MCIR LIVE ‘Hate: What America Faces’. A novelist, a journalist and a lawyer examine the forms hate can take in America

For the last MCIR LIVE event of 2021, MCIR founder and host Jerry Mitchell talked to three guests who have made exploring experiences of hate in the Deep South the centerpiece of their work in new and surprising ways.

Perspective, Story Behind The StoryKatherine MitchellJanuary 4, 2022MCIR Live, deep south, Greg Iles, Stanley Nelson, KKK, Ferriday, Jill Collen Jefferson, lynchings, civil rights movement, civil rights cases, cold cases

MCIR LIVE Explores 1963 Bombing in Birmingham: ‘It Is Never Too Late for a Man To Be Held Accountable For His Crimes.’

Four people who contributed to a major chapter in civil rights history joined MCIR founder Jerry Mitchell last week to talk about justice achieved after almost 40 years.

Perspective, Story Behind The StoryKatherine MitchellApril 14, 2021MCIR Live, Birmingham Church Bombing, KKK, four little girls, Sen. Doug Jones, Lisa McNair, Andy Sheldon, Bill Baxley, Jerry Mitchell, civil rights movement

MCIR LIVE: Two Writers for The New Yorker Talk About Race in America

In New York City, Jelani Cobb and Calvin Trillin had talked to each other at a dinner party given by The New Yorker’s current editor.