Beste Civil Rights Movement Podcasts (2024)

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REPLAY AND SERIES UPDATE

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Thank you so much for listening, subscribing, and sharing the Untold Stories: Cases that Shaped the Civil Rights Movement. I've enjoyed sharing these important cases with you all. The series is going on a break and will return in 2021 with more great content. In the meantime, please share previous episodes and be on the lookout for new content! Enj…

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McCleskey v. Kemp (1987)

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This week I look at the case of McCleskey v. Kemp (1987), a decision that's been called the Dred Scott case of our time. This case looks at racial disparities in the handing out of the death penalty. After defendant Warren McCleskey was convicted and sentenced to death for the murder of white officer Frank Shlatt, his attorneys relied on a comprehe…

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Batson v. Kentuck (1986)

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This week I look at Batson v. Kentucky (1986), which deals with preventing black people from serving on the jury. In this case, James K Batson was charged with two counts of burglary and receipt of stolen property. During his trial, the prosecutor, a white man, struck all the black people from the potential jury pool. Batson was convicted by an all…

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Terry v. Ohio (1968)

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This week's episode looks at Terry v. Ohio (1968), which deals with a current hot issue: "stop and frisk." In this case, John Terry, Richard Chilton, and Carl Katz were stopped and frisked by Det. Martin McFadden after he observed them behaving in a suspicious manner. During the frisk, McFadden discovered concealed weapons on both Terry and Chilton…

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Heart of Atlanta Motel v. U.S. (1964)

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This week's episode looks at the Heart of Atlanta Motel v. U.S.(1964). Unlike previous cases discussed in this series, this one involves a white plaintiff, Moreton Rolleston Jr., who challenged the then newly enacted Civil Rights Act of 1964. Rolleston, a staunch segregationist and lawyer, who owned the Heart of Atlanta Motel and he refused to serv…

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Smith v. Allwright (1944)

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This episode looks at Smith v. Allwright (1944) a case that challenged the use of white primaries to exclude black people from the voting process. This case was the fourth in a series of cases challenging such primaries in the state of Texas. The Supreme Court had to decide whether or not the Democratic Party's decision to exclude all non-white peo…

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Special Election Episode: Why You Need to Vote!

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Next week is election day, and if you haven't already, please go out and vote! To emphasize the importance of voting, this episode of the Untold Series takes a look back at the episodes highlighting the struggles Black people have faced in this country when trying to vote! From grandfather clauses to race riots, we've been struck down but not destr…

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Gomillion v. Lightfoot (1960)

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This episode looks at Gomillion v. Lightfoot (1960) a case that involved the gerrymandering of a district along racial lines. In the city of Tuskegee, the black population outnumbered the white population 4 to 1, and black people were increasingly registering to vote. This unnerved the white citizens who devised a plan to redraw the lines of the ci…

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Shelley v. Kraemer (1948)

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This episode discusses Shelley v. Kraemer (1948) a case that involved the use of restrictive covenants, which barred white people from selling their homes/property to blacks and people of other races and ethnicities. This essentially ensured that neighborhoods would remain segregated. J.D. Shelley, a black man bought a home for his family that had …

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Hernandez v. Texas (1954)

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In honor of Hispanic Heritage Month, this week I discuss Hernandez v. Texas (1954). It was actually the first civil rights case decided by the Warren court; it was decided two weeks before Brown v. Board of Education. Pedro Hernandez, an American of Mexican descent was tried and convicted of murder by an all-white, non-Hispanic jury. At that time M…

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Sweatt v Painter (1950)

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This episode looks at Sweatt v. Painter (1950) a desegregation case decided four years before Brown v. Board of Education. Here, the court looked at whether the University of Texas Law School's segregation policy denied Sweatt Equal Protection of the law under the 14th Amendment because it failed to provide an alternative law school for blacks that…

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Eugenics, Forced Sterilizations and Civil Rights: Addressing the Recent Whistle-Blower Case

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I am interrupting my normally scheduled series to bring a special episode that focuses on the history of Eugenics, forced sterilization, and civil rights. I had to respond to the recent Whistleblower complaint lodged by Dawn Wooten, a nurse who worked in ICE detention centers. She has alleged that a doctor sterilized the women in the detention cent…

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The Destruction of Ocoee & Goldsboro (Early 20th Century)

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This episode looks at the frequent occurrence where vibrant black cities and communities were destroyed during the early part of the 20th Century, either violently or through "legal" means. Here I focus on two black communities based in Florida that were destroyed during this period: Ocoee and Goldsboro. The black community in Ocoee was violently d…

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Guinn v. United States (1915)

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This episode looks at Guinn v. the United States, which dealt with voting rights and the use of the Grandfather Clause. One year after the state of Oklahoma was adopted into the union, it amended its constitution to require literacy tests for those wishing to register to vote. Oklahoma included a grandfather clause in the law that allowed those who…

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The Scottsboro Boys Part 2: Norris v. Alabama (1935)

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This episode is part 2 of the (in)famous Scottsboro Boys case, the case that inspired Harper Lee to write her beloved novel To Kill a Mockingbird. In 1931, nine black boys, ages 13-19, were arrested, tried, and convicted of the brutal rapes of two white women, Ruby Bates and Victoria Price. Eight of the nine men were sentenced to death before havin…

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The Scottsboro Boys Part 1: Powell v. Alabama (1932)

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In this episode I look at the famous case of the Scottsboro Boys, the case that inspired Harper Lee to write her beloved novel To Kill a Mockingbird. In 1931, nine black boys, ages 13-19, were arrested, tried, and convicted of the brutal rapes of two white women, Ruby Bates and Victoria Price. Eight of the nine men were sentenced to death before ha…

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U.S. v. Shipp (1909)

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In this episode, I look at not so well-known case of United States v. Shipp (1909). This is the extraordinary case where the United States Supreme Court held a criminal trial to prosecute a white sheriff for the lynching of a black man. This is the only time in the court's entire history it held a criminal trial. Take a listen to hear the incredibl…

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Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)

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In this episode, I look at the infamous Plessy v. Ferguson (1896), where the US Supreme Court ruled that separate but equal was constitutional. This case helped usher in the Jim Crow era in America, and was a major blow to all the Reconstruction Amendments and civil rights laws passed after the Civil War. This case is fascinating and has many inter…

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The Civil Rights Cases (1883)

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In this episode I look at The Civil Rights Cases (1883). Similar to Brown v. Board of Education, this case is a consolidation of five cases where the Plaintiffs filed discrimination suits against the defendants based upon the Civil Rights Act of 1875, America's second civil rights law. The Court was asked to decide if the Civil Rights Act of 1875 w…

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Strauder v. West Virginia (1880)

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In this episode I look at Strauder v. West Virginia (1880), the first in a long line of cases dealing with discrimination in the jury selection process. Jury duty is a very important topic in the history of black rights. I believe that it is just as important, if not more than the right the vote. And this country has a long history of intentionally…

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The Klu Klux Klan Trials, South Carolina (1871)

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This episode discusses the KKK Trials of 1871 in South Carolina. Yes, the Klan was brought to trial in 1871! These series of cases that occurred during the Reconstruction period were both hopeful and disappointing. The article I mentioned in the episode can be found here: http://www.palookesworld.com/the-rise-of-homegrown-terrorism-during-reconstru…

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Dred Scott v. Sanford (1857)

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This episode looks at the infamous Dred Scott v. Sanford (1857) case. Dred Scott sued for his freedom claiming that he was free after his master brought him to free terrirotry. His case went all the way up to the US Supreme Court and led to one of the most egregious rulings on race in the court's history. Listed below are the names of the books ref…