Ep. 37: Bruce Watson on Freedom Summer and Moral Motivation

Luke talks with Bruce Watson about 1964’s Freedom Summer, what animated the participants, the importance of moral motivations, and the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. Bruce is an educator and the author of several books, including Bread & Roses: Mills, Migrants, and the Struggle for the American Dream, and Freedom Summer: The Savage Season of 1964 That Made Mississippi Burn and Made America a Democracy. During the discussion, Luke mentions an article he wrote in response to Vivek Chibber.