The ERLC Podcast

Civil Rights Storytellers

July 3, 2018

Martin Luther King Jr. has been gone for 50 years now, but his legacy still lives on in those who shared his same passion and walked the hard road with him. Jason Cook moderated a panel of those involved on the ground of the Civil Rights Movement including John Perkins, Melvin Charles Smith, James Netters, and Beverly Robertson during the MLK50 conference. We hope this episode gives you a greater love and commitment to your neighbors.

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Beverly Robertson

Beverly Robertson is the former president of the National Civil Rights Museum.

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James Netters

Dr. James LaVirt Netters, Sr. is the Senior Pastor of Mt. Vernon Baptist Church- Westwood, where he has served for over 56 years. He is the longest-serving pastor of a single church in the City of Memphis.

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Jason Cook

Jason Cook is an editor for The Gospel Coalition, focusing on pastoral ministry and integrating faith and work. He is associate pastor of preaching at Fellowship Memphis. He earned his MDiv from Beeson Divinity School in Birmingham, Alabama, where he helped to build Iron City Church, a multi-ethnic ministry in one of America’s most segregated cities.

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John M. Perkins

Dr. Perkins is president of the John and Vera Mae Perkins Foundation of Jackson, Mississippi. He is one of the leading evangelical voices to come out of the American civil rights movement. He is also an internationally known author, speaker, and teacher on issues of racial reconciliation and Christian community development. He is the author of nine books

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Melvin C. Smith

Reverend Doctor Melvin Charles Smith has been the Senior Pastor of Mount Moriah-East Baptist Church since 1967. He is a nationally and internationally recognized evangelist. He has preached and lectured across the length and breadth of the United States. He has also repeatedly been invited to speak in Nassau, Bahamas; Montego Bay, Jamaica; and Cancun,

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