FREEDOM NOW
Guests:
Dr. D. Z. Cofield
Reverend William A. Lawson
Paul Bettencourt (sitting in for Gary Polland) and David Jones, hosts of the HoustonPBS political affairs program, Red, White and Blue, talk with Houston’s own legendary civil rights and community leader Reverend William A. Lawson the founding pastor of Wheeler Avenue Baptist Church and the official spokesperson for the “Freedom Now” Project and Dr. D. Z. Cofield pastor of Good Hope Missionary Baptist Church and President of the NAACP Houston Branch.
Original broadcast date Friday, April 22, 2011.
AFTERSHOW:
Paul Bettencourt (sitting in for Gary Polland) and David Jones reflect on their conversation with Houston’s own legendary civil rights and community leader Reverend William A. Lawson the founding pastor of Wheeler Avenue Baptist Church and the official spokesperson for the “Freedom Now” Project and Dr. D. Z. Cofield pastor of Good Hope Missionary Baptist Church and President of the NAACP Houston Branch.
RELATED LINKS:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/freedomriders/watch
