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Hey, history lovers.

I'm Mike Rosenwald with Retropod.

A show about the past, rediscovered.

Rediscovered.

With the holiday season upon us, we're taking a little break.

So for the next few days, we're replaying some of our favorite episodes from 2018.

We'll be back after the new Year with more fascinating and fun discoveries from the past.

Happy holidays.

Now on with the show.

May 1884. In Memphis, Tennessee, a black school teacher named Ida B. Wells was riding a train in the ladies' car, minding her own business.

Out of nowhere, a conductor, white, of course, ordered her to move to the segregated Jim Crow car. Wells refused. After all,

she had purchased a first-class ticket. Her money, her seat. Things escalated quickly.

The conductor grabbed Wells trying to force her off the train, but she wasn't about to budge.

She braced herself against the seat, and as he caught her arm, she bit down, fastening her teeth into the back of his hand.

Eventually, though, she was dragged off the train.

Wells would later become one of the most powerful black voices at the turn of the century.

She became an investigative journalist who fought against segregation and lynching across

the United States.

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