Simon Schama's History of Now (2022)

S1E2 Equality

Simon Schama delves into the influential artists leading the charge for equality in the years following World War II. He reflects on his upbringing as a Jewish child in Southend and recalls witnessing the intense debate between James Baldwin and William Buckley at the Cambridge Union. Schama also investigates the background of Nina Simone's iconic civil rights anthem, "Mississippi Goddam," and has a conversation with Coleman Woodson Junior, a participant in the landmark Selma to Montgomery march of 1965.