martin Luther King, Jr. ; with a special introduction by Coretta Scott King by Martin Luther King Jr.
- Negroes with Guns by Robert F. Williams
- Righteous discontent by Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham
- Strength to love by Martin Luther King Jr.
- From the war on poverty to the war on crime by Elizabeth Kai Hinton
- To Shape a New World by Tommie Shelby
Brendan Terry appears on The Ezra Klein Show as a scholar and expert on the thought, activism, and legacy of Martin Luther King Jr., focusing on the civil rights leader's later, often overlooked teachings. Throughout his appearances on the podcast, Terry strongly recommended several foundational texts for understanding modern social justice movements and American history. To engage with King's mature philosophy directly, Terry highlighted King's 1967 book Where Do We Go From Here: Chaos or Community?, describing it as an essential text that addresses enduring societal questions. He also recommended The Trumpet of Conscience, a collection of King's post-humously published Canadian Broadcasting Corporation lectures. Expanding on the broader context of the civil rights movement, Terry strongly endorsed Peniel E. Joseph's dual biography The Sword and the Shield, which examines the parallel lives and philosophies of Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X. Additionally, Terry recommended Tommie Shelby's Dark Ghettos, praising it as a King-inspired philosophical reflection on the deep structures of urban poverty and societal responsibilities, alongside Jeanne Theoharis's A More Beautiful and Terrible History for those studying the movement for the first time. Through these recommendations, Terry provides a rigorous roadmap for exploring the radical political thought, structural critiques, and historical realities of the American civil rights struggle.
Books recommended by Brendan Terry
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A more beautiful and terrible history
A more beautiful and terrible history is a historical study of the civil rights movement written by Jeanne Theoharis.
Recommended“I also really like Gian Theo Harris's uh more beautiful and terrible history I think for people coming to the study of the Civil Rights Movement for the first time or kind of curious about why some of the things that I've said don't sound familiar to them”
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Dark ghettos
Tommie Shelby's Dark Ghettos is a philosophical reflection inspired by Martin Luther King Jr.
Recommended“you know I want to recommend my colleague Tommy Shelby's book dark ghettos which is a king inspired philosophical reflection on the Deep structure of ghetto poverty and what it requires of us as a society to do to redress it”
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The Sword and the Shield
The Sword and the Shield by Peniel E.
Recommended“I really strongly recommend paneer Joseph's The Sword and the shield um it's a dual biography of uh Martin Luther King and Malcolm X”
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The trumpet of conscience
Martin Luther King Jr.'s The Trumpet of Conscience is a posthumously published collection of Canadian Broadcasting Corporation lectures that capture the civil rights leader's final thoughts on society, war, and justice.
Recommended“I also really love trumpet of conscience uh his Canadian Broadcasting Corporation lectures that were published posthumously”
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WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE : CHAOS OR COMMUNITY? / by Martin Luther King, Jr. ; with a special introduction by Coretta Scott King
Where Do We Go From Here: Chaos or Community? by Martin Luther King Jr.
Recommended“I I would probably say I think you get the best sense of his mature thought from uh his 1967 book Where Do We Go From Here chaos or community which is still our question so I would definitely recommend that”
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Negroes with Guns
Negroes with Guns by Robert F.
Discussed“one way to bring it back to King is that you know early in his career he was engaged in a debate with a man named Robert Williams who wrote a book that was very popular amongst the black power generation called negroes with guns”
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Righteous discontent
Righteous Discontent by Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham is a historical work examining the pivotal role of Black Baptist women in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
Discussed“so my colleague Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham wrote a phenomenal book many years ago called righteous discontent”
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Strength to love
Strength to Love by Martin Luther King Jr.
Discussed“well again I I go back to the sermon he gave and it's collected and strength to love and it's called Shattered Dreams”
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From the war on poverty to the war on crime
From the War on Poverty to the War on Crime by Elizabeth Kai Hinton and Elizabeth Hinton is a comprehensive historical examination of federal law enforcement policy and urban governance in the United States from the 1960s through the early 1970s.
Discussed“I think we also and my colleague Elizabeth Hinton dear friend in her first book from the war on poverty to the war on crime one way to read that book is to say that she's telling a kind of tragic story about the loss of a particular ideal”
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To Shape a New World
Discussed“this is one of the powerful interventions that you see in uh Lionel McPherson's essay in to shape a new world”
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Appearances
| Episode | Podcast | Date | Books |
|---|---|---|---|
| Best Of: A Revelatory Tour of Martin Luther King Jr.’s Forgotten Teachings | The Ezra Klein Show | 2023-07-04 | 8 |
| A Revelatory Tour of Martin Luther King Jr.’s Forgotten Teachings | The Ezra Klein Show | 2023-02-17 | 10 |