152. Momentum: The Ripples Made by Ordinary People, Part 7

Here's Where It Gets Interesting

Sharon McMahon

Government, History, Storytelling, Education

4.9 • 15.1K Ratings

🗓️ 8 July 2022

⏱️ 24 minutes

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On today’s episode of our special series, Momentum: Civil Rights in the 1950s, Sharon establishes the foundation of another man who played a pivotal role in Brown v. The Board of Education. Today, in 2022, the idea of someone serving as Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court with no previous experience working in the Judicial Branch of government, would be unheard of. And it would certainly be unheard of for a gubernatorial candidate to win both the Republican AND Democratic primaries when running for office in California. However, that is exactly what prosecutor, turned Governor, turned Chief Justice did, in what would become a 50-year career of public service for Earl Warren.

Justice Warren carried his national prominence to the Supreme Court, and was determined to have all 9 Justices agree on the Brown vs. The Board of Education decision. The makeup of the high court proved to be consequential, as the Justices brought a broad diversity of viewpoints, rather than consisting only of professional judges. While Justice Warren was ultimately successful in leading the court to making a unanimous decision, the President who appointed him – President Dwight D. Eisenhower – would come too deeply regret his decision to appoint him. How did Earl Warren and Thurgood Marshall know each other, prior to meeting in the courtroom? And how do wiretaps from the FBI tie into all of this through a secret bureau program?

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0:00.0	Hello friends, welcome. Welcome to episode seven of Momentum, our special series, which
0:19.4	is about everyday Americans and this struggle for freedom during the civil rights era.
0:27.0	I'm Sharon McMahon and welcome to the Sharon Cesso podcast.
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1:18.4	We've already talked extensively about J. Edgar Hoover and Thurgood Marshall. I've
1:26.3	already told you that Thurgood Marshall was a secret FBI informant and that J. Edgar
1:32.0	Hoover was wiretapping phone conversations of members of the Supreme Court. We've discussed
1:40.5	many of the people involved in a Supreme Court case of the utmost importance brown versus
1:47.2	the Board of Education. We've talked about Linda Brown and many of the other people who
1:51.7	agreed to do the important work of ending racial segregation in the United States.
1:59.2	Today I want to chat with you about a man named Earl Warren.
2:04.2	Earl Warren was a man born in the 1800s in California to Scandinavian immigrants. He eventually
2:10.5	graduated from college and went to law school and then began a 50 year career in public
2:16.8	service. He was a prosecutor in California and became widely known for going after things
2:23.9	like organized crime, illegal gambling, prostitution, things that were viewed as societies'
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