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Ryder Strong

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
16041 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

Pod Meets World
Selma, Lord, Selma

Your safety is my only priority right now.

Pod Meets World
Selma, Lord, Selma

Back at the courthouse, the group has congregated again to see Dr. King finally released.

Pod Meets World
Selma, Lord, Selma

From the steps, he preaches and says they're not going to take it anymore.

Pod Meets World
Selma, Lord, Selma

Meanwhile, Reverend Jonathan and the boys are still going door to door to register Black voters, but no one wants to put a target on their back.

Pod Meets World
Selma, Lord, Selma

People are getting fired from their jobs just for speaking up.

Pod Meets World
Selma, Lord, Selma

Later that night, the Reverend chats with Cheyenne and Rachel on the stoop.

Pod Meets World
Selma, Lord, Selma

They all wish on a star, which Jonathan thinks are deceased loved ones.

Pod Meets World
Selma, Lord, Selma

Sensing her wish, Jonathan gives Cheyenne his enamel cross pin from his church.

Pod Meets World
Selma, Lord, Selma

The next day, Cheyenne is awakened by her mom saying, oh my God, and everyone is gathered at the church.

Pod Meets World
Selma, Lord, Selma

While helping someone register to vote, Jimmy was shot by a trooper and died an hour ago.

Pod Meets World
Selma, Lord, Selma

Everyone's obviously distraught and crying, especially Cheyenne.

Pod Meets World
Selma, Lord, Selma

Nobody can believe something so senseless was allowed to happen.

Pod Meets World
Selma, Lord, Selma

Now at Jimmy's funeral, Dr. King explains that his death is going to try their principles of nonviolence, but they must stay strong and remember that God has a plan.

Pod Meets World
Selma, Lord, Selma

The church choir sings their hearts out, and Reverend Jonathan is obviously amazingly sad and distraught because he was there when it happened and actually saw the murder.

Pod Meets World
Selma, Lord, Selma

Later, Cheyenne visits Dr. King in his office.

Pod Meets World
Selma, Lord, Selma

He says he has a daughter her age, and sometimes he thinks about Jimmy's mom and admits he has trouble keeping his faith, knowing what she's going through.

Pod Meets World
Selma, Lord, Selma

That's always what goes through my head.

Pod Meets World
Selma, Lord, Selma

It's like, how can you watch all this and still keep moving forward and still preaching and staying with the nonviolence?