The 504 Sit-In (Entry 473.LK1413)
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🗓️ 23 June 2020
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In which the Carter Administration waffles so long on a groundbreaking civil rights law that disabled protestors take over a federal building for almost a month, and John considers building a maze full of wolverines. Certificate #30708.
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| 0:00.0 | We are Ken Jennings and John Roderick. We speak to you from our present, which we can only assume is your distant past, the turbulent time that was the early 21st century. |
| 0:21.0 | Fearing the great cataclysm that will surely befall our civilization, we began this monumental |
| 0:26.2 | reference of strange and obscure human knowledge. |
| 0:28.8 | These recordings represent our attempt to compile and preserve wonders and esoterica that would otherwise be lost. |
| 0:35.0 | So whether you're listening from an advanced civilization or have just reinvented the technology to decrypt our transmissions, |
| 0:41.0 | this is our legacy to you. |
| 0:43.0 | This is our time capsule. |
| 0:45.0 | This is the omnibus. Oh, You have accessed entry 473.LK1413, certificate number 307. 2008. |
| 1:24.0 | The 504 Sit-In. |
| 1:27.0 | We're speaking of something that goes beyond our bodies. |
| 1:31.0 | Our priorities are not comfort, our priorities are justice. |
| 1:36.0 | John if I were to ask you have you heard of the Montgomery bus boycott. Would you have a reasonable sense of what I was talking |
| 1:45.4 | about yes and early civil rights movement the south what if I said the the |
| 1:51.6 | stone wall right stone wall protest you heard a stone wall What if I said the Stonewall |
| 1:53.0 | right? |
| 1:53.4 | Stonewall protest. |
| 1:54.4 | You heard a Stonewall. |
| 1:55.4 | Gay rights protest, riot, quote unquote riot. |
| 1:58.6 | You are Greenwich Village. |
| 1:59.6 | Now you are two for two and ready for the lightning round. |
| 2:02.4 | All right. What if I said have you heard of the 504? 2 for 2 for 2 and ready for the lightning round. |
| 2:02.8 | What if I said have you heard of the 504 sit-in? |
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