Title IX @50: From the Basketball Court to the Supreme Court

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4.6 • 3.9K Ratings

🗓️ 23 June 2022

⏱️ 37 minutes

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In the fifty years since Title IX became law, countless women and allies have fought for gender equality in sports and civil rights protections. Filmmaker Dawn Porter shares more about her “37 Words” documentary with host Allison Glock. They dig into the ways Title IX shows up in the lives of legends like Dawn Staley and Abby Wambach, as well as unknown heroes like a Georgia mom who took her daughter’s harassment case to the Supreme Court. Plus, what the new Angel City Football Club in L.A. seeks to do for women’s sports as a business. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	ESPN Daily is presented by Supercuts, the smarter, easier way to get a haircut.
0:06.4	It's not just any haircut.
0:08.4	It's Supercuts.
0:10.0	We continue to explore the roots and legacy of Title IX this week here on ESPN Daily.
0:20.4	It's Thursday, June 23rd, Title IX Day.
0:50.5	Hi, I'm Allison Glock, Head of W Studios and Executive Producer of the four-part
0:54.6	documentary, 37 words from ESPN Films.
0:58.4	This series is all about Title IX, which changed the country 50 years ago by making it illegal
1:03.0	to discriminate on the basis of sex.
1:06.6	No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from,
1:12.2	participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to, discrimination under any
1:18.4	education program or activity receiving federal financial assistance.
1:25.0	Today, filmmaker Don Porter is back with me.
1:28.4	She has more stories of women who took those 37 words of Title IX and used them to affect
1:33.3	change because Lord knows, change doesn't happen on its own.
1:37.6	These stories range from the basketball court to the Supreme Court and Don Porter and her team
1:42.3	weave them all together so well because they really are connected.
1:50.3	Welcome back. Thank you. Thank you for joining us to continue our conversation about 37 words
1:56.8	and this incredible series about the Civil Rights Battle of Title IX.
2:01.0	Can we talk about one of my favorite people in the whole world, basketball, icon, and all around
2:06.2	legend Don Staley? It is not unfinished business any longer. South Carolina has captured its second
2:16.9	national championship. Mission complete for Don Staley in South Carolina.
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