In the latest episode of the “Connect the Dots” podcast, KCBS Radio’s Melissa Culross explores how Black History and its leaders in civil rights movements have informed the past, present and future of activism by hearing from Fredrika Newton, the co-founder and president of the Huey P. Newton Foundation in Oakland; Atlanta City Council member Michael Julian Bond, son of Civil Rights leader Julian Bond; and Justin Scott Douglas of the Black Star Project in Chicago.

This episode was written and produced by Lauren Barry, Sydney Fishman and Mallory Somera; edited, mixed and mastered by Mallory Somera; hosted by Melissa Culross.