Enforcement | 5
1865
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4.8 • 2.9K Ratings
🗓️ 1 June 2021
⏱️ 32 minutes
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Summary
President Grant pushes congress for the power to protect the Freedmen's right to vote and to help install Joseph Rainey, the first black man elected to the House. He gets help from a black militia leader named Captain Jim Williams.
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Starring James Black as Ulysses S Grant.
Also featuring:
William Jackson Harper
Sydney James Harcourt
Francois Battiste
Kelly Jenrette
Jason Douglas
Christopher Murney
Kurt Rhoades
Dr. Raymond Christian
Charlie Campbell
Matt Gray
Ashley Wood
Created by Steven Walters and Erik Archilla
Written by Steven Walters
Directed by Steven Walters and Robert McCollum
Executive Producer: Lindsay Graham and Steven Walters
Co-executive Producers: Erik Archilla and Robert McCollum
Consulting Producer: Jonathan Norton
Music by Lindsay Graham
Audio editing by Mollie Baack
Sound Design by Derek Behrens and Lindsay Graham
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| 0:00.0 | A listener note, this episode contains offensive racial language. Please be advised. |
| 0:09.0 | Mr. Langston. President Grant. |
| 0:11.0 | Our things at Howard University. |
| 0:13.0 | You think politics is hard work, try finding an all black law school in Washington DC? |
| 0:19.0 | Thanks for making time to arrange this. |
| 0:21.0 | Of course, Mr. President. Allow me to introduce Mr. Joseph Rainey as South Carolina. |
| 0:26.0 | Welcome to the White House, Mr. Rainey. |
| 0:28.0 | Mr. Sonana to meet you, Mr. President. |
| 0:30.0 | Have a seat, gentlemen, please. |
| 0:33.0 | Mr. Rainey, rooting out corruption is among my administration's top priorities. |
| 0:38.0 | As I'm sure you know, there's a congressman in your home district who's gotten himself into hot water. |
| 0:43.0 | Benjamin Wittemall. |
| 0:45.0 | Apparently he's something of an unsavory character. |
| 0:48.0 | He's crooked as a dog's hind leg if you permit me saying so. Always has been. |
| 0:54.0 | Some members of the House agree they've censured Mr. Wittemall on charges of corruption. |
| 0:59.0 | He'll be resigning his seat in Congress for a single tomorrow morning. |
| 1:02.0 | Wittemall's resigning. |
| 1:03.0 | Yes. |
| 1:04.0 | I thought he'd die in that chair. |
| 1:11.0 | How'd you like the job? |
| 1:13.0 | You in earnest, sir. |
| 1:15.0 | Mr. Langston. |
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