Part Two: Ben Passmore on Black History

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Society & Culture, History

4.7 • 902 Ratings

🗓️ 4 February 2026

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Margaret continues her interview with 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 Mena Lake Lemoombo.
0:28.1	Listen to the A building on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your
0:33.5	podcasts.
0:34.7	When segregation was a law, one mysterious black club owner, Charlie Fitzgerald, had his own
0:40.2	rules.
0:41.2	Segregation and the day integration at night.
0:44.3	It was like stepping on another world.
0:46.7	Was he a businessman?
0:48.1	A criminal.
0:49.6	A hero.
0:50.8	Charlie was an example of power.
0:53.8	They had to crush him. Charlie's Place from Atlas Obscura and visit Myrtle Beach.
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