162. Momentum: The Ripples Made by Ordinary People, Part 17

Here's Where It Gets Interesting

Sharon McMahon

Government, History, Storytelling, Education

4.9 • 15.1K Ratings

🗓️ 1 August 2022

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

On the last episode in our series, Momentum, Sharon ties up a few loose ends. The 1950s was a decade full of change, but the Civil Rights Movement didn’t end when the calendar flipped to 1960. Most of the people we’ve followed throughout this series continued their crusade for–or against–civil freedoms well into the next several decades.

We hear about Barbara Johns and the next steps in integrated schooling, about Earl Warren and the gains his Supreme Court made in the 60s. We also learn about the reason behind his rift with J. Edgar Hoover, and how the FBI evolved over the years. Finally, Sharon returns to a Civil Rights power player, and we visit her in a new city, and with a new approach to activism.

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0:00.0	Hello friends, welcome. Welcome to the final episode in our series, Momentum, Civil Rights
0:20.9	in the 1950s. The 1950s was a decade of triumphs and setbacks of incremental change and
0:29.6	the slow evolution of public opinion. But the movement didn't end when the calendar
0:35.8	flipped to 1960. Most of the people we followed throughout this series continued their crusade
0:41.3	for Civil Rights well into the next several decades. Let's dive in. I'm Sharon McMahon.
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1:39.3	When we last checked in on high schooler Barbara Johns, she had organized and led a student
1:44.8	strike in her school in Prince Edward County, Virginia. The strike led to a lawsuit filed
1:50.6	by the NAACP and the county's refusal to integrate schools instead of integrating
1:56.7	they closed their public schools for five years. Barbara, who had received death threats
2:03.0	from the KKKK for her involvement in the strike, was sent by her parents to live with her
2:08.7	aunt and uncle in Montgomery, Alabama to finish high school. Her uncle was Vernon Johns,
2:14.8	a well-spoken and popular minister who served the church body at Dexter Avenue Baptist Church.
2:23.0	It was young Martin Luther King who took over as pastor there in 1954 and Vernon was one
2:28.6	of his early mentors. King described Vernon Johns as a brilliant preacher with a creative
2:36.2	mind and a fearless man who never allowed an injustice to come to his attention without
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