The Red, the Black, and the Green

99% Invisible

SiriusXM Podcasts and Roman Mars

Design, Arts

4.8 • 27.5K Ratings

🗓️ 17 June 2025

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

The Red, Black, and Green flag was invented to unite Black people all over the world living under racial repression.

Transcript

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0:00.0	This is 99% Invisible. I'm Roman Mars.
0:05.1	This is a rebroadcast of an episode reported a few years ago by Christopher Johnson.
0:09.7	It has really interesting history. It's about flags. It's everything I love in a story.
0:14.3	So if you haven't heard it before, definitely listen to it.
0:16.8	And if you have listened to it before, listen again because I guarantee you don't remember the details.
0:21.9	But if you want to hear a completely brand new episode of 99% Invisible about lifeboats on the Titanic,
0:29.5	you can right now if you subscribe to SiriusXM Podcast Plus on Apple Podcasts or visit
0:35.7	SiriusXM.com slash podcast Plus to listen with Spotify or another app of your choice.
0:41.7	Non-subscribers will hear that very same story next week, so everything will be made available to all.
0:46.9	But if you subscribe to SiriusXM Podcast Plus, you can hear episodes of 99% invisible one week early and ad-free.
0:54.6	And subscribing goes a long way to support the work that we do here.
0:58.7	Subscribe to SiriusXM Podcast Plus on Apple Podcasts or visit SeriousXM.com slash Podcasts Plus
1:04.8	to listen with Spotify or another app of your choice.
1:08.3	Okay, on with the show.
1:13.6	A quick heads up.
1:15.1	This episode has some offensive language.
1:17.1	Don't shoot!
1:18.0	Hands up!
1:18.8	Don't shoot!
1:19.6	Hands up!
1:20.6	After Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin murdered George Floyd last year,
1:26.2	tens of thousands of people all over the world took
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