The World's Bravest 15 Year Old: The Story of Dorothy Counts-Scoggins

[REDACTED] History

Dr. André White

Society & Culture, History, Education

4.8 • 1.7K Ratings

🗓️ 19 September 2023

⏱️ 14 minutes

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On this week's episode we have a shorter installment but an important one. We are highlighting the story of Dorothy Counts-Scoggins a woman who is still alive and helped to desegregate the Harry Harding HS in Charlotte NC in 1957. NEW YOUTUBE VIDEOS: Martin Luther King vs The FBI - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2LpTKJUhTbE&t=685s The Dark History of The Second Amendment: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4jeIqFL48kw&t=73s PATREON: patreon.com/redactedhistory Stay Connected with Me: https://www.tiktok.com/@Blackkout___ https://www.instagram.com/redactedhistory_ Contact: [email protected] Episode Script Writer and Researcher: Jordyn Howard Episode Editor and Narrator: André White Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	You're listening to an AirWave Media Podcast.
0:05.4	If you like this podcast, can we recommend another one?
0:08.5	It's called Big Picture Science.
0:10.5	You can hear it wherever you get your podcasts and its name tells part of the story.
0:14.8	The big picture questions and the most interesting research in science.
0:20.1	Seth and I are the hosts, Seth is a scientist, I am Molly and I'm a science journalist
0:24.4	and we talk to people smarter than us and we have fun along the way.
0:28.5	The show is called Big Picture Science and as Seth said, you can hear it wherever you
0:32.2	get your podcasts.
0:59.2	Dorothy Counts, affectionately known as Dott, was preparing to head off for her first day
1:06.5	at a new school.
1:08.1	The average 15-year-old would be concerned with who they were going to sit with at lunch.
1:12.6	Will they like their teacher, will they make new friends, would people like my outfit.
1:19.3	But for this young lady, racism and bigotry would add an extra layer of concern to these
1:26.3	anxious thoughts.
1:28.3	I'm Andre and this is the Redacted History Podcast, the story of Dorothy Counts.
1:36.5	On that morning, September 4th, 1957, Dorothy would become the first black student to attend
1:43.7	Harry Harding High School in Charlotte, North Carolina.
1:48.1	A school that was never designed with her in mind in the first place.
1:52.0	In fact, Harry Harding, the man in which the school was named after, was actually the
1:57.6	son of a Confederate Army major and was a major stable and major player in the early days
2:04.7	of the Charlotte Mecklenburg School System and its lack of integration.
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