Fight Like Chadwick
Truth Be Told: Time to Thrive
American Public Media
4.3 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 8 September 2020
⏱️ 31 minutes
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Summary
Chadwick Boseman’s death has raised awareness of colon cancer, but for the men behind TRAPMedicine, Jahmil Lacey and Dr. Italo Brown, it illustrates the healthcare disparities Black people face.
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| 0:00.0 | There was our Jacky-Robbinsman's ability to take on the greats. He was our Jackie Robinson, |
| 0:11.2 | our James Brown, our Thurgood Marshall, our King Tachala. |
| 0:15.8 | Writer Soraya Nadia McDonald called him a riot among Thesbeians. |
| 0:20.8 | And it's true. |
| 0:22.2 | He embodied all of those characters because he understood purpose, |
| 0:26.0 | something he talked about and his 2018 commencement speech at his alma mater, Howard |
| 0:31.0 | University. |
| 0:32.5 | You would rather find purpose than a job or career. |
| 0:38.6 | Purpose crosses disciplines. |
| 0:41.6 | Purpose is an essential element of you. It is the reason you are on the planet at |
| 0:46.4 | this particular time in history. Your very existence is wrapped up in the things |
| 0:51.4 | you are here to fulfill. |
| 0:54.0 | 43. You know, the age of 43 feels so in between. |
| 0:59.0 | We spend our early years trying to prove to people what we're capable of doing and the other half of life |
| 1:04.8 | if we're lucky showing the world how it's done. Chadwick all before the age of 43 was able to do both while also battling colon cancer. |
| 1:16.0 | His death is so painfully upsetting and yet it is a wake-up call if there ever was one. |
| 1:24.0 | It is time for you to go see a doctor. |
| 1:28.0 | I'm Tanya Mosley. That's what we're taking on on this episode of Truth Be Told. |
| 1:35.0 | There truth be told. |
| 1:40.0 | Dear truth be told. Dear truth be told. be told. |
| 1:43.0 | be told. |
| 1:44.0 | I really need your help. |
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