The A Building: Unrest on Campus

About this episode

The episode explores the events surrounding campus unrest in Atlanta in 1969, focusing on the drug scene and key figures involved in the negotiations.

Hans and Menelek get inside the Lock-in room, and uncover more about why this event occurred, the insidious nature of the Atlanta drug scene in 69, and what it meant to Samuel L. Jackson. They also uncover more on the influential role of this character, Abdul Alkalimat, in the lock-in negotiations. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

People in this episode

Hosts: Hans, Menelek, Samuel L. Jackson

Topics covered

• Atlanta drug scene
• campus unrest
• lock-in negotiations
• Samuel L. Jackson
• Abdul Alkalimat

Keywords

• Atlanta
• drug scene
• campus unrest
• Samuel L. Jackson
• Abdul Alkalimat
• lock-in room
• negotiations

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Atlanta

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