I'm on a city bus with author Amy Hill Harth to talk about a civil rights pioneer.

So she was she was riding through this neighborhood, right?

Yes, she was.

Transportation was not integrated.

And had she had trouble before?

Much.

Everybody had had some trouble in the past.

Now I know you think you know who we're talking about here, but no, we're not in Montgomery,

Alabama.

And we're not talking about Rosa Parks in the 1950s.

We're in New York City and we're talking about the 1850s.

They tell her to get off and she resists, yeah?

She said no.

And I'm pretty sure you've never heard of this woman.

Her mark on history has all been disappeared and she's not alone.

In this episode we'll also tell you the story of the first black Major League Baseball player.

No, his name is not Jackie Robinson.

You got to rewind a few decades, you know, from 1947 back to 1884 actually.

And we'll introduce you to the woman who ruled Hollywood 100 years ago.

At several points she was the highest pay director in the industry.

The highest paid male or female.

A man, woman or child, as one reporter put it.

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