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Stuff You Missed in History Class

SYMHC Classics: Ida B. Wells-Barnett

Stuff You Missed in History Class

iHeartPodcasts

History, Society & Culture

4.223.6K Ratings

🗓️ 6 June 2020

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

This 2018 episode connects to a lot of others in our archive. Ida B. Wells-Barnett fought against lynching for decades, at a time when it wasn't common at all for a woman, especially a woman of color, to become such a prominent journalist and a speaker.

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0:00.0

Bridgewater, the hit fiction podcast is back.

0:02.8

A supernatural thriller presented an immersive 3D,

0:05.6

binaural audio.

0:06.6

The Bridgewater Triangle.

0:08.4

There is some kind of mystical force in this region

0:10.8

that attracts monsters and paranormal activity.

0:13.5

There's something beyond our understanding going on here.

0:16.1

Starring Supernatural's, Misha Collins,

0:18.2

The Walking Dead's, Melissa Panzio, and Rogue One's Allentutic,

0:22.2

written by Lauren Chippin and created by me, Erin Mankey.

0:25.6

Listen to Bridgewater on the I Heart Radio app

0:28.0

or wherever you get your podcasts.

0:32.4

Happy Saturday, everybody.

0:34.2

In light of what's been going on in the United States this week,

0:37.0

we thought we would return to investigative journalist

0:39.6

and activist Ida B. Wells-Bernett,

0:42.0

who spent decades fighting against lynching

0:44.1

and advocating for anti-lynching legislation.

0:47.2

Almost 90 years after her death,

0:49.2

legislators are still trying to get legislation passed

0:52.4

that would make lynching a federal crime,

0:54.6

most recently with the Emmett Till Anti-Lynching Act.

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