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Today, Explained

Missing Chapter

Today, Explained

Vox

News, Daily News, Politics

4.310.3K Ratings

🗓️ 1 October 2020

⏱️ 34 minutes

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A forgotten protest movement in a seaside Florida town helped end legal segregation in the United States. Vox’s Ranjani Chakraborty explains. Transcript at vox.com/todayexplained. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

It's stay explained. I'm Sean Ramis from a few weeks back. President Trump announced

0:09.3

a commission to promote what he calls patriotic education in the United States.

0:14.9

We must clear away the twisted web of lies in our schools and classrooms and teach our

0:22.0

children the magnificent truth about our country.

0:27.6

The president wants students to learn a pro-America curriculum.

0:32.8

We want our sons and daughters to know that they are the citizens of the most exceptional

0:37.8

nation in the history of the world.

0:45.4

Funny thing is, a lot of historians would argue that the curriculum in the United States

0:49.6

is already pretty pro-American. The existing curriculum already leaves out plenty of

0:56.4

inconvenient truths and unflattering stories.

1:00.3

The video team at Vox has an entire series dedicated to those stories. It's called

1:05.3

Missing Chapter. It's hosted by our colleague, Ranjani Chakraborti.

1:10.1

And for today's show, we invited Ranjani over to dream up what a Missing Chapter podcast

1:15.5

might sound like. This is the story of a forgotten protest that paved the way to end

1:22.1

institutional segregation in the Southern United States.

1:26.1

Maybe not a surprise considering the subject matter, but the episode features some strong

1:30.1

language, and you're going to hear about some violence.

1:33.7

But let us know what you think of what you hear. You can tweet at me or at the show.

1:38.1

I'm at Ramas Verham. The show is at today underscore explained. Or you can send us an email

1:43.3

where today explained at vox.com. Here's Ranjani.

1:52.1

In Augustine is a small scenic town on the coast of northern Florida. Imagine brick

1:58.7

line streets, buildings with red Spanish tile, and miles of pristine beach dotted with

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