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Podcast: Discovering Academia
Episode: #066 - Lerone Martin: How J. Edgar Hoover & the FBI Used White Christian Nationalism to Undermine Martin Luther King Jr.
Description: Today we talk with Lerone Martin, Associate Professor of Religious Studies and the Martin Luther King, Jr., Centennial Chair and Director of the MLK Research and Education Institute at Stanford University. His work looks at the intersection of race and religion within American culture and politics. In this episode, we focus on his second book about J. Edger Hoover and how the FBI used religion and scare tactics to interfere with the American Civil Rights movement. We wrap up by discussing Dr. Martin’s new book which focuses on Martin Luther King Jr.’s early life and what led him...