Show Notes
This week Casey and Karen educate themselves on two people who shaped America but they never learned about in the classroom. Casey covers Medgar Evers, a civil rights movement hero, while Karen travels a little further back in time (but not by much) to talk about John Brown.
Artwork: Jovana Stekovic
Logo: nydaaa
Music: Home Base Groove by Kevin MacLeod
Casey's Sources:
https://www.angelfire.com/ar/rhop/saints.html
https://www.toptenz.net/top-10-brave-martyrs-know.php
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martyr
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martyr#Political_martyrs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VA6QFbDGfDM
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medgar_Evers
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolph_Botnick
Karen's Sources:
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/brown-hanging/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1st_Virginia_Infantry_Regiment
https://www.archives.gov/exhibits/featured-documents/emancipation-proclamation
https://www.battlefields.org/learn/civil-war/battles/appomattox-court-house
https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/slavery
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/derek-chauvin-verdict-reached-trial-over-george-floyd-s-death-n1264565
https://time.com/3838515/baltimore-riots-language-unheard-quote/
https://www.battlefields.org/learn/biographies/john-brown
https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/7411333-we-need-allies-who-are-going-to-help-us-achieve
Home Base Groove by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100563
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