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Greek Like Me

A podcast about all things Greek. History. Language. Lore. Culture. Food. Mythology. Family and more. From diners to the Ottoman Empire, from the history of baklava to Greek Independence. What it means to be Greek and how it shapes our world.

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The Polytechnic Uprising
The Polytechnic Uprising

November 17, 1973, a Greek army tank crashed the gate of the Polytechnic Institute of Athens, where students were protesting the military dictatorship crippling Greece. It was the largest public protest against the regime, which toppled 8 months later. Today we celebrate those students and their sacrifice. ζήτω η Ελλάδα!

Polytechnic Uprising, Colonels' Coup, military dictatorship, Student Protests, 1973, November 17, Athens, Greek, history, Long live Greece, ProtestsPamela Diotes Wood#polytechnicuprising, #november171973, #thecolonelscoup, #greece, #militarydictatorship, #studentprotests, #oppression, #freegreece, #militaryjunta, #tanksComment
Greeks & the Civil Rights Movement Part 2
Greeks & the Civil Rights Movement Part 2

A man of conscience continues to push the Greek Orthodox faithful in America to take a stand for justice and equal rights in the 1960s and beyond. And scholars’ take on the bizarre “reverse empathy” of today’s conservative Greeks.

Civil Rights, Women of Epirus, Whiteness, The Civil Rights Movement, Segregation, Religion, Racism, Protests, Political Protest, Orthodox Christianity, Orthodox Christian, Jim Crow, history, Greek pirates, Greek, Faith, Archbishop Iakovos, Justice, MLK, BLMPamela Diotes Wood#orthodoxchristianity #archbishopiakovos #mlk #civilrights #votingrightsact #freedom #equalrights #history #BLM #AHEPA #justice #bloodysunday #selma #reverseracism #americanhistory #americangreeks #archbishopelpidophoros, #reverseempathyComment
Greeks & The Civil Rights Movement Part 1
Greeks & The Civil Rights Movement Part 1

What Americans mean by “white,” Greek allies, and how a Greek Orthodox Archbishop rallied his flock to step up for Civil Rights at a time when conforming was the only way to succeed in America.

Archbishop Iakovos Reflects on Joining Dr. King to March on Selma

Hellenism and the Civil Rights Movement

The Bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church

Black Children Arrested & Assaulted in Birmingham/Children's Crusade

ethnic, Faith, Greek, Greek diaspora, history, Orthodox Christian, Orthodoxy, Political Protest, Religion, The Civil Rights Movement, Racism, Protests, Segregation, Jim Crow, WhitenessPamela Diotes Wood#thecivilrightsmovement, #civilrights, #nonviolentprotest, #archbishopiakovos, #birminghamalabama, #racism, #sixteenthstreetbaptistchurch, #justice, #churchbombing, #whitenationalists, #immigrants, #greekorthodoxchurch, #americanhistory, #blackhistory, #greekhistory, #christianlove, #kukluxklan, #petrosmavromichalis, #podcast, #greeklikeme, #history, #ethnic, #ellines, #ελλινεςComment