Short Stuff: The Atlanta Washer Woman Strike
Stuff You Should Know
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4.5 • 82.7K Ratings
🗓️ 14 December 2022
⏱️ 17 minutes
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One of the very first union strikes in US history was mounted by a group of African American women in the deep South. Listen in and learn all about this little known slice of history.
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| 0:00.0 | On the streets of the lower bottoms. |
| 0:03.2 | Last season we got to know some local characters who made a smile, made us cry, and made us think. |
| 0:09.3 | Former FBI agent Buella Rhodes discovered her best friend was involved in the police shooting of her twin sister. |
| 0:16.0 | And who could forget Shantay? |
| 0:18.0 | We found herself ensnared in a most vicious scheme. |
| 0:21.6 | A little to Shantay know, Devon didn't die that night. |
| 0:25.5 | Shantay, you better watch your back, for you may be the next victim on the bottoms. |
| 0:32.2 | Listen to the lower bottoms, season one and two. |
| 0:35.0 | Right now on the I Heart Radio app, Apple Podcast, or wherever you get your podcast. |
| 0:45.5 | Hey and welcome to the short stuff. I'm Josh Sterschuk and Dave's here sitting in on his own podcast. |
| 0:52.7 | How about that? |
| 0:54.5 | And this is just a funeral? |
| 0:56.5 | Right. |
| 0:57.5 | No, definitely not. |
| 0:59.0 | No, this is a much more happy occasion because it's an episode of short stuff and what's happier than that. |
| 1:04.5 | I agree. |
| 1:06.0 | So check we're talking about something that you dug up. |
| 1:07.8 | I had never heard of this despite living in Atlanta for more than half of my life. |
| 1:12.5 | Something called Atlanta's washer women's strike. |
| 1:15.1 | Granted, I was not alive in the 1880s, but I'm still kind of surprised I never heard of it. |
| 1:20.5 | I had not heard of it until I went to the fantastic Oakland Cemetery here in Atlanta every Halloween. |
| 1:29.5 | They have what's called capturing the spirit of Halloween tour. |
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