161. Momentum: The Ripples Made by Ordinary People, Part 16

Here's Where It Gets Interesting

Sharon McMahon

Government, History, Storytelling, Education

4.9 • 15.1K Ratings

🗓️ 29 July 2022

⏱️ 34 minutes

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On our second to last episode in our series, Momentum: Civil Rights in the 1950s, We learn about the Civil Rights Act of 1957 and the commission born of it. For two years, the United States Commission on Civil Rights researched and released a 600+ page report about the state of voting rights in the US.

They found, time after time, accounts of Black Americans who faced roadblocks and threats of violence or economic punishment when they tried to register to vote. Fear played a large role in preventing Black Americans from voting. But the tides are slowly changing, and there are many dedicated people working to make civil rights gains. We return to learning about Thurgood Marshall as his career–and influence–evolves over time.

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0:00.0	Hello friends, welcome to the 16th installment of Momentum, our special series about ordinary
0:20.7	people in the struggle for freedom during the civil rights era of the 1950s.
0:27.0	I'm Sharon McMahon and welcome to the Sharon Zzo podcast.
0:43.6	Some things lead you guessing.
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1:02.4	Right laptop, I'm ready to finish this thesis.
1:04.4	What thesis?
1:05.4	The one I've spent two years working on.
1:07.0	Don't have it.
1:08.0	What's the last version you saved?
1:09.6	Got final version, final final version, and no I'm actually serious now.
1:13.2	This is the last version I will never save another version I promise.
1:16.2	Version 2.
1:17.2	Surely that one?
1:18.2	No.
1:19.2	Why?
1:20.2	It's corrupted.
1:21.2	For when you upgrade to an acochrome book, they come with Google Drive built in so you'll
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