Balls And Strikes

Code Switch

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Society & Culture

4.6 • 14.5K Ratings

🗓️ 2 September 2020

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

Matilda Crawford. Sallie Bell. Carrie Jones. Dora Jones. Orphelia Turner. Sarah A. Collier. In 1881, these six Black women brought the city of Atlanta to a complete standstill by going on strike. The strategies they used in their fight for better working conditions have implications for future generations of organizers — and resonances with the professional sports strikes happening today.

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0:00.0	I'm Shireen Madisul-Muraggi.
0:02.2	I'm Jean Demby and this is Code Switch.
0:05.3	From NPR.
0:06.3	The City of Kenosha, Wisconsin is cleaning up after overnight protests that led to broken
0:11.2	windows and torched females.
0:13.6	We are the flag lights battered by the police.
0:18.9	So you've been living through the summer.
0:21.0	It's been marked by outrage around police violence.
0:24.4	Most recently, the City of Kenosha, Wisconsin has become this site of national attention
0:29.2	in conversation about race in America.
0:31.8	A video went viral of local police officers shooting a black man named Jacob Blake at
0:36.9	least seven times.
0:38.8	As he walked away from those officers and toward his car, his car where several of his
0:43.0	children incidentally were in the backseat.
0:46.2	Jacob Blake somehow miraculously survived, although his family's attorney said that he
0:51.9	is now paralyzed.
0:53.8	And there's been unrest in Kenosha ever since as protesters have clashed with police and
0:57.9	then one incident an armed 17 year old white counter-processor has been accused of shooting
1:03.4	and killing two marchers and seriously injuring several others.
1:10.5	In response to the shooting of Jacob Blake, players on the Milwaukee books, now if you don't
1:24.7	know Milwaukee's about a 45 minute drive away from Kenosha, so players on the Milwaukee
1:29.5	books, which was one of the favorites to win the NBA championship, they did something
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