Episode 16: "The Power and The Peril of a Mass Meeting"

This episode of Stayed On Freedom recounts the tragic stampede at Greater Shiloh Baptist Church in Birmingham in 1902, when a mass meeting turned deadly. It explores how the gathering, meant to be a moment of collective power and unity, descended into chaos, leading to panic and loss of life. The episode reflects on both the power of mass meetings in shaping movements and the peril they carried, especially in a segregated South where large gatherings of Black people were seen as both inspiring and threatening.