Before Dr. King spoke the words “I have a dream,” they first rose from the preaching of Rev. Prathia Hall — a civil-rights leader and theologian whose “freedom faith” shaped a generation. This audio story, narrated by Jemar Tisby, traces Hall’s courageous journey from Philadelphia’s churches to the front lines of justice, revealing a voice that still calls the church to action.

Prathia Hall: The Woman Behind the Dream

Anne Marie Douglass co-founded the Female Anti-Slavery Society of Salem, one of the first integrated women’s abolitionist groups in the nation. Through courage, intellect, and unwavering faith, she helped ignite a movement that linked freedom and equality across racial lines. This audio story, narrated by Jemar Tisby, honors Douglass’s prophetic vision of liberation that continues to shape our call to justice today.

Anna Murray Douglass: The Woman Who Made Escape Possible

In January 1865, twenty formerly enslaved Black ministers met with Union General William T. Sherman in Savannah, Georgia. Their vision for freedom shaped Special Field Order No. 15—the origin of the phrase “forty acres and a mule.” This audio story, narrated by Jemar Tisby, revisits that historic conversation and the bold dream of self-determination, land, and dignity that still reverberates through the struggle for justice today.

The Savannah Colloquy and Special Field Order No. 15: The Promise of “40 Acres and a Mule”

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