149. Momentum: The Ripples Made by Ordinary People, Part 4

Here's Where It Gets Interesting

Sharon McMahon

Government, History, Storytelling, Education

4.9 • 15.1K Ratings

🗓️ 29 June 2022

⏱️ 21 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

On today’s episode of our special series, Momentum: Civil Rights in the 1950s, Sharon makes the connection between the desegregation of the United States military to the power or writing a letter. It can be hard to believe sometimes that writing a letter or contacting our representatives can make a difference, but that is exactly what one honorably discharged decorated Veteran did in 1948. The ripples of the letter written by Isaac Woodwards would contribute to a tidal wave in the Civil Rights movement.

We can’t talk about these waves of momentum, however, without talking about the Korean War. Often a time glossed over in history classes, the Korean war at its core was a conflict about Communism vs. Democracy. This eventually led to more than 50 arrests of black soldiers in Korea who were arrested on trumped-up charges and court martialed. Who later defended them and cleared most of the charges? You guessed it: Thurgood Marshall. The war was directly related to the court case he had recently argued before the Supreme Court. How does this connect to the warrenless wiretaps? And who later received the more than 20,000 pages of information the FBI had on the Supreme Court?

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	Hello friends, welcome.
0:12.3	So delighted that you're joining me for our fourth installment of our special series
0:17.2	called Momentum, which is about ordinary people who did extraordinary things in the struggle
0:23.8	for freedom.
0:27.0	I'm Sharon McMahon and welcome to the Sharon Says So podcast.
0:42.1	Some things leave you guessing.
0:43.9	Like why are yours contagious?
0:46.9	But not MailChimp.
0:48.3	MailChimp eliminates guesswork from email marketing by analysing data from billions of emails
0:53.3	to offer up personalized recommendations for how to improve your email content and targeting.
0:58.3	Guess Lesson Selmore with Intuit MailChimp.
1:00.8	Acast helps you make the most of your podcasting content on your terms.
1:05.8	If you're a creator or interested in starting a podcast, Acast offers a range of ways to
1:10.2	make money from your craft.
1:12.0	From advertising from well-known brands to offering podcast subscriptions with Acast Plus,
1:17.0	you decide how you want to monetize your content.
1:19.8	Visit acast.com to learn more and get started for free.
1:27.9	And I mentioned in a previous episode that Harry Truman issued an executive order in 1948
1:33.2	that desegregated the United States military.
1:35.7	And one of the reasons he decided to do this was because of the number of African-American
1:40.6	servicemen who wrote to him about their experiences.
1:45.4	And I think this is so important to share because we often feel like writing a letter
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Sharon McMahon, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Sharon McMahon and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.