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Episode 151: Rambo Jesus | Bobby Baker and the Occupation of Alcatraz
Hillary and Tina cover the 101st Senator Bobby Baker and the Occupation of Alcatraz Island.
Hillary’s Story
Political advisor Bobby Baker wheeled and dealed with DC powerhouses. BUT when he mingles with the mob, he risks his career.
Tina’s Story
Indigenous groups in America had their land brutally taken from them by colonizers. BUT in 1969, Native American activists fought to reclaim land.
Sources
Hillary's Story
New York Times
Bobby Baker, String-Puller Snared in Senate Scandal, Dies at 89--by Neil Genzlinger
MAJOR POLITICAL SCANDAL LOOMING IN THE BOBBY BAKER CASE
Politico
Bobby Baker: The ‘101st Senator’--by Joshua Zeitz
Sex in the Senate--by Todd S. Purdum
Spartacus Educational
Bobby Baker
Washington Post
Bobby Baker, protege of Lyndon Johnson felled by influence-peddling scandal, dies at 89--by Jon Thurber
Wikipedia
Bobby Baker
Photos
Bobby Baker--from AP via Politico
Bobby Baker and Lyndon Johnson--via The New York Times
Ellen Rometsch--from AP via The Cut
Tina's Story
Aeon
The Invasion of America--by Claudio Saunt
The American Yawp Reader
Native Americans Occupy Alcatraz (1969)
Autry Museum
The Alcatraz Logbook: Signs of Red Power--by Joe D. Horse
Britannica
Alcatraz
CNN
1969 Alcatraz takeover 'changed the whole course of history'--by Nicole Lapin and Jason Hanna
K12 Washington State
1969 OCCUPATION OF ALCATRAZ--by Ryan Markel
KQED
A Look Back at the Occupation of Alcatraz, 51 Years Later--by Jessica Placzek, Ericka Cruz Guevarra, and Alice Woelfle
Los Angeles Times
Indigenous tribes took over Alcatraz 51 years ago. Read the ‘holy grail’ of the occupation--by Carolina A. Miranda
The New York Times
How a Native American Resistance Held Alcatraz for 18 Months--by John Treuer
PBS
Today in History: “We Hold the Rock”: The Occupation of Alcatraz and the Native American Fight for Sovereignty in the Age of Fracture--by Charles L. Chavis
Why Native Americans are buying back land that was stolen from them--by Kira Kay and Jason Maloney
San Francisco Public Press
Return to Alcatraz: 50 Years After Native American Occupation, National Park Service Considers Permanent Cultural Center--by Mel Baker
White House
Self determination without termination--by Lina Mann
Wikipedia
Robert Stroud
Photos
Alcatraz Welcome Sign (c. 1970)--from Golden Gate Park Archives via the Autry Museum
Graffiti of Navajo Greeting "Yata Hey"--from US National Parks via Public Domain
Alcatraz Occupiers--by Ilka Hartman via National Park Service
Alcatraz Log Book--screenshot via The Autry Museum
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Hillary and Tina cover the 101st Senator Bobby Baker and the Occupation of Alcatraz Island.
Hillary’s Story
Political advisor Bobby Baker wheeled and dealed with DC powerhouses. BUT when he mingles with the mob, he risks his career.
Tina’s Story
Indigenous groups in America had their land brutally taken from them by colonizers. BUT in 1969, Native American activists fought to reclaim land.
Sources
Hillary's Story
New York Times
Bobby Baker, String-Puller Snared in Senate Scandal, Dies at 89--by Neil Genzlinger
MAJOR POLITICAL SCANDAL LOOMING IN THE BOBBY BAKER CASE
Politico
Bobby Baker: The ‘101st Senator’--by Joshua Zeitz
Sex in the Senate--by Todd S. Purdum
Spartacus Educational
Bobby Baker
Washington Post
Bobby Baker, protege of Lyndon Johnson felled by influence-peddling scandal, dies at 89--by Jon Thurber
Wikipedia
Bobby Baker
Photos
Bobby Baker--from AP via Politico
Bobby Baker and Lyndon Johnson--via The New York Times
Ellen Rometsch--from AP via The Cut
Tina's Story
Aeon
The Invasion of America--by Claudio Saunt
The American Yawp Reader
Native Americans Occupy Alcatraz (1969)
Autry Museum
The Alcatraz Logbook: Signs of Red Power--by Joe D. Horse
Britannica
Alcatraz
CNN
1969 Alcatraz takeover 'changed the whole course of history'--by Nicole Lapin and Jason Hanna
K12 Washington State
1969 OCCUPATION OF ALCATRAZ--by Ryan Markel
KQED
A Look Back at the Occupation of Alcatraz, 51 Years Later--by Jessica Placzek, Ericka Cruz Guevarra, and Alice Woelfle
Los Angeles Times
Indigenous tribes took over Alcatraz 51 years ago. Read the ‘holy grail’ of the occupation--by Carolina A. Miranda
The New York Times
How a Native American Resistance Held Alcatraz for 18 Months--by John Treuer
PBS
Today in History: “We Hold the Rock”: The Occupation of Alcatraz and the Native American Fight for Sovereignty in the Age of Fracture--by Charles L. Chavis
Why Native Americans are buying back land that was stolen from them--by Kira Kay and Jason Maloney
San Francisco Public Press
Return to Alcatraz: 50 Years After Native American Occupation, National Park Service Considers Permanent Cultural Center--by Mel Baker
White House
Self determination without termination--by Lina Mann
Wikipedia
Robert Stroud
Photos
Alcatraz Welcome Sign (c. 1970)--from Golden Gate Park Archives via the Autry Museum
Graffiti of Navajo Greeting "Yata Hey"--from US National Parks via Public Domain
Alcatraz Occupiers--by Ilka Hartman via National Park Service
Alcatraz Log Book--screenshot via The Autry Museum
Support The Muck Podcast