En 1955 en Alabama, Rosa Parks refuse de laisser sa place à un blanc dans un bus. Depuis, elle est devenue une légende de la cause noire.
Dec 2024
The Story of Claudette Colvin, with Nimene Wureh
While most people today already know the inspiring story of Rosa Parks and her pivotal role in the Montgomery Bus Riots, a lot of folks still don't know the story of Claudette Colvin, a 15-year-old arrested nine months before Rosa Parks for the exact same reason: refusing to give ... Show More
40m 56s
Dec 2021
1,500 Black college students challenged police in 1961. The Supreme Court took their side.
In 1961, Black college students fought segregation. Four years later, their Supreme Court case secured First Amendment rights for future protesters. Sylvia Copper was a freshman at Southern University when she was suspended for her participation in the historic protest. She knew ... Show More
17m 37s
Dec 2023
REOPENED: Crimes of the Klan
Vernon Dahmer was a shop owner in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, and President of the local chapter of the NAACP. At midnight on January 10th, 1966, two truckloads of Klansmen drove to his house and firebombed it. Vernon's family never stopped seeking justice, but it would take them m ... Show More
25m 33s
Jul 2024
S28 Trailer | Someone Knows Something: Dee & Moore
In 1964, the partial remains of two black teenagers — Charles Moore and Henry Dee — were pulled from a backwater of the Mississippi River. Brutally murdered by the Ku Klux Klan, no one was ever convicted. In one of his first ever cold case investigations, Someone Knows Something ... Show More
1m 19s
Dec 2024
CZM Rewind: Part One: The Armed Nonviolent Civil Rights Movement
We JUST got back from Holiday and haven't recorded yet, so in THIS CZM Rewind Margaret talks with Joelle Monique about how the Deacons for Defense and Justice, the NAACP, and others organized for self-defense during the Civil Rights Era.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy inf ... Show More
58m 54s
Oct 2024
The Fire Will Not Consume Us: Barry Black, Pt. 1
In 2003, the Supreme Court ruled that the mere act of burning a cross, absent evidence of specific intent to intimidate, is protected by the first amendment. But who was the klansman who got his case all the way to the highest court in the land? This is the first half of the stor ... Show More
48m 20s
May 2024
15 | I Got A Story To Tell | Black Wall Street
The Tulsa Race Massacre is by far one of the most horrific events in American history. Although it took place over 100 years ago, the effects still ripple through the country to this day. During this time, the Oklahoma media suppressed the truth of what really happened. However, ... Show More
53m 18s