March 2, 2025 • 40 mins
Step into a rich tapestry of stories that celebrate Black History Month, showcasing the remarkable contributions of African Americans who have shaped our society. Join a wonderful group of students as they share insights on figures like John Lewis, who fought tirelessly for civil rights, and Roberto Clemente, whose legacy as a humanitarian and baseball legend transcends sports. Discover the inspiring journeys of Chadwick Boseman, Maya Angelou, and Katherine Johnson, each a beacon of resilience in their respective fields.
Throughout the episode, listeners will not only learn compelling facts but also explore the profound impact these individuals had on history and culture. The narratives woven by the students infuse energy and authenticity, making these stories resonate on a personal level. Dive in and celebrate the spirit of perseverance, courage, and hope that these legends embodied.
As we reflect on the past and honor those who came before us, this episode serves as a reminder of the responsibilities we have to continue their legacies. We encourage you to engage with us, share your thoughts, and consider how the stories of these extraordinary figures can inspire action in your own life. Don't forget to subscribe, leave a review, and join the conversation as we continue to celebrate the powerful narratives that shape our understanding of history.
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Speaker 1 (00:10):
Good morning, ladies and gentlemen.
Mr Newton here, along with myamazing class Hello, class,
hello.
We even have a new student.
We have Mr Christian.
Hello Christian, how's it going?
Give us a hello, hello, he's acool kid.
Hey, we're podcasting today andour subject is Black History
Month, our last day of February.
My students have put togethersome amazing podcasts on some
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amazing African Americans inhistory, past present.
So some are still alive, somehave passed away, and we look
forward to learning a lot aboutdifferent African-Americans and
history.
So after the next break we'regoing to kick it off with my
friend, aiden.
Hello, aiden, hello, and whoare we going to learn about?
Aiden?
Speaker 3 (00:53):
John.
Speaker 1 (00:53):
Lewis, john Lewis.
All right, let's talk after thenext break.
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To rock around, that's right ontime.
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Speaker 4 (01:07):
It's tricky.
To rock around.
To rock around, that's right ontime.
It's tricky.
Speaker 1 (01:12):
We were just being silly with Run DMC.
Run DMC, another super coolgroup from the 80s.
You'd be surprised how kidsknow some old school music.
So here we go, our firstAfrican American history.
So good morning, aiden, andlet's learn about John Lewis All
right.
Speaker 3 (01:31):
Welcome to our Black History Month podcast, where we
celebrate the lives and legaciesof influential African
Americans who have shaped ourhistory and continue to inspire
us.
Today I'm your host, aidenMuradian, and today we're
honoring the life of a trueAmerican hero, john Lewis.
John Robert Lewis was born onFebruary 21st 1940, in Pike
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County, alabama.
Growing up in the segregatedSouth, john experienced the
harsh realities of racialdiscrimination from a young age.
His parents were sharecroppersand he often worked alongside
them in the fields.
Despite these challenges, johnwas determined to make a
difference.
Inspired by the courage of RosaParks and the leadership of Dr
Martin Luther King Jr, johnLewis became actively involved
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in the civil rights movement.
He attended the AmericanBaptist Theological Seminary and
Fisk University in Nashville,tennessee, where he studied
religion and philosophy.
It was during this time that hebegan organizing sit-ins at
segregated lunch counters andparticipating in the Freedom
Rides, challenging thesegregation of public
transportation.
In 1963, at just 23 years old,john Lewis became the chairman
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of the Student NonviolentCoordinating Committee, or SNCC.
He was one of the youngestleaders of the civil rights
movement and played a key rolein organizing the historic March
on Washington, where Dr Kingdelivered his famous I have a
Dream speech.
One of the most pivotal momentsin John Lewis's life occurred
on March 7, 1965, a day thatwould become known as Bloody
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Sunday.
Lewis led over 600 peacefulprotesters across the Edmund
Peters Bridge in Selma, alabama,to demand voting rights for
African Americans.
The marchers were met withbrutal violence from state
troopers and John Lewis himselfwas severely beaten.
Despite the violence, heremained committed to
non-violence and continued tofight for justice.
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He unfortunately got his skullfractured during the bloodbath
of protests, gloves and pepperspray.
He still pushed forward andtook part in many important
events.
John Lewis's dedication to civilrights extended beyond the
1960s.
In 1986, he was elected to theUnited States House of
Representatives representingGeorgia's 5th Congressional
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District.
He served in Congress for 17terms, becoming a powerful voice
for justice, equality and humanrights.
Throughout his career, hereceived numerous awards and
honors, including thePresidential Medal of Freedom in
2011.
John Lewis passed away on July17, 2020, but his legacy lives
on.
He is remembered as a tirelessadvocate for civil rights, a
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champion of nonviolence and aman who dedicated his life to
making good trouble in thepursuit of justice.
His courage and determinationcontinue to inspire generations
to stand up for what is rightand to fight for a more just and
equitable world.
Thank you for joining us todayas we honor the life and legacy
of John Lewis.
His contributions to the civilrights movement and his
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unwavering commitment to justiceremind us the power of one
person to make a difference.
Stay tuned as we continue tocelebrate the remarkable
individuals who have shaped ourhistory.
Until next time.
I'm Aiden Meradian and this isour Black History Month podcast.
Speaker 1 (04:46):
That was awesome.
Wow, that was awesome.
Wow, that was awesome.
I love it.
We had a little digitalapplause.
I love it.
That was fantastic.
So detailed, so amazing.
Who's on deck?
Ironically, it is a baseballplayer.
Who's on deck?
Who are we going to learn about?
Tommy next?
Roberto Clemente, robertoClemente, roberto Clemente and
Tommy did something a littlecool, a little bit different.
(05:08):
So we're going to pause andwe're going to listen to Mr
Tommy.
Hello, friends, we are backwith the best class in the
universe.
Hello, class, hello.
So we learned a little bitabout John Lewis.
So here I have Tommy.
Little bit about John Lewis.
So here I have Tommy.
Actually, it's not Tommy I havesitting next to me, I have
Roberto Clemente.
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We're going to learn aboutRoberto Clemente.
So, mr Clemente, thank you forcoming to our class and tell us
a little bit about yourself.
Speaker 3 (05:35):
Hello class.
My story is in first person.
I am Roberto Clemente.
I am a Puerto Ricanprofessional baseball player who
played 18 seasons in the MLBfor the Pittsburgh Pirates,
primarily as a right fielder.
I was born on August 18, 1934.
I was drafted by the PittsburghPirates in 1954 and rose to
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become the greatest baseballplayer of all time.
In December 1972, I died in aplane crash.
After my death, the NationalBaseball Hall of Fame changed
its rules so that a player thathas been dead for at least six
months would be eligible.
On March 20, 1973, the BaseballWriters Association of America
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held a special election for theBaseball Hall of Fame.
They voted to waive the waivingperiod for me Due to the
circumstances of my death.
They elected me for theinduction into the Hall of Fame,
giving me 393 out of 420available votes, for 92% of the
vote.
I was a track and field starand an Olympic before putting my
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full attention to baseball.
My professional career beganwhen I was 18 with the
Concentraros de Sanctuary of thePuerto Rican Professional
Baseball League.
I hope you enjoyed learningabout me.
Slash Roberto Clemente.
Good job.
Wow, that was awesome.
Speaker 1 (07:10):
I love it.
And Tommy, if you notice,friends, tommy spoke in first
person as he was the actualperson.
Wow Baseball.
He had 3,000 hits, but what atragic passing died so young.
So anyways, that was awesome.
We're going to pause just for aminute and who are we going to
learn about next?
Aidan Kay, we're going to belearning about Chadwick Boseman.
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Chadwick Boseman Maybe some ofyou know who Black Panther was,
so we're going to listen to MrAidan Kay talk about Chadwick
Boseman.
I love it.
After the next break.
Alright, friends, hey, we arechanneling our inner Avenger,
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our inner Avenger, because we'regoing to learn about Chadwick
Boseman.
Not only was he an Avenger,black Panther, but he was a
great actor, wasn't he?
So let's learn a little bitabout Chadwick Boseman from Mr
Aiden Kay.
Go right ahead, sir.
Speaker 3 (08:13):
Okay, so Chadwick Boseman's birthday is on
November 29, 1976.
He was born and raised inAnderson, south Carolina.
His father worked for anagriculture farm and furniture
work, and his mother was a nurse.
Chadwick went to TL Hanna HighSchool and attended College
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Howard University Dated in 2013,42, 2016, captain America,
civil War, 2018, black Panther,2018 Avengers, infinity War and
2019 Avengers Endgame.
Chadwick Boseman died at 43years old on August 28, 2020
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because of colon cancer.
These were some of Chadwick'slast words on Earth.
People deserve abundant lifespecial moments.
They've been throughhell-battling disease.
Chadwick Boseman.
Speaker 1 (09:11):
All right, nice job, nice job, good job, very
informative, very interesting,very sad, very tragic death of
Chadwick Boseman.
He portrayed a superhero and hepassed away of cancer, a
horrible disease.
So again, well done.
Very good job, ryan.
Who are we going to learn aboutnext?
(09:32):
More about Chadwick Boseman,more about Chadwick Boseman, I
love it.
So he's going to fill us in alittle bit more about Chadwick
Boseman.
So I don't think we're going totake a break, we'll just kind
of keep going, since we happento be talking about Chadwick
Boseman, I love it.
So while you're getting whereyou need to be, do you have a
favorite Chadwick Boseman movieor character?
Speaker 2 (09:53):
My favorite movie from Chadwick Boseman is
probably 42 or Black Panther.
Speaker 1 (10:00):
I love it.
So, without further ado, let'shear a little bit more, maybe
some of the same stuff, which istotally fine.
A little bit more aboutChadwick Boseman.
Go ahead, ryan.
Speaker 2 (10:09):
Hello guys, today we're going to be learning about
Chadwick Boseman, one of thebest actors.
In my opinion, chadwick Bosemanis one of the best actors in
the whole industry.
He has been in numerous movies,like Black Panther.
He has been in numerous movieslike Black Panther 42, get On Up
and many more movies.
Chadwick Boseman is a famousactor.
He has multiple differentawards.
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He has one Golden Globe Award,one Primetime Emmy Award, one
Critics' Choice Award and twoScreen Actors Guild Awards.
So in total, he has five awards.
Fun fact about Chadwick Bosemanso in total, he has five awards
.
Fun fact about Chadwick Bosemanhe was the first African
American to be in the MarvelCinematic Universe and, in my
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opinion, he's the best actor.
I chose Chadwick Boseman becausehe is my inspiration for acting
and I just love his work.
My favorite movie by him isBlack Panther and I used to
watch Black Panther so much tothe point where I could recite
the whole movie.
I also think he is a verytalented actor, but he sadly
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died in 2020 from colon cancerand everybody was devastated by
his death.
And three years later, blackPanther 2 came out and it was a
good movie.
It also is really long.
Who came out?
And it was a good movie.
It also is really long.
I bet he was very impressed byall the actors dedicating the
movie to him.
Speaker 1 (11:36):
Good job, I love it.
Good job, I love it, love it,love it, love it.
I also have seen Black Panthera few times.
I love it.
Brianna, who are we going tolearn about next?
Maya Angelou.
Maya Angelou what a greatauthor, poet, one of the most
famous authors and poets of ourcountry.
So we're going to take a breakand have Miss Spudge come on
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over here and listening aboutMaya Angelou.
I love it.
Audience participation I loveit.
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Little do they know that someof you are going to start
singing solos.
Just kidding, what's justkidding?
Hey friends, we are back withMiss Spudge and Maya Angelou.
She chose Maya Angelou.
Spudge, why did you choose MayaAngelou?
Speaker 3 (12:42):
Because she was a writer and actor and I want to
be one.
Speaker 1 (12:47):
I love it.
So Spudger's going to use herplayground voice and we want to
learn about Maya Angelou.
Who was she?
Speaker 3 (12:54):
Maya was born on April 4, 1928, in St Louis,
missouri, but Maya wasn't herreal name.
Her real name was MargaretAnnie Johnson.
Her brother nicknamed her MayaAngelou, which stuck with her.
Later on in life, she startedmaking books of poetry and
started acting.
She received dozens of awardsand more than 30 honorary
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doctoral degrees.
Maya is best known for herautobiographies, which mainly
focus on her childhood andadulthood challenges.
She had a son at 16 who wasdisabled in the neck.
Later in her lifetime, shemarried a young man in 1951
named Tosh Angelo.
Tosh was a great Greek soldierand he was an African American.
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As a civil rights activist,maya said she wanted freedom, so
sadly, they divorced in 1952.
Then she married Paul Dufu, whowas a Welsh carpenter and a
writer, in 1973.
Before she married Paul, shemarried a man named Vasumi Maki
in 1960 and divorced in 1963.
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Maya wrote a book called Still,which was a book about freedom
and her experience with Tosh.
People recognized her in herpoems throughout her numerous
awards, and she received thePresidential Medal of Freedom in
2011.
And then she died because ofheart problems in May 28, 2014.
Speaker 1 (14:22):
Maya Angelou.
We've done some poetry in here.
Oh, they love Maya Angelou,apparently.
That was awesome.
So we've done some poetry inhere.
And she again, one of the mostfamous poets ever in our country
.
So well done.
I remember seeing her on theOprah Winfrey show.
I love it.
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So we're going to take a break.
And Aubrey, who are we going tolearn about?
Katherine Johnson?
Katherine show I love it.
So we're going to take a break.
And Aubrey, who are we going tolearn about?
Katherine Johnson?
I love it.
So let's take a break and let'slearn about Katherine Johnson.
Cool, all right, friends.
Hey, we are back.
No musical break this time, butwe're going to learn about
Katherine Johnson, and I betsome people don't know who that
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was.
And here we have our friend,miss Aubrey, to tell us about
who she was.
She was pretty amazing.
Speaker 3 (15:09):
Hi, I'm Aubrey and I will be talking about Katherine
Johnson.
Katherine Goble Johnson wasborn in West Virginia on August
26 of 1918.
Her parents' names wereJoylette and Joshua.
Her father was a lumberman andher mother was a teacher.
She also had a brother namedHorace, another brother named
Charles and a sister namedMargaret.
She went to White SulphurSprings Elementary in West
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Virginia at six years old.
Instead of going tokindergarten, she skipped that
and went to second grade.
At age 10, she finished eighthgrade and started high school.
She was one of the bestmathematicians, therefore.
She excelled in school.
Then, at age 14, she graduatedfrom high school.
After that, she started collegeat age 15 and went to West
Virginia State.
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There she took as many mathclasses as she could.
She graduated from college atage 18, where most people would
have just started.
Later into her life.
She married a man named James.
He then died because of aninoperable brain tumor.
She then remarried a man namedJim.
Before James died, she hadthree kids Constance, joyla and
Catherine.
She was mainly known forworking at NASA.
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Even after already being turneddown, she was a mathematician
and calculated what to do inspace travel.
She worked there for 30 years.
She is known for hercalculations in the Apollo moon
landings.
Then, in 2015, she was awardedthe Presidential Medal of
Freedom by ex-president BarackObama.
In 2016, she was also awardedthe Silver Snoopy Award by a
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NASA astronaut.
Then she was awarded theCongressional Gold Medal by the
United States Congress andfinally, she was inducted into
the Great Woman's Hall of Fameafter she had died.
She lived to be 101 years old.
She died on February 24th of2020.
Thank you for listening andlearning about Katherine Johnson
so there's a movie they madecalled Hidden Figures.
Speaker 1 (17:06):
Hidden Figures have you heard of it before?
Yes, yeah, hidden Figures greatmovie.
We learned a lot aboutKatherine Johnson.
We're going to take a break,musical break, and we'll see you
after this break.
Thanks, no more.
No more.
Hit the road with Jack.
Speaker 3 (17:19):
And don't you come back.
No more what you say, hit theroad with Jack.
Speaker 1 (17:24):
All right, hey, friends, we are back with our
Black History Monthpresentations, and here we have
Stephen, and everybody in classis going to be listening to his
presentation on who?
Speaker 3 (17:38):
Mae C Jemison.
Speaker 1 (17:39):
Mae Jemison.
So we had a little bit of RayCharles going old school on us
Students.
Maybe you've heard or haven'theard of Ray Charles, very, very
famous musician.
So Mae Jempson, who was she?
I have a feeling she enjoyedspace.
Speaker 3 (17:55):
She was the first African American to be launched
into space.
Welcome to our Black HistoryMonth report or project.
Today you'll be hearing aboutMacy Jemison, the first African
American in space.
Let's see what she did andfacts about her.
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She was born on October 17,1956.
Like I said earlier, she wasthe first African American to be
in space.
When she was three, she movedto Chicago with her family.
May spent a lot of her timereading science.
Soon May would want to pursue acareer in biomedical
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engineering.
She worked on rabies-relatedprojects.
Then she made a career change,moving back to America.
She wanted to become anastronaut.
In 1985, she applied for thetraining.
Sadly, the challenge disasterhappened when she tried again a
year later.
She was chosen On June 4, 1987,she was the first African
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American to be in the spacetraining program.
She flew into space in 1992with six other astronauts aboard
.
Wow, that is impressive.
Thank you for listening to myreport.
Bye.
Speaker 1 (19:14):
Good job.
That was interesting about MaeJemison.
Hey, stephen, I have a couplequestions.
Do you think your generationwill?
Do you think we'll get to Mars?
Speaker 3 (19:23):
Maybe I don't really know yet.
Speaker 1 (19:25):
Okay.
So you think maybe what aboutthe moon?
You think we'll be back to themoon.
Speaker 3 (19:28):
Yes no-transcript.
Speaker 1 (19:47):
All right, friends.
Hey, we are back with the bestclass in the universe who are
hard at work doing their thing.
But I have my friend sittingnext to me.
Who are you?
Speaker 4 (19:54):
Andrew.
Speaker 1 (19:55):
Hello Andrew, and who are we going to learn about
today?
Speaker 3 (19:58):
Pele.
Speaker 1 (19:58):
Pele, or Pele, or however you choose to pronounce
it Super important, famoussoccer player.
So who was this person?
Go ahead, andrew.
Speaker 3 (20:10):
Pele was a Brazilian professional footballer.
He played as a forward.
Pele is regarded as one of thegreatest players of all time and
labeled the greatest by FIFA.
Pele also regarded as one ofthe greatest players of all time
and labeled the greatest byFIFA.
Pele also became the firstblack person to be on the cover
of Story Life magazine, beforeany black American.
It was emerged at the 1958World Cup, where he became a
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black global sporting star.
He also won three FIFA Men'sWorld Cups at 17.
Pele was born October 23, 1940,died December 29, 2022, at age
82.
I picked Pele because he's anamazing soccer player that won
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three World Cups at 17.
That was crazy, and nothingever stopped him from creating.
He made me never quit my dreamfor soccer.
Pele also became wait.
Pele is considered one of thegreatest soccer players of all
time.
He is famous for his road cupwins, great goal scoring and
contributes to peace.
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Pele is the only player to winthe FIFA World Cup three times,
in 1958, 1962, and 1970.
Speaker 1 (21:22):
That was awesome.
Great job, great job, andrew.
Hey, out of all the soccerplays, why Pele?
Speaker 3 (21:30):
Why, I don't know.
I actually like him.
I feel like he's the best.
Speaker 1 (21:34):
Great, I love it.
Keep working hard, I love it.
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Alright, another oldie butgoodie.
Nat King Cole Unforgettable.
I have my friend.
Who are you, sir Connor?
Hello Connor, who are we goingto learn about today?
Speaker 4 (22:07):
Jackie Robinson.
Speaker 1 (22:08):
Jackie Robinson.
Oh my goodness, where do webegin?
Jackie Robinson, super famousathlete, go right ahead.
Speaker 4 (22:14):
Hello families and friends.
Thank you for joining us on ourBlack History Podcast.
Today I'll be talking aboutJackie Robinson.
Jackie grew up in Georgia withfive older siblings and he had a
single mother.
He moved to Los Angeles,california, later on.
His older brothers reallyinspired him to do sports.
His brother, his brothers, werealso in the Olympics.
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Jackie Robinson went to JohnMuir High School in Pasadena,
california.
He was a very athletic kid.
Jackie played four sports trackbaseball, basketball and
football and continued hiseducation at UCLA.
On his journey of trying to geta career and get on a path in
life, jackie had to deal withracial segregation and people
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shouting racial slurs, but itdidn't stop him from going to
college.
He did really well and then hebecame a lieutenant for the Army
.
An incident happened whereJackie had to wait a long
timeline to get a Coke at arestaurant because he was black
and all the white people got togo in front of him and he fought
it.
While being in the Army he wasgood friends with Martin Luther
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King Jr and attended his I havea Dream speech.
He got drafted by the BrooklynDodgers after Ricky sent
baseball scouts to find the bestNegro baseball player was
called at the time and it turnedout to be Jackie Robinson.
But Coach Ricky knew it wouldbe tough for Robinson so he sent
him to play for the Kansas CityMonarchs in a less segregated
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area and then went to Brooklynto play with the Dodgers.
Coach Rickey asked Jackie if hecould deal with racial slurs,
people trying to hurt him andCoach Rickey even acted out
scenarios and if he could takeit without fighting physically
but fighting with his crazyplays and crazy hits and a bunch
more.
And Jackie said he can dealwith it.
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But it wasn't long till CoachRickey was right.
Jackie had a deal of racialdiscrimination.
People threatened to hurtJackie and his family and
shouted ugly names at him.
But it didn't stop him.
He ended up doing so well andpeople liked Jackie Robinson and
he was so inspiring he ended upbreaking the color barrier for
Major League Baseball.
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His number 42 is retired by theLos Angeles Dodgers to this day
.
He died of a heart attack at ayoung age of 53 on October 24,
1972 at his home in Sanford.
Thank you for taking time outof your day to listen to my
podcast all about JackieRobinson, and have a good rest
of your day.
Speaker 1 (24:40):
That was fantastic.
Good job, that was great.
That was great.
So how significant and howimportant do you think he was to
baseball?
Speaker 4 (24:50):
Very, if he wasn't around, then we probably
wouldn't have African-Americansplaying baseball today.
Speaker 1 (24:57):
Do you think he influenced other sports as well?
Speaker 4 (25:00):
Yeah, for sure.
Speaker 1 (25:01):
I love it.
Great, super, super informative.
All right, and J friends, weare back.
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If you're wondering what thatcrazy noise was, that is an
airplane getting ready to takeoff, which leads us into our
friend Jaden Hello, jaden, hello, and we're going to learn about
Bessie Coleman.
Who was Bessie Coleman?
Speaker 3 (25:41):
For my Black History Month project, I picked Bessie
Coleman.
She was the firstAfrican-American to earn her
pilot's license.
She earned her pilot's licensein 1921, and she is known for a
pioneer aviator.
She worked hard to achieve thisrole.
She was a big deal back thenbecause she was the first
African-American female to earna pilot's license.
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She was born in Atlanta, texas,in 1892 and died in Florida in
1926.
She was a twin daughter andsuffered lots of racial
discrimination.
If you are wondering what planeshe flew back then, it's called
the DIP plane.
You may be wondering how shedied.
Well, it was very tragic.
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She died when her plane wentinto a nosedive and she fell out
of her plane around 2,000 feetin the sky.
Her mechanic, named WilliamWills, was the one who piloted
the plane, but he also died whenthe plane smashed into the
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ground.
She struggled entering apiloting aviation university
since she was an AfricanAmerican and a female, so she
decided to create a universityto give many other African
Americans a chance to go into auniversity.
According to Google, the reasonthe plane went into a nosedive
is because a wrench fell intoher engine bay.
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This crash is still unknown andwhose wrench it was.
She was educated in a schoolcalled Langston University.
You may be curious if she wasever married and yes, she was.
Her spouse was Claude Glenn.
She changed the world byinspiring other African
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Americans to also earn a pilot'slicense and achieve beautiful
things.
She is remembered for being oneof the African Americans to
earn a pilot's license.
Speaker 1 (27:39):
I love it.
Great job, jim, great job.
Hey, a crazy question.
Do you want to be a pilot?
Yes, what kind of pilot?
In the military?
A commercial air pilot,commercial?
Can I ask why?
What is interesting about that?
Speaker 3 (27:55):
I just find it very inspiring how planes work.
I love it Fantastic, I love it,I love it.
Speaker 1 (28:00):
Fantastic, I love it.
I love it.
Great, have you crazy question?
Another crazy question have youbeen on a commercial airplane?
Yeah, pretty crazy, I love it.
Thanks, jane, I love it, loveit, love it.
Another friend, let's look intothe audience.
Frances, good afternoon, happyFriday.
Who are we going to learn about?
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Dorothy Johnson, dorothyJohnson, I love it.
Speaker 4 (28:37):
So my friend Frances will be up next, great let's
pause.
Speaker 1 (28:42):
All right, hey, we are back friends with my friend,
Frances.
Frances, who are we going tolearn?
Speaker 3 (28:49):
about Dorothy Johnson .
Speaker 1 (28:50):
Dorothy Johnson.
Why somebody who's in the fifthgrade?
Why would you pick DorothyJohnson?
Speaker 3 (28:56):
I just think that she was very smart and she did a
lot of amazing things.
Speaker 1 (29:00):
And you found her very interesting.
I love it, so let's hear abouther.
Speaker 3 (29:03):
Who was she?
She was a mathematician thatworked on sending satellites and
astronauts into space and hernickname was Human Computer.
Speaker 1 (29:15):
What a great nickname , Human Computer.
Speaker 3 (29:16):
She was born on September 20, 1910, in Kansas
City, missouri, with her parents, leonard and Annie Johnson.
She went to WilberforceUniversity and studied there.
When she had joined thedepartment, she worked in
infraspace.
It was segregated, but sixyears later after she joined,
she became manager of herdivision, becoming the first
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black supervisor, and a decadelater the segregation in the
agency ended.
She later joined the analysisand computation division and
helped launch some of the firstastronauts into space.
After some time working thereand having lots of dedication,
she had retired from NASA in1971 at the age of 61.
She had sadly passed away fromnatural causes on November 10,
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2008.
She inspired a lot of people tokeep pushing and to never give
up on their dreams.
Speaker 1 (30:06):
Wow, I'm back to the phrase I'm a human computer.
So she obviously did what shewas good at math, or she could
do equations in her head.
Why do you think they named herhuman computer?
Speaker 3 (30:23):
Probably because she was really fast at doing
calculations and she couldfigure out calculations on like
space satellites.
Speaker 1 (30:26):
I love it.
Do you find, can you relate tothat?
Are you pretty good at doingstuff in your head pretty quick,
like that?
Not really, that's okay, hey,you're honest.
I love it.
I love it.
Great, I love it.
Thank you, dear, appreciate it.
Let's move on to our nextperson.
I love it.
Oh, we have a volunteer.
I love it, calvin.
Who are we going to learn about?
Michael Jordan.
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Michael Jordan or, as you kidssay, mj.
Let's pause.
All right, that was awesome.
(31:15):
That was the intro to theChicago Bulls and what a great
intro to Michael Jordan.
So let's hear from Calvin.
He's going to talk aboutMichael Jordan.
Speaker 4 (31:23):
Hello, my name is Calvin and the script I've made
is based on one of the mosticonic talents in the NBA and is
culturally popular.
As an honor to Michael Jordan,I'd like to represent him,
because no one is like the wayhe performs on the court and off
.
In my opinion, michael Jordan'slegacy stands above Black
History Month as the GOAT.
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So enjoy as I represent thestunning talent of Michael J
Jordan.
Michael Jordan, who was born onFebruary 17, 1963, who played
with the Chicago Bulls whenJordan was young, his family
observed what he liked doing asa child.
At a very young age, michaelJordan's family moved to
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Wilmington, north Carolina.
At the time when Jordan was six.
He liked playing baseball,football and basketball.
At the same time, when Jordanwas about to turn double digits,
he started getting a littlemore serious at baseball,
practicing a lot, but this wouldchange very soon.
Jordan got tired of baseball,so he decided to play some
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basketball on the court.
After playing for a long time,jordan realized that he had more
passion for the sport.
Jordan's outlook changed and hegot serious about basketball.
As Jordan got older, hisparents attended him to Emsley,
a Laney High School.
As Jordan got older, hisparents attended him to Emsley A
Laney High School.
When he attended it, hisparents wanted him to play the
same three sports that he playedwhen he was little.
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But when Jordan tried out forthe basketball varsity team in
his sophomore year, the coachesthought he was too small and did
not make the team.
The following summer MichaelJordan trained very hard and
grew four inches taller.
He tried out again and hefinally earned a spot on the
roster of the varsity team.
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As Jordan earned his spot, hewent off averaging 25 points per
game in his final two seasonswith the team.
In his final season as a senior, he was selected to the 1981
McDonald's All-American game andscored 30 points.
After he finished high school,a bunch of universities like
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Duke, north Carolina, southCarolina and Syracuse offered
him scholarships.
In 1981, after just two monthswhen he just finished high
school, he signed a scholarshipwith the North Carolina Tar
Heels University.
Jordan majored in culturalgeography.
The reason he majored in thissegment is because he was
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interested in meteorology.
When Jordan ended his firstseason, he averaged 13.4 PPG a
game.
Not his best, he thought.
But the Tar Heels went to theNCAA championship and Michael
Jordan made the game-winningshot for them, with the team
being carried to the NCAAchampionship win led by future
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NBA rival, patrick Ewing turningpoint in basketball.
After this season, jordan leftCarolina in 1984 to join the NBA
draft, although after two yearshe came back for his college
degree.
Jordan played 13 seasons withthe Bulls and two seasons with
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the Washington Wizards.
Michael Jordan was most knownfor his shoes, air Jordan that
were popular in the 1990s andstill today.
Jordan was named NBA's MostValuable Player five times.
Michael Jordan was drafted asthe third overall pick in the
draft in 1984.
When the season started in May,michael Jordan had his first
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game with the Bulls.
That was his debut with theBulls.
His first game, he posted anunbelievable 16 points, 6
rebounds, 7 assists and 4 blocks.
In 1984, the season ended short.
In the three-game seriesagainst the Celtics In 1985,
jordan broke his foot, missinghalf of the season.
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The Bulls missed out on theplayoffs with a 30-52 record.
As Jordan continued to be great,he was elected for multiple
All-Star games and, being theperson he usually is, jordan was
great at making baskets.
In the 1986-87 season, he andWilt Chamberlain became the only
player to score 3,000 in theseason.
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After the season, they facedBoston again and lost the season
ending their season.
But Jordan continued to begreat and great and in 1991-1993
was one of the best seasons forthe Bulls, as they won three
championships.
When you win three in a rowit's called a three-peat, but
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after this he won three moresecurity and another three-peat
1996 and 1998.
And after 1998, he announcedhis retirement.
To play baseball, jordan signeda minor league contract with
the White Sox, but he onlyplayed one game in Chicago After
2001,.
Jordan returned back to playbasketball with the Wizards for
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two seasons and he didofficially announce his
retirement in 2003.
Today he is still alive andstill makes a lot of money
selling his Air Jordans.
I hope you enjoyed the storyabout Michael Jordan.
Speaker 1 (36:30):
That was fantastic.
Great job, great job.
Have you seen?
Even the audience loved it too.
Have you seen any documentariesor movies about him?
Yeah, space Jam, you're sofunny, space Jam Not surprised,
but they have some greatdocumentaries and movies about
him as well, but Space Jam wasfun.
(36:50):
Here's a fun fact about AirJordans Did you know that his
mother made him sign that Nikecontract and the contract was
for a percentage of shoe sales?
so the very first Air Jordanyear they did not expect to sell
really a lot of shoes and theyended up selling about 15
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million shoes, and now, to thisday, he makes billions of
dollars with that shoe contractand he doesn't even play anymore
.
So that that was great.
I love it.
You really covered everything.
Super informative.
I love it.
And we're going to finish offour Black History Month
presentations for now with onemore, and I'm going to choose my
friend, annalise.
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Annalise, who are we going tolearn about?
I love it.
So let's hear from Annalise injust a second, after the next
break.
All right, thank you, friend.
All right, hey friends.
Yes, bruno, to your phone book.
I'm trying to kiss your lipsfor a minute, all right, hey
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friends, yes, bruno Marsactually does appear on this
song, a little bit later in thesong, though.
Great, did you know thebackstory of this song?
It's kind of funny how thissong was written, but, yeah,
bruno Mars contributed to it.
For the end of Volume 1 ofBlack History Month, we have
Annalise, hello Annalise.
And who are we going to learnabout today?
(38:25):
We're going to learn aboutJacob Lawrence.
Great.
So how about?
In your best playground voice,let's learn about your famous
African American history.
Speaker 3 (38:29):
Jacob Lawrence was a famous artist who was inspired
to make Cubism art.
He was one of the firstnationality recognized African
American artists.
He was the first to berecognized by other people.
Jacob Lawrence was also thefirst African-American artist to
gain broad recognition.
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With the segregation art worldof 1940s he went painting the
art era of 1940s, which ispainted by abstract expertism.
Jacob Lawrence didn't just painthis imaginary thoughts.
He painted what he saw with hisvision.
He painted of what's happeningon the outside.
He painted his vision ofpoverty, crime and police
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brutality.
He drew or painted what isbased on what's happening in the
outside world.
He started painting his visionbecause there is a, there is
this, there is this artist whoinspired him to paint.
He was inspired by the Harlemcommunity's interest of the in
the stories of its heritage.
Also, the Harlem communitiesinspired him to make Cubism art.
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Jacob Lawrence started paintingthroughout the 1930s.
He was born in 1917, september7th, so he started painting when
he was 13.
Sadly, jacob Lawrence died onJune 9, 2000 from lung cancer.
He could not finish his career.
Speaker 1 (39:59):
Wow, great job.
Hey, another fascinating choiceof you all.
So why, of all the people youcould have chose, why choose
this person?
Speaker 3 (40:10):
I chose him because I'm also inspired to do art,
just like him.
Speaker 1 (40:16):
Love it, I love it.
Great job, fantastic.
All right, friends, I hope youenjoyed and learned a lot about
our different African Americasin history and we'll catch you
in the next episode.
Thanks,
Good morning, ladies and gentlemen.
Mr Newton here, along with myamazing class Hello, class,
hello.
We even have a new student.
We have Mr Christian.
Hello Christian, how's it going?
Give us a hello, hello, he's acool kid.
Hey, we're podcasting today andour subject is Black History
Month, our last day of February.
My students have put togethersome amazing podcasts on some
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amazing African Americans inhistory, past present.
So some are still alive, somehave passed away, and we look
forward to learning a lot aboutdifferent African-Americans and
history.
So after the next break we'regoing to kick it off with my
friend, aiden.
Hello, aiden, hello, and whoare we going to learn about?
Aiden?
Speaker 3 (00:53):
John.
Speaker 1 (00:53):
Lewis, john Lewis.
All right, let's talk after thenext break.
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To rock around, that's right ontime.
It's tricky, it's tricky tricky, tricky, tricky.
Speaker 4 (01:07):
It's tricky.
To rock around.
To rock around, that's right ontime.
It's tricky.
Speaker 1 (01:12):
We were just being silly with Run DMC.
Run DMC, another super coolgroup from the 80s.
You'd be surprised how kidsknow some old school music.
So here we go, our firstAfrican American history.
So good morning, aiden, andlet's learn about John Lewis All
right.
Speaker 3 (01:31):
Welcome to our Black History Month podcast, where we
celebrate the lives and legaciesof influential African
Americans who have shaped ourhistory and continue to inspire
us.
Today I'm your host, aidenMuradian, and today we're
honoring the life of a trueAmerican hero, john Lewis.
John Robert Lewis was born onFebruary 21st 1940, in Pike
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County, alabama.
Growing up in the segregatedSouth, john experienced the
harsh realities of racialdiscrimination from a young age.
His parents were sharecroppersand he often worked alongside
them in the fields.
Despite these challenges, johnwas determined to make a
difference.
Inspired by the courage of RosaParks and the leadership of Dr
Martin Luther King Jr, johnLewis became actively involved
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in the civil rights movement.
He attended the AmericanBaptist Theological Seminary and
Fisk University in Nashville,tennessee, where he studied
religion and philosophy.
It was during this time that hebegan organizing sit-ins at
segregated lunch counters andparticipating in the Freedom
Rides, challenging thesegregation of public
transportation.
In 1963, at just 23 years old,john Lewis became the chairman
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of the Student NonviolentCoordinating Committee, or SNCC.
He was one of the youngestleaders of the civil rights
movement and played a key rolein organizing the historic March
on Washington, where Dr Kingdelivered his famous I have a
Dream speech.
One of the most pivotal momentsin John Lewis's life occurred
on March 7, 1965, a day thatwould become known as Bloody
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Sunday.
Lewis led over 600 peacefulprotesters across the Edmund
Peters Bridge in Selma, alabama,to demand voting rights for
African Americans.
The marchers were met withbrutal violence from state
troopers and John Lewis himselfwas severely beaten.
Despite the violence, heremained committed to
non-violence and continued tofight for justice.
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He unfortunately got his skullfractured during the bloodbath
of protests, gloves and pepperspray.
He still pushed forward andtook part in many important
events.
John Lewis's dedication to civilrights extended beyond the
1960s.
In 1986, he was elected to theUnited States House of
Representatives representingGeorgia's 5th Congressional
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District.
He served in Congress for 17terms, becoming a powerful voice
for justice, equality and humanrights.
Throughout his career, hereceived numerous awards and
honors, including thePresidential Medal of Freedom in
2011.
John Lewis passed away on July17, 2020, but his legacy lives
on.
He is remembered as a tirelessadvocate for civil rights, a
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champion of nonviolence and aman who dedicated his life to
making good trouble in thepursuit of justice.
His courage and determinationcontinue to inspire generations
to stand up for what is rightand to fight for a more just and
equitable world.
Thank you for joining us todayas we honor the life and legacy
of John Lewis.
His contributions to the civilrights movement and his
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unwavering commitment to justiceremind us the power of one
person to make a difference.
Stay tuned as we continue tocelebrate the remarkable
individuals who have shaped ourhistory.
Until next time.
I'm Aiden Meradian and this isour Black History Month podcast.
Speaker 1 (04:46):
That was awesome.
Wow, that was awesome.
Wow, that was awesome.
I love it.
We had a little digitalapplause.
I love it.
That was fantastic.
So detailed, so amazing.
Who's on deck?
Ironically, it is a baseballplayer.
Who's on deck?
Who are we going to learn about?
Tommy next?
Roberto Clemente, robertoClemente, roberto Clemente and
Tommy did something a littlecool, a little bit different.
(05:08):
So we're going to pause andwe're going to listen to Mr
Tommy.
Hello, friends, we are backwith the best class in the
universe.
Hello, class, hello.
So we learned a little bitabout John Lewis.
So here I have Tommy.
Little bit about John Lewis.
So here I have Tommy.
Actually, it's not Tommy I havesitting next to me, I have
Roberto Clemente.
(05:28):
We're going to learn aboutRoberto Clemente.
So, mr Clemente, thank you forcoming to our class and tell us
a little bit about yourself.
Speaker 3 (05:35):
Hello class.
My story is in first person.
I am Roberto Clemente.
I am a Puerto Ricanprofessional baseball player who
played 18 seasons in the MLBfor the Pittsburgh Pirates,
primarily as a right fielder.
I was born on August 18, 1934.
I was drafted by the PittsburghPirates in 1954 and rose to
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become the greatest baseballplayer of all time.
In December 1972, I died in aplane crash.
After my death, the NationalBaseball Hall of Fame changed
its rules so that a player thathas been dead for at least six
months would be eligible.
On March 20, 1973, the BaseballWriters Association of America
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held a special election for theBaseball Hall of Fame.
They voted to waive the waivingperiod for me Due to the
circumstances of my death.
They elected me for theinduction into the Hall of Fame,
giving me 393 out of 420available votes, for 92% of the
vote.
I was a track and field starand an Olympic before putting my
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full attention to baseball.
My professional career beganwhen I was 18 with the
Concentraros de Sanctuary of thePuerto Rican Professional
Baseball League.
I hope you enjoyed learningabout me.
Slash Roberto Clemente.
Good job.
Wow, that was awesome.
Speaker 1 (07:10):
I love it.
And Tommy, if you notice,friends, tommy spoke in first
person as he was the actualperson.
Wow Baseball.
He had 3,000 hits, but what atragic passing died so young.
So anyways, that was awesome.
We're going to pause just for aminute and who are we going to
learn about next?
Aidan Kay, we're going to belearning about Chadwick Boseman.
(07:32):
Chadwick Boseman Maybe some ofyou know who Black Panther was,
so we're going to listen to MrAidan Kay talk about Chadwick
Boseman.
I love it.
After the next break.
Alright, friends, hey, we arechanneling our inner Avenger,
(07:57):
our inner Avenger, because we'regoing to learn about Chadwick
Boseman.
Not only was he an Avenger,black Panther, but he was a
great actor, wasn't he?
So let's learn a little bitabout Chadwick Boseman from Mr
Aiden Kay.
Go right ahead, sir.
Speaker 3 (08:13):
Okay, so Chadwick Boseman's birthday is on
November 29, 1976.
He was born and raised inAnderson, south Carolina.
His father worked for anagriculture farm and furniture
work, and his mother was a nurse.
Chadwick went to TL Hanna HighSchool and attended College
(08:35):
Howard University Dated in 2013,42, 2016, captain America,
civil War, 2018, black Panther,2018 Avengers, infinity War and
2019 Avengers Endgame.
Chadwick Boseman died at 43years old on August 28, 2020
(08:58):
because of colon cancer.
These were some of Chadwick'slast words on Earth.
People deserve abundant lifespecial moments.
They've been throughhell-battling disease.
Chadwick Boseman.
Speaker 1 (09:11):
All right, nice job, nice job, good job, very
informative, very interesting,very sad, very tragic death of
Chadwick Boseman.
He portrayed a superhero and hepassed away of cancer, a
horrible disease.
So again, well done.
Very good job, ryan.
Who are we going to learn aboutnext?
(09:32):
More about Chadwick Boseman,more about Chadwick Boseman, I
love it.
So he's going to fill us in alittle bit more about Chadwick
Boseman.
So I don't think we're going totake a break, we'll just kind
of keep going, since we happento be talking about Chadwick
Boseman, I love it.
So while you're getting whereyou need to be, do you have a
favorite Chadwick Boseman movieor character?
Speaker 2 (09:53):
My favorite movie from Chadwick Boseman is
probably 42 or Black Panther.
Speaker 1 (10:00):
I love it.
So, without further ado, let'shear a little bit more, maybe
some of the same stuff, which istotally fine.
A little bit more aboutChadwick Boseman.
Go ahead, ryan.
Speaker 2 (10:09):
Hello guys, today we're going to be learning about
Chadwick Boseman, one of thebest actors.
In my opinion, chadwick Bosemanis one of the best actors in
the whole industry.
He has been in numerous movies,like Black Panther.
He has been in numerous movieslike Black Panther 42, get On Up
and many more movies.
Chadwick Boseman is a famousactor.
He has multiple differentawards.
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He has one Golden Globe Award,one Primetime Emmy Award, one
Critics' Choice Award and twoScreen Actors Guild Awards.
So in total, he has five awards.
Fun fact about Chadwick Bosemanso in total, he has five awards
.
Fun fact about Chadwick Bosemanhe was the first African
American to be in the MarvelCinematic Universe and, in my
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opinion, he's the best actor.
I chose Chadwick Boseman becausehe is my inspiration for acting
and I just love his work.
My favorite movie by him isBlack Panther and I used to
watch Black Panther so much tothe point where I could recite
the whole movie.
I also think he is a verytalented actor, but he sadly
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died in 2020 from colon cancerand everybody was devastated by
his death.
And three years later, blackPanther 2 came out and it was a
good movie.
It also is really long.
Who came out?
And it was a good movie.
It also is really long.
I bet he was very impressed byall the actors dedicating the
movie to him.
Speaker 1 (11:36):
Good job, I love it.
Good job, I love it, love it,love it, love it.
I also have seen Black Panthera few times.
I love it.
Brianna, who are we going tolearn about next?
Maya Angelou.
Maya Angelou what a greatauthor, poet, one of the most
famous authors and poets of ourcountry.
So we're going to take a breakand have Miss Spudge come on
(11:59):
over here and listening aboutMaya Angelou.
I love it.
Audience participation I loveit.
(12:27):
Little do they know that someof you are going to start
singing solos.
Just kidding, what's justkidding?
Hey friends, we are back withMiss Spudge and Maya Angelou.
She chose Maya Angelou.
Spudge, why did you choose MayaAngelou?
Speaker 3 (12:42):
Because she was a writer and actor and I want to
be one.
Speaker 1 (12:47):
I love it.
So Spudger's going to use herplayground voice and we want to
learn about Maya Angelou.
Who was she?
Speaker 3 (12:54):
Maya was born on April 4, 1928, in St Louis,
missouri, but Maya wasn't herreal name.
Her real name was MargaretAnnie Johnson.
Her brother nicknamed her MayaAngelou, which stuck with her.
Later on in life, she startedmaking books of poetry and
started acting.
She received dozens of awardsand more than 30 honorary
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doctoral degrees.
Maya is best known for herautobiographies, which mainly
focus on her childhood andadulthood challenges.
She had a son at 16 who wasdisabled in the neck.
Later in her lifetime, shemarried a young man in 1951
named Tosh Angelo.
Tosh was a great Greek soldierand he was an African American.
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As a civil rights activist,maya said she wanted freedom, so
sadly, they divorced in 1952.
Then she married Paul Dufu, whowas a Welsh carpenter and a
writer, in 1973.
Before she married Paul, shemarried a man named Vasumi Maki
in 1960 and divorced in 1963.
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Maya wrote a book called Still,which was a book about freedom
and her experience with Tosh.
People recognized her in herpoems throughout her numerous
awards, and she received thePresidential Medal of Freedom in
2011.
And then she died because ofheart problems in May 28, 2014.
Speaker 1 (14:22):
Maya Angelou.
We've done some poetry in here.
Oh, they love Maya Angelou,apparently.
That was awesome.
So we've done some poetry inhere.
And she again, one of the mostfamous poets ever in our country
.
So well done.
I remember seeing her on theOprah Winfrey show.
I love it.
(14:42):
So we're going to take a break.
And Aubrey, who are we going tolearn about?
Katherine Johnson?
Katherine show I love it.
So we're going to take a break.
And Aubrey, who are we going tolearn about?
Katherine Johnson?
I love it.
So let's take a break and let'slearn about Katherine Johnson.
Cool, all right, friends.
Hey, we are back.
No musical break this time, butwe're going to learn about
Katherine Johnson, and I betsome people don't know who that
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was.
And here we have our friend,miss Aubrey, to tell us about
who she was.
She was pretty amazing.
Speaker 3 (15:09):
Hi, I'm Aubrey and I will be talking about Katherine
Johnson.
Katherine Goble Johnson wasborn in West Virginia on August
26 of 1918.
Her parents' names wereJoylette and Joshua.
Her father was a lumberman andher mother was a teacher.
She also had a brother namedHorace, another brother named
Charles and a sister namedMargaret.
She went to White SulphurSprings Elementary in West
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Virginia at six years old.
Instead of going tokindergarten, she skipped that
and went to second grade.
At age 10, she finished eighthgrade and started high school.
She was one of the bestmathematicians, therefore.
She excelled in school.
Then, at age 14, she graduatedfrom high school.
After that, she started collegeat age 15 and went to West
Virginia State.
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There she took as many mathclasses as she could.
She graduated from college atage 18, where most people would
have just started.
Later into her life.
She married a man named James.
He then died because of aninoperable brain tumor.
She then remarried a man namedJim.
Before James died, she hadthree kids Constance, joyla and
Catherine.
She was mainly known forworking at NASA.
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Even after already being turneddown, she was a mathematician
and calculated what to do inspace travel.
She worked there for 30 years.
She is known for hercalculations in the Apollo moon
landings.
Then, in 2015, she was awardedthe Presidential Medal of
Freedom by ex-president BarackObama.
In 2016, she was also awardedthe Silver Snoopy Award by a
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NASA astronaut.
Then she was awarded theCongressional Gold Medal by the
United States Congress andfinally, she was inducted into
the Great Woman's Hall of Fameafter she had died.
She lived to be 101 years old.
She died on February 24th of2020.
Thank you for listening andlearning about Katherine Johnson
so there's a movie they madecalled Hidden Figures.
Speaker 1 (17:06):
Hidden Figures have you heard of it before?
Yes, yeah, hidden Figures greatmovie.
We learned a lot aboutKatherine Johnson.
We're going to take a break,musical break, and we'll see you
after this break.
Thanks, no more.
No more.
Hit the road with Jack.
Speaker 3 (17:19):
And don't you come back.
No more what you say, hit theroad with Jack.
Speaker 1 (17:24):
All right, hey, friends, we are back with our
Black History Monthpresentations, and here we have
Stephen, and everybody in classis going to be listening to his
presentation on who?
Speaker 3 (17:38):
Mae C Jemison.
Speaker 1 (17:39):
Mae Jemison.
So we had a little bit of RayCharles going old school on us
Students.
Maybe you've heard or haven'theard of Ray Charles, very, very
famous musician.
So Mae Jempson, who was she?
I have a feeling she enjoyedspace.
Speaker 3 (17:55):
She was the first African American to be launched
into space.
Welcome to our Black HistoryMonth report or project.
Today you'll be hearing aboutMacy Jemison, the first African
American in space.
Let's see what she did andfacts about her.
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She was born on October 17,1956.
Like I said earlier, she wasthe first African American to be
in space.
When she was three, she movedto Chicago with her family.
May spent a lot of her timereading science.
Soon May would want to pursue acareer in biomedical
(18:36):
engineering.
She worked on rabies-relatedprojects.
Then she made a career change,moving back to America.
She wanted to become anastronaut.
In 1985, she applied for thetraining.
Sadly, the challenge disasterhappened when she tried again a
year later.
She was chosen On June 4, 1987,she was the first African
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American to be in the spacetraining program.
She flew into space in 1992with six other astronauts aboard
.
Wow, that is impressive.
Thank you for listening to myreport.
Bye.
Speaker 1 (19:14):
Good job.
That was interesting about MaeJemison.
Hey, stephen, I have a couplequestions.
Do you think your generationwill?
Do you think we'll get to Mars?
Speaker 3 (19:23):
Maybe I don't really know yet.
Speaker 1 (19:25):
Okay.
So you think maybe what aboutthe moon?
You think we'll be back to themoon.
Speaker 3 (19:28):
Yes no-transcript.
Speaker 1 (19:47):
All right, friends.
Hey, we are back with the bestclass in the universe who are
hard at work doing their thing.
But I have my friend sittingnext to me.
Who are you?
Speaker 4 (19:54):
Andrew.
Speaker 1 (19:55):
Hello Andrew, and who are we going to learn about
today?
Speaker 3 (19:58):
Pele.
Speaker 1 (19:58):
Pele, or Pele, or however you choose to pronounce
it Super important, famoussoccer player.
So who was this person?
Go ahead, andrew.
Speaker 3 (20:10):
Pele was a Brazilian professional footballer.
He played as a forward.
Pele is regarded as one of thegreatest players of all time and
labeled the greatest by FIFA.
Pele also regarded as one ofthe greatest players of all time
and labeled the greatest byFIFA.
Pele also became the firstblack person to be on the cover
of Story Life magazine, beforeany black American.
It was emerged at the 1958World Cup, where he became a
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black global sporting star.
He also won three FIFA Men'sWorld Cups at 17.
Pele was born October 23, 1940,died December 29, 2022, at age
82.
I picked Pele because he's anamazing soccer player that won
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three World Cups at 17.
That was crazy, and nothingever stopped him from creating.
He made me never quit my dreamfor soccer.
Pele also became wait.
Pele is considered one of thegreatest soccer players of all
time.
He is famous for his road cupwins, great goal scoring and
contributes to peace.
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Pele is the only player to winthe FIFA World Cup three times,
in 1958, 1962, and 1970.
Speaker 1 (21:22):
That was awesome.
Great job, great job, andrew.
Hey, out of all the soccerplays, why Pele?
Speaker 3 (21:30):
Why, I don't know.
I actually like him.
I feel like he's the best.
Speaker 1 (21:34):
Great, I love it.
Keep working hard, I love it.
(21:59):
Alright, another oldie butgoodie.
Nat King Cole Unforgettable.
I have my friend.
Who are you, sir Connor?
Hello Connor, who are we goingto learn about today?
Speaker 4 (22:07):
Jackie Robinson.
Speaker 1 (22:08):
Jackie Robinson.
Oh my goodness, where do webegin?
Jackie Robinson, super famousathlete, go right ahead.
Speaker 4 (22:14):
Hello families and friends.
Thank you for joining us on ourBlack History Podcast.
Today I'll be talking aboutJackie Robinson.
Jackie grew up in Georgia withfive older siblings and he had a
single mother.
He moved to Los Angeles,california, later on.
His older brothers reallyinspired him to do sports.
His brother, his brothers, werealso in the Olympics.
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Jackie Robinson went to JohnMuir High School in Pasadena,
california.
He was a very athletic kid.
Jackie played four sports trackbaseball, basketball and
football and continued hiseducation at UCLA.
On his journey of trying to geta career and get on a path in
life, jackie had to deal withracial segregation and people
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shouting racial slurs, but itdidn't stop him from going to
college.
He did really well and then hebecame a lieutenant for the Army
.
An incident happened whereJackie had to wait a long
timeline to get a Coke at arestaurant because he was black
and all the white people got togo in front of him and he fought
it.
While being in the Army he wasgood friends with Martin Luther
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King Jr and attended his I havea Dream speech.
He got drafted by the BrooklynDodgers after Ricky sent
baseball scouts to find the bestNegro baseball player was
called at the time and it turnedout to be Jackie Robinson.
But Coach Ricky knew it wouldbe tough for Robinson so he sent
him to play for the Kansas CityMonarchs in a less segregated
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area and then went to Brooklynto play with the Dodgers.
Coach Rickey asked Jackie if hecould deal with racial slurs,
people trying to hurt him andCoach Rickey even acted out
scenarios and if he could takeit without fighting physically
but fighting with his crazyplays and crazy hits and a bunch
more.
And Jackie said he can dealwith it.
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But it wasn't long till CoachRickey was right.
Jackie had a deal of racialdiscrimination.
People threatened to hurtJackie and his family and
shouted ugly names at him.
But it didn't stop him.
He ended up doing so well andpeople liked Jackie Robinson and
he was so inspiring he ended upbreaking the color barrier for
Major League Baseball.
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His number 42 is retired by theLos Angeles Dodgers to this day
.
He died of a heart attack at ayoung age of 53 on October 24,
1972 at his home in Sanford.
Thank you for taking time outof your day to listen to my
podcast all about JackieRobinson, and have a good rest
of your day.
Speaker 1 (24:40):
That was fantastic.
Good job, that was great.
That was great.
So how significant and howimportant do you think he was to
baseball?
Speaker 4 (24:50):
Very, if he wasn't around, then we probably
wouldn't have African-Americansplaying baseball today.
Speaker 1 (24:57):
Do you think he influenced other sports as well?
Speaker 4 (25:00):
Yeah, for sure.
Speaker 1 (25:01):
I love it.
Great, super, super informative.
All right, and J friends, weare back.
(25:28):
If you're wondering what thatcrazy noise was, that is an
airplane getting ready to takeoff, which leads us into our
friend Jaden Hello, jaden, hello, and we're going to learn about
Bessie Coleman.
Who was Bessie Coleman?
Speaker 3 (25:41):
For my Black History Month project, I picked Bessie
Coleman.
She was the firstAfrican-American to earn her
pilot's license.
She earned her pilot's licensein 1921, and she is known for a
pioneer aviator.
She worked hard to achieve thisrole.
She was a big deal back thenbecause she was the first
African-American female to earna pilot's license.
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She was born in Atlanta, texas,in 1892 and died in Florida in
1926.
She was a twin daughter andsuffered lots of racial
discrimination.
If you are wondering what planeshe flew back then, it's called
the DIP plane.
You may be wondering how shedied.
Well, it was very tragic.
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She died when her plane wentinto a nosedive and she fell out
of her plane around 2,000 feetin the sky.
Her mechanic, named WilliamWills, was the one who piloted
the plane, but he also died whenthe plane smashed into the
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ground.
She struggled entering apiloting aviation university
since she was an AfricanAmerican and a female, so she
decided to create a universityto give many other African
Americans a chance to go into auniversity.
According to Google, the reasonthe plane went into a nosedive
is because a wrench fell intoher engine bay.
(27:06):
This crash is still unknown andwhose wrench it was.
She was educated in a schoolcalled Langston University.
You may be curious if she wasever married and yes, she was.
Her spouse was Claude Glenn.
She changed the world byinspiring other African
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Americans to also earn a pilot'slicense and achieve beautiful
things.
She is remembered for being oneof the African Americans to
earn a pilot's license.
Speaker 1 (27:39):
I love it.
Great job, jim, great job.
Hey, a crazy question.
Do you want to be a pilot?
Yes, what kind of pilot?
In the military?
A commercial air pilot,commercial?
Can I ask why?
What is interesting about that?
Speaker 3 (27:55):
I just find it very inspiring how planes work.
I love it Fantastic, I love it,I love it.
Speaker 1 (28:00):
Fantastic, I love it.
I love it.
Great, have you crazy question?
Another crazy question have youbeen on a commercial airplane?
Yeah, pretty crazy, I love it.
Thanks, jane, I love it, loveit, love it.
Another friend, let's look intothe audience.
Frances, good afternoon, happyFriday.
Who are we going to learn about?
(28:21):
Dorothy Johnson, dorothyJohnson, I love it.
Speaker 4 (28:37):
So my friend Frances will be up next, great let's
pause.
Speaker 1 (28:42):
All right, hey, we are back friends with my friend,
Frances.
Frances, who are we going tolearn?
Speaker 3 (28:49):
about Dorothy Johnson .
Speaker 1 (28:50):
Dorothy Johnson.
Why somebody who's in the fifthgrade?
Why would you pick DorothyJohnson?
Speaker 3 (28:56):
I just think that she was very smart and she did a
lot of amazing things.
Speaker 1 (29:00):
And you found her very interesting.
I love it, so let's hear abouther.
Speaker 3 (29:03):
Who was she?
She was a mathematician thatworked on sending satellites and
astronauts into space and hernickname was Human Computer.
Speaker 1 (29:15):
What a great nickname , Human Computer.
Speaker 3 (29:16):
She was born on September 20, 1910, in Kansas
City, missouri, with her parents, leonard and Annie Johnson.
She went to WilberforceUniversity and studied there.
When she had joined thedepartment, she worked in
infraspace.
It was segregated, but sixyears later after she joined,
she became manager of herdivision, becoming the first
(29:37):
black supervisor, and a decadelater the segregation in the
agency ended.
She later joined the analysisand computation division and
helped launch some of the firstastronauts into space.
After some time working thereand having lots of dedication,
she had retired from NASA in1971 at the age of 61.
She had sadly passed away fromnatural causes on November 10,
(30:00):
2008.
She inspired a lot of people tokeep pushing and to never give
up on their dreams.
Speaker 1 (30:06):
Wow, I'm back to the phrase I'm a human computer.
So she obviously did what shewas good at math, or she could
do equations in her head.
Why do you think they named herhuman computer?
Speaker 3 (30:23):
Probably because she was really fast at doing
calculations and she couldfigure out calculations on like
space satellites.
Speaker 1 (30:26):
I love it.
Do you find, can you relate tothat?
Are you pretty good at doingstuff in your head pretty quick,
like that?
Not really, that's okay, hey,you're honest.
I love it.
I love it.
Great, I love it.
Thank you, dear, appreciate it.
Let's move on to our nextperson.
I love it.
Oh, we have a volunteer.
I love it, calvin.
Who are we going to learn about?
Michael Jordan.
(30:46):
Michael Jordan or, as you kidssay, mj.
Let's pause.
All right, that was awesome.
(31:15):
That was the intro to theChicago Bulls and what a great
intro to Michael Jordan.
So let's hear from Calvin.
He's going to talk aboutMichael Jordan.
Speaker 4 (31:23):
Hello, my name is Calvin and the script I've made
is based on one of the mosticonic talents in the NBA and is
culturally popular.
As an honor to Michael Jordan,I'd like to represent him,
because no one is like the wayhe performs on the court and off
.
In my opinion, michael Jordan'slegacy stands above Black
History Month as the GOAT.
(31:43):
So enjoy as I represent thestunning talent of Michael J
Jordan.
Michael Jordan, who was born onFebruary 17, 1963, who played
with the Chicago Bulls whenJordan was young, his family
observed what he liked doing asa child.
At a very young age, michaelJordan's family moved to
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Wilmington, north Carolina.
At the time when Jordan was six.
He liked playing baseball,football and basketball.
At the same time, when Jordanwas about to turn double digits,
he started getting a littlemore serious at baseball,
practicing a lot, but this wouldchange very soon.
Jordan got tired of baseball,so he decided to play some
(32:25):
basketball on the court.
After playing for a long time,jordan realized that he had more
passion for the sport.
Jordan's outlook changed and hegot serious about basketball.
As Jordan got older, hisparents attended him to Emsley,
a Laney High School.
As Jordan got older, hisparents attended him to Emsley A
Laney High School.
When he attended it, hisparents wanted him to play the
same three sports that he playedwhen he was little.
(32:46):
But when Jordan tried out forthe basketball varsity team in
his sophomore year, the coachesthought he was too small and did
not make the team.
The following summer MichaelJordan trained very hard and
grew four inches taller.
He tried out again and hefinally earned a spot on the
roster of the varsity team.
(33:08):
As Jordan earned his spot, hewent off averaging 25 points per
game in his final two seasonswith the team.
In his final season as a senior, he was selected to the 1981
McDonald's All-American game andscored 30 points.
After he finished high school,a bunch of universities like
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Duke, north Carolina, southCarolina and Syracuse offered
him scholarships.
In 1981, after just two monthswhen he just finished high
school, he signed a scholarshipwith the North Carolina Tar
Heels University.
Jordan majored in culturalgeography.
The reason he majored in thissegment is because he was
(33:50):
interested in meteorology.
When Jordan ended his firstseason, he averaged 13.4 PPG a
game.
Not his best, he thought.
But the Tar Heels went to theNCAA championship and Michael
Jordan made the game-winningshot for them, with the team
being carried to the NCAAchampionship win led by future
(34:11):
NBA rival, patrick Ewing turningpoint in basketball.
After this season, jordan leftCarolina in 1984 to join the NBA
draft, although after two yearshe came back for his college
degree.
Jordan played 13 seasons withthe Bulls and two seasons with
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the Washington Wizards.
Michael Jordan was most knownfor his shoes, air Jordan that
were popular in the 1990s andstill today.
Jordan was named NBA's MostValuable Player five times.
Michael Jordan was drafted asthe third overall pick in the
draft in 1984.
When the season started in May,michael Jordan had his first
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game with the Bulls.
That was his debut with theBulls.
His first game, he posted anunbelievable 16 points, 6
rebounds, 7 assists and 4 blocks.
In 1984, the season ended short.
In the three-game seriesagainst the Celtics In 1985,
jordan broke his foot, missinghalf of the season.
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The Bulls missed out on theplayoffs with a 30-52 record.
As Jordan continued to be great,he was elected for multiple
All-Star games and, being theperson he usually is, jordan was
great at making baskets.
In the 1986-87 season, he andWilt Chamberlain became the only
player to score 3,000 in theseason.
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After the season, they facedBoston again and lost the season
ending their season.
But Jordan continued to begreat and great and in 1991-1993
was one of the best seasons forthe Bulls, as they won three
championships.
When you win three in a rowit's called a three-peat, but
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after this he won three moresecurity and another three-peat
1996 and 1998.
And after 1998, he announcedhis retirement.
To play baseball, jordan signeda minor league contract with
the White Sox, but he onlyplayed one game in Chicago After
2001,.
Jordan returned back to playbasketball with the Wizards for
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two seasons and he didofficially announce his
retirement in 2003.
Today he is still alive andstill makes a lot of money
selling his Air Jordans.
I hope you enjoyed the storyabout Michael Jordan.
Speaker 1 (36:30):
That was fantastic.
Great job, great job.
Have you seen?
Even the audience loved it too.
Have you seen any documentariesor movies about him?
Yeah, space Jam, you're sofunny, space Jam Not surprised,
but they have some greatdocumentaries and movies about
him as well, but Space Jam wasfun.
(36:50):
Here's a fun fact about AirJordans Did you know that his
mother made him sign that Nikecontract and the contract was
for a percentage of shoe sales?
so the very first Air Jordanyear they did not expect to sell
really a lot of shoes and theyended up selling about 15
(37:11):
million shoes, and now, to thisday, he makes billions of
dollars with that shoe contractand he doesn't even play anymore
.
So that that was great.
I love it.
You really covered everything.
Super informative.
I love it.
And we're going to finish offour Black History Month
presentations for now with onemore, and I'm going to choose my
friend, annalise.
(37:32):
Annalise, who are we going tolearn about?
I love it.
So let's hear from Annalise injust a second, after the next
break.
All right, thank you, friend.
All right, hey friends.
Yes, bruno, to your phone book.
I'm trying to kiss your lipsfor a minute, all right, hey
(38:02):
friends, yes, bruno Marsactually does appear on this
song, a little bit later in thesong, though.
Great, did you know thebackstory of this song?
It's kind of funny how thissong was written, but, yeah,
bruno Mars contributed to it.
For the end of Volume 1 ofBlack History Month, we have
Annalise, hello Annalise.
And who are we going to learnabout today?
(38:25):
We're going to learn aboutJacob Lawrence.
Great.
So how about?
In your best playground voice,let's learn about your famous
African American history.
Speaker 3 (38:29):
Jacob Lawrence was a famous artist who was inspired
to make Cubism art.
He was one of the firstnationality recognized African
American artists.
He was the first to berecognized by other people.
Jacob Lawrence was also thefirst African-American artist to
gain broad recognition.
(38:50):
With the segregation art worldof 1940s he went painting the
art era of 1940s, which ispainted by abstract expertism.
Jacob Lawrence didn't just painthis imaginary thoughts.
He painted what he saw with hisvision.
He painted of what's happeningon the outside.
He painted his vision ofpoverty, crime and police
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brutality.
He drew or painted what isbased on what's happening in the
outside world.
He started painting his visionbecause there is a, there is
this, there is this artist whoinspired him to paint.
He was inspired by the Harlemcommunity's interest of the in
the stories of its heritage.
Also, the Harlem communitiesinspired him to make Cubism art.
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Jacob Lawrence started paintingthroughout the 1930s.
He was born in 1917, september7th, so he started painting when
he was 13.
Sadly, jacob Lawrence died onJune 9, 2000 from lung cancer.
He could not finish his career.
Speaker 1 (39:59):
Wow, great job.
Hey, another fascinating choiceof you all.
So why, of all the people youcould have chose, why choose
this person?
Speaker 3 (40:10):
I chose him because I'm also inspired to do art,
just like him.
Speaker 1 (40:16):
Love it, I love it.
Great job, fantastic.
All right, friends, I hope youenjoyed and learned a lot about
our different African Americasin history and we'll catch you
in the next episode.
Thanks,
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