The High School Runner Who Fought the Legacy of Robert E. Lee

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🗓️ 30 December 2020

⏱️ 31 minutes

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In Tyler, Texas, a high school runner named Trude Lamb decided she could no longer race for her team wearing the name of a losing Confederate general: Robert E. Lee. The admittedly shy young woman spoke out to change her school’s name. Her words gained national attention, along with harmful comments and threats. In a year marked by social justice activism from athletes, hear one teenager’s story of fighting for change, and what it took to win. Then, ESPN's Holly Rowe reflects on a historic year of action on and off the court for the WNBA. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Change history!
0:01.0	Change history!
0:02.0	Win today!
0:03.0	Change history!
0:04.0	Change history!
0:05.0	Win today!
0:06.0	Win today!
0:07.0	So, it's the late June evening in Tyler, Texas, and there's a school board meeting.
0:13.0	And outside, there are a few hundred protesters gathering and chanting over an issue that has been building for a few decades now.
0:24.2	Dana Lee reported the story of a young athlete turned activist, Trudy Lamb, for ESPN.com.
0:33.0	The 11th speaker of the board meeting is 16 years old. She's incredibly shy.
0:39.3	Okay, next we have Trudy Lamb.
0:42.3	And her legs are shaking, like just a bit.
0:45.3	And she's holding this letter that she wrote.
0:49.3	I am Trudy Lamb, a multi-generational native African
0:53.3	born and raised in Ghana Africa, and now a first-generation.
0:56.5	She's wearing a black t-shirt that says the time is now, and her pants are red, patterned,
1:02.0	and bright.
1:03.0	I have walked through the gate of no return where over 12 millions of my brother and sisters
1:08.0	were kidnapped, never to return back to their home. On her wrist, she has these beads from Ghana that she wore to remind herself of home.
1:17.6	I love and enjoy the sports I play at Robert Ely.
1:20.6	I cannot bear and will no longer wear Lee's name of my race jersey.
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