Why The FBI Surveilled Samuel L. Jackson

Black History Year

PushBlack

History, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 20 November 2024

⏱️ 3 minutes

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Long before he became the highest-grossing actor of all time, Samuel L. Jackson was affiliated with the Black Panther Party. His brave act of resistance at Morehouse College, even taking MLK Sr. hostage, unexpectedly set him on the path to fame. _____________ 2-Minute Black History is produced by PushBlack, the nation's largest non-profit Black media company. PushBlack exists to amplify the stories of Black history you didn't learn in school. You make PushBlack happen with your contributions at BlackHistoryYear.com — most people donate $10 a month, but every dollar makes a difference. If this episode moved you, share it with your people! Thanks for supporting the work. The production team for this podcast includes Cydney Smith, Len Webb, and Lilly Workneh. Our editors are Lance John and Avery Phillips from Gifted Sounds Network. Julian Walker serves as executive producer." To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Long before he became the highest grossing actor of all time, Samuel L. Jackson was affiliated with the Black Panther Party.
0:13.0	His brave act of resistance at Morehouse College, even taking Martin Luther King's senior hostage, unexpectedly set him on the path to fame.
0:25.6	This is Two-Minute Black History, what you didn't learn in school.
0:35.6	Samuel Jackson enrolled at Atlanta's Historic Morehouse College, Martin Luther King Jr.'s
0:42.0	alma mater in 1966. His morehouse years coincided with the height of the civil rights movement
0:49.2	and stoked the fires of revolution in his heart. He even ushered the Dr. King's funeral in 1968. In 1969,
0:59.1	Jackson joined other Moore House students to demand more black representation on the school's
1:05.4	governing board and for changes to the curriculum. To ensure that their demands were met,
1:10.8	they took the board of trustees
1:12.1	hostage, and one of those board members was Martin Luther King Senior. Morehouse agreed to the
1:19.7	student's demands, but expelled Jackson. Soon he'd connect with black power readers like Stokely Carmichael.
1:28.6	His radicalization gave him a voice and allies in the struggle.
1:33.8	Then the FBI came calling.
1:35.7	They visited his mother's home and told her that he was in danger.
1:40.4	His mother immediately put him on a flight to Los Angeles. There he discovered theater and decided to use acting to keep pushing his politics and fighting back.
1:55.0	Samuel Jackson didn't let Morehouse or even the FBI stopped him from fighting for liberation.
2:06.6	He made acting a vehicle for his activism.
2:10.6	How can the rest of us use our gifts and talents to inspire liberation?
2:14.6	In order to move towards the future,
2:19.0	you've got to look to the past.
2:21.3	This has been Two Minute Black History,
2:22.9	a podcast by Push Black.
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