Part One: Ben Passmore on Black History

Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff

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Society & Culture, History

4.7 • 902 Ratings

🗓️ 2 February 2026

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Margaret interview Black history comic author Ben Passmore about his new book Black Arms to Hold You Up.

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0:00.0	This is an I-Heart podcast.
0:02.5	Guaranteed Human.
0:04.9	1969, Malcolm and Martin are gone.
0:07.8	America is in crisis.
0:09.5	At a Morehouse college, the students make their move.
0:12.3	These students, including a young Samuel L. Jackson,
0:15.4	locked up the members of the board of trustees, including Martin Luther King's senior.
0:20.6	It's the true story of protests and rebellion in black American history that you'll never
0:24.9	forget.
0:25.9	I'm Hans Charles.
0:26.9	I'm Mennelick Lamouba.
0:28.1	Listen to the A building on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your
0:33.5	podcasts.
0:36.3	CallZone Media.
0:39.4	Hello, and welcome to cool people did cool stuff.
0:41.6	Your weekly reminder that when bad things are happening, there's people trying to do good
0:45.8	things.
0:46.7	I am your host, Margaret Kiljoy, and with me today as my guest on either the first or second
0:52.1	ever, depending on what order we release them in
0:54.6	interview episode where I interview people who know a lot about history and write about history.
0:59.3	My guest is the author and artist Ben Passmore.
1:04.0	Hi, how are you?
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