Sometimes, it’s the people we least expect who will change the direction of our lives. For many, our parents teach us about the world and how to exist within it. But for others, family is found.
Family can be found in many ways, for Richard Durate Brown, it was through his passion for art.
Sports are a platform for athletes to speak out against racial injustice. The Civil Rights Movement was greatly advanced by athletes like Muhammed Ali and Jesse Owens.
We’ll meet an author who highlights Jim Brown, the former football player for the Cleveland Browns, who is more than an athlete.
Prior to being a pop culture professor, we will meet someone who was also a flying trapeze artist, cliff diver, stunt driver, and also became a life saver.
It's all coming up on this week's edition of Fascinating Ohio.
Guests:
- Richard Durate Brown, artist and art educator
- Robert A. Bennett III, associate professor, Denison University/author, More than an Athlete: Jim Brown, Black Capitalism and the Black Economic Union
- Montana Miller, associate professor of popular culture, Bowling Green State University