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110. Rosa Parks & Our Collective Ignorance: Why "She Wasn't the First" is Misguided
Rosa Parks' story keeps getting mucked up - especially in recent years. From emphasizing that she "wasn't the first" Black woman to do this to characterizing her as a tired woman who didn't feel like standing, she hasn't gotten her flowers.
Related episodes:
7 Things You Need to Know About Dr. King on Apple and Spotify
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The Escaped Slave Who Ended Slavery on Apple and Spotify
To support Marie and get exclusive resources, head to patreon.com/mariebeech. To learn more about Marie's DEI services, head to mariebeecham.com.
Sources: Stanford University’s Martin Luther King Institute, Rosa Parks; History.com, Rosa Parks’ Biography; Stride Toward Freedom by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.; Women’s History, Rosa Parks’s Biography; The WP, Pitting Rosa Parks against Claudette Colvin distorts history.
Related episodes:
7 Things You Need to Know About Dr. King on Apple and Spotify
Slavery— All the Stuff No One Ever Taught on Apple and Spotify
The Escaped Slave Who Ended Slavery on Apple and Spotify
To support Marie and get exclusive resources, head to patreon.com/mariebeech. To learn more about Marie's DEI services, head to mariebeecham.com.
Sources: Stanford University’s Martin Luther King Institute, Rosa Parks; History.com, Rosa Parks’ Biography; Stride Toward Freedom by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.; Women’s History, Rosa Parks’s Biography; The WP, Pitting Rosa Parks against Claudette Colvin distorts history.
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Rosa Parks' story keeps getting mucked up - especially in recent years. From emphasizing that she "wasn't the first" Black woman to do this to characterizing her as a tired woman who didn't feel like standing, she hasn't gotten her flowers.
Related episodes:
7 Things You Need to Know About Dr. King on Apple and Spotify
Slavery— All the Stuff No One Ever Taught on Apple and Spotify
The Escaped Slave Who Ended Slavery on Apple and Spotify
To support Marie and get exclusive resources, head to patreon.com/mariebeech. To learn more about Marie's DEI services, head to mariebeecham.com.
Sources: Stanford University’s Martin Luther King Institute, Rosa Parks; History.com, Rosa Parks’ Biography; Stride Toward Freedom by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.; Women’s History, Rosa Parks’s Biography; The WP, Pitting Rosa Parks against Claudette Colvin distorts history.
Related episodes:
7 Things You Need to Know About Dr. King on Apple and Spotify
Slavery— All the Stuff No One Ever Taught on Apple and Spotify
The Escaped Slave Who Ended Slavery on Apple and Spotify
To support Marie and get exclusive resources, head to patreon.com/mariebeech. To learn more about Marie's DEI services, head to mariebeecham.com.
Sources: Stanford University’s Martin Luther King Institute, Rosa Parks; History.com, Rosa Parks’ Biography; Stride Toward Freedom by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.; Women’s History, Rosa Parks’s Biography; The WP, Pitting Rosa Parks against Claudette Colvin distorts history.
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