Bonus: The Black 14

The Documentary Podcast

BBC

Society & Culture, Documentary, Personal Journals

4.3 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 26 March 2024

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

A bonus episode from the Amazing Sport Stories podcast - The Black 14. Sport, racism and protests are about to change the lives of “the Black 14” American footballers. It’s 1969 in the United States. They’ve arrived on scholarships at the University of Wyoming to play for its Cowboys American football team. It was a predominantly white college. The team is treated like a second religion. Then, the players make a decision to take a stand against racism in a game against another university.

This is episode one of a four-part season from the Amazing Sport Stories podcast.

Content warning: This episode contains lived experiences which involve the use of strong racist language

Transcript

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0:00.0	The Global Jigsaw Saw is the podcast Lifting the Language Barrier to show you the world through its media.
0:06.0	Radio, Tehran, we've got the government.
0:11.0	The Western countries aresoe from Ukraine. The global jigsaw from the BBC World Service.
0:15.0	Listen now by searching for the explanation,
0:21.0	wherever you get your BBC podcasts.
0:25.0	In 1969 in the US state of Wyoming, 14 black college footballers make a bold decision
0:32.0	to take a stand against racism, a decision with life-changing
0:36.3	consequences. They become known as the Black 14. And if you like the documentary
0:41.8	podcast, we think their story will interest you too.
0:45.0	You can hear the whole series and more incredible stories
0:48.0	by searching for amazing sports stories wherever you get your BBC podcasts. But for now, this is episode one of The Black
0:56.2	14. And just a warning, it contains lived experiences which involve the use of strong racist language.
1:04.0	For listeners outside of the United States or Canada,
1:10.0	this episode contains many references to football.
1:13.3	On this occasion, we aren't talking about the spherical version.
1:16.9	It's not soccer.
1:18.2	It's American football, helmets, shoulder pads, and so on.
1:22.1	The gridiron is the term for a football field.
1:25.0	Tony McGee and I are the only two that were actually in the game that was the
1:31.5	catalyst for this whole initiative.
1:34.4	So you're the O.G. I'm one of the O.G.
1:37.2	Me and McGee.
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