Episode 65: Samuel And J.C.

The Past and The Curious: A History Podcast for Kids and Families

The Past and The Curious History Podcast for Kids

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🗓️ 28 February 2022

⏱️ 32 minutes

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The year 1913 saw the births of two incredible Black Americans. One was Samuel Wilbert Tucker, a Civil Rights pioneer and all-around incredible person. The other was James Cleveland Owens, who came to be known as Jesse. A few years before Samuel arranged for one of the first Civil Rights sit-ins in history, Jesse broke five atheletic World Records, just days after badly injuring his back in a fall down the stairs.

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0:00.0	Hey, if you're listening to this before March 3rd, 2022, you may want to take note.
0:04.9	That is the anniversary of the Kentucky Meets shower, which is a story I love.
0:08.2	And I wrote a book about it.
0:09.9	And I will be doing a live reading on our YouTube channel.
0:14.8	And then I have a link to that from the past in the curious.com.
0:18.8	I hope you'll join. It's a really fun day.
0:20.9	I'm going to do a reading at 11 p.m.
0:22.9	I'm sorry, 11 a.m. Eastern Standard Time and 7 p.m. Eastern Standard Time.
0:29.2	And I have a really, really, really big announcement that I'm going to unveil then.
0:35.6	It involves Kickstarter. It involves something I've been wanting to do for a long time.
0:41.4	So you do the math or just wait until March 3rd for the live reading.
0:47.1	And find out for yourself. But I'm really excited.
0:53.7	Well, hello everybody. Welcome to the past in the curious. My name is Mick Sullivan.
0:58.6	This is episode 65. And it is about, there's two men.
1:03.8	They were both born in 1913, which is I think kind of remarkable.
1:08.4	I didn't really put that together until towards the end.
1:12.0	The first man that you're going to learn about, you know as Jesse Owens.
1:16.0	That wasn't always his name. And he was a remarkable athlete.
1:21.2	One of the greatest of all time. A goat, you might say.
1:24.6	And the second man is a less familiar figure.
1:27.6	Also born in 1913. His name is Samuel Wilbert Tucker.
1:32.0	And he was a lawyer he fought in World War II.
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