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96: Thurgood Marshall: Mr. Civil Rights

We're continuing Black History Month with the story of a powerful Baltimore lawyer who helped pave the way to desegregating public schools. Thurgood Marshall was an extremely talented lawyer who helped ensure the Civil Rights Movement had stable ground to move on. He fought relentlessly for equal rights in ways you may not expect! 
 
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Sources: 
 
“Mr. Civil Rights: Thurgood Marshall and the NAACP” PBS Documentary (2014)
 
“History - Brown v. Board of Education Re-enactment”
https://www.uscourts.gov/about-federal-courts/educational-resources/educational-activities/brown-v-board-education-re-enactment/history-brown-v-board-education-re-enactment
 
“How Thurgood Marshall helped bring justice to a Tennessee town and was nearly jailed” by Jessica Bliss (Oct 13 2017)
https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/local/2017/10/13/how-thurgood-marshall-helped-bring-justice-tennessee-town/762624001/
 
“Columbia Race Riot, 1946” by Carroll Van West (Oct 8 2017)
https://tennesseeencyclopedia.net/entries/columbia-race-riot-1946/
 
“Thurgood Marshall” (updated Jan 11 2021)
https://www.biography.com/legal-figures/thurgood-marshall
 
“About Justice Thurgood Marshall (1908-1993)”
https://marshall.ucsd.edu/about-us/about-our-namesake.html
 
“Thurgood Marshall”
https://naacp.org/find-resources/history-explained/civil-rights-leaders/thurgood-marshall
 
“Justice Thurgood Marshall”
https://www.tmcf.org/about-us/who-we-are/justice-thurgood-marshall/
 
https://vault.fbi.gov/Thurgood%20Marshall
 
“Justice Thurgood Marshall Profile - Brown v. Board of Education Re-enactment” 
https://www.uscourts.gov/about-federal-courts/educational-resources/educational-activities/brown-v-board-education-re-enactment/justice-thurgood-marshall-profile-brown-v-board-education-re-enactment
 
“Thurgood Marshall”
https://www.oyez.org/justices/thurgood_marshall
 
“Thurgood Marshall” 
https://www.naacpldf.org/about-us/history/thurgood-marshall/
 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thurgood_Marshall_(disambiguation)
 
“Brown v Board of Education (1954)” 
https://www.archives.gov/milestone-documents/brown-v-board-of-education#:~:text=On%20May%2017%2C%201954%2C%20U.S.,amendment%20and%20was%20therefore%20unconstitutional. 
 
Sound Credits:
 
Inspiring-Violon-149075 by SIMO https://audio.com/simo-1817043924430465/audio/inspiring-violon-149075 
 

95: The Loving Family: How Love Conquers

Emileigh and Morgan have the privilege of telling the story of one couple's love that pushed the Supreme Court to banish all anti-miscegenation laws in the United States. 
 
Documentary: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1759682/
 
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Sources: 
https://www.biography.com/legal-figures/richard-loving
 
https://www.biography.com/legal-figures/mildred-loving
 
https://co.caroline.va.us/308/The-Lovings
 
 
 
 
 

94: The History of Jazz

We're kicking off Black History Month with some pizzazz! The history of jazz has a rich culture within the Black community and beyond, and has been beloved the world over for more than a century! 
 
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Sources:
 
“The Origins of Jazz” 
https://jazzobserver.com/the-origins-of-jazz/
 
“A Brief History of Jazz” (Sept 22 2022)
https://www.levinemusic.org/about/news/a-brief-history-of-jazz/
 
“What is Jazz?”
https://americanhistory.si.edu/explore/projects/smithsonian-jazz/education/what-jazz
 
“On the Instrumental Origins of Jazz” by Russell Roth (1952). American Quarterly, Vol 4(4). Pp. 305-312. https://doi.org/10.2307/3031415
https://www.jstor.org/stable/3031415?origin=crossref
 
“Jazz Origins in New Orleans” 
https://www.nps.gov/jazz/learn/historyculture/history_early.htm
 
“‘Jazz’: A Tale of Three Cities” by Ben Zimmer (Jun 8 2009)
https://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/wordroutes/jazz-a-tale-of-three-cities/
 
“The Painful Birth of Blues and Jazz” by Stephanie Hall (Feb 24 2017)
https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/2017/02/birth-of-blues-and-jazz/
 
“Re-Revising ‘The History of Jazz’” by Natalie Weiner (July 15 2021)
https://www.npr.org/2021/07/15/1016020385/re-revising-the-history-of-jazz
 
“Women in Jazz, Part 1” by Margaret Howze
https://news.npr.org/programs/jazzprofiles/archive/women_1.html
 
“The First Woman Trombonist in Big Bands | Melba Liston, 1926-1999”
https://www.cocosse.com/2019/04/woman-trombonist-in-big-bands-melba-liston/
 
“Such Melodious Racket: The Lost History of Jazz in Canada 1914-1949” by Mark Miller
https://quillandquire.com/review/such-melodious-racket-the-lost-history-of-jazz-in-canada-1914-1949/
 
“15 Most Influential Jazz Artists” by ClassyKoehler (fact checked by Alex Hanton) (Feb 27 2010)
https://listverse.com/2010/02/27/15-most-influential-jazz-artists/
 
“The Evolution of the Saxophone in Jazz Music” (Jun 5 2024)
https://kgumusic.com/blogs/news/the-evolution-of-the-saxophone-in-jazz-music?srsltid=AfmBOopFYZ6IjKvSGMbf2N9oYgOyw_ADvrwWX4hxMHrVPpG6shJNa6eo
 
“Jews & Jazz Music” 
https://bje.org.au/knowledge-centre/jewish-people/famous/jazz/
 
“The 1937 Yiddish song that kicked off the Swing Era is due for a comeback” by Arielle Kaplan (July 19 2020)
https://www.timesofisrael.com/the-1937-yiddish-song-that-kicked-off-the-swing-era-is-due-for-a-comeback/ 
 
“The 25 Best Female Jazz Singers Of All Time” by Charles Waring (Mar 15 2024)
https://www.udiscovermusic.com/stories/best-female-jazz-singers-ever/
 
https://www.louisarmstronghouse.org/faq/
 
Sound Credits:
“That Jazz” by Cold_Fire https://pixabay.com/music/traditional-jazz-that-jazz-260655/ 
NightCity-1.wav by Dr. Macak -- https://freesound.org/s/252690/ -- License: Creative Commons 0
 

93: The White Ship Disaster of 1120 and the Anarchy

Emileigh and Morgan go back in time to Medieval England when one ship wreck not only took lives, but change the monarchy forever.  
 
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Sources: 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCo0S_ceTnU
 
https://divernet.com/scuba-news/divers-find-tragic-white-ship/
 
https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofEngland/King-Stephen-Anarchy/
 
https://www.normandythenandnow.com/no-ship-ever-brought-so-much-misery-to-england-from-barfleur/
 

92: John Harvey Kellogg

This week's episode is about a health-obsessed doctor who also happened to invent one of the most famous breakfast foods of all time! Dr. John Kellogg had good ideas about health, questionable ideas about food, and unforgivable opinions about eugenics. Like many people covered on Ill-Equipped History, he's complicated! 
 
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Sources: 
 
“Dr. John Kellogg Invented Cereal. Some of His Other Wellness Ideas Were Much Weirder.” by Greg Daugherty (Aug 2 2019, updated May 17 2023)
https://www.history.com/news/dr-john-kellogg-cereal-wellness-wacky-sanitarium-treatments
 
“How the ‘Battling’ Kellogg Brothers Revolutionized American Breakfast” by Terry Gross (Aug 8 2017)
https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2017/08/08/542145177/how-the-battling-kellogg-brothers-revolutionized-american-breakfast
 
“John Harvey Kellogg, MD: Health Reformer and Antismoking Crusader” by Elizabeth Fee & Theodore M Brown (Jun 2002); American Journal for Public Health, 92(6):935. doi: 10.2105/ajph.92.6.935
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC1447485/
 
“‘To Rid Society of Imbeciles’: The Impact of Dr. John Harvey Kellogg’s Stand for Eugenics” by Elizabeth Stout (Dec 12 2022)
https://sph.umich.edu/pursuit/2022posts/the-impact-of-dr-john-harvey-kelloggs-stand-for-eugenics.html
 
“John H. Kellogg” 
https://www.invent.org/inductees/john-h-kellogg
 
“John Harvey Kellogg: The Controversial Scientist Who Became the Cereal King” by Shannon Callahan (Apr 8 2022)
https://www.historyhit.com/john-harvey-kellogg/
 
“J.H. Kellogg Dies; Health Expert, 91” Obituary for The New York Times (originally published Dec 16 1943)
https://web.archive.org/web/20020216231918/https://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/bday/0226.html
 
“A Recipe for Good Health” by Hillary Mohaupt (Apr 12 2017)
https://www.sciencehistory.org/stories/magazine/a-recipe-for-good-health/
 
“Were Kellogg’s Corn Flakes Created as a ‘Anti-Masturbatory Morning Meal’?” by Dan MacGuill (Aug 16 2019)
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/kelloggs-corn-flakes-masturbation/
 
“The Simple Life in a Nutshell (‘Biologic Living’)” by Dr. J.H. Kellogg 
https://web.archive.org/web/20090430201429/http://lifestylelaboratory.com/articles/simple-life-nutshell.html
 
Plain Facts for Old and Young by John Harvey Kellogg. Segner & Condit, Burlington, IA (1881). 
https://gutenberg.org/ebooks/19924 
 
“John Harvey Kellogg Biography”
https://www.infoplease.com/biographies/society-culture/john-harvey-kellogg
 
“How John Harvey Kellogg was wrong on race” by Nick Buckley (March 21 2019)
https://www.battlecreekenquirer.com/story/news/2019/03/21/john-harvey-kellogg-battle-creek-michigan-eugenics-race-nazis/3202628002/
 
“Kellogg, John Harvey (1852-1943)” by James L. Hayward (Jan 28 2020)
https://encyclopedia.adventist.org/article?id=89LQ
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crowd int high school cafeteria seniors busy1 Montreal, Canada.flac by kyles -- https://freesound.org/s/455699/ -- License: Creative Commons 0

91: Operation Pluto: The Allies Best Kept Secret

Emileigh and Morgan discover the secret operation that helped the Allies get fuel to the front lines during WW2 and the genius ways it was hidden from the enemy! 
 
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Sources:
https://d-dayrevisited.co.uk/d-day-history/planning-and-preparation/operation-pluto/
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c77HD2ZI7Mc
 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Pluto#Dumbo

90: Diogenes the Cynic: Chaotic Greek Philosopher

This week Morgan and Emileigh explore the alleged life and philosophy of Diogenes of Sinope, one of the fathers of the school of Cynicism. This man lived in a pot, hung out with dogs, and regularly insulted Plato. Join us as we discuss his, erm, lifestyle, and how he helped influence philosophy for ages to come. 
 
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Sources:
 
“Diogenes the Cynic” 
https://penelope.uchicago.edu/encyclopaedia_romana/greece/hetairai/diogenes.html
 
“Diogenes of Sinope (c. 404-323 B.C.E.)” by Julie Piering
https://iep.utm.edu/diogenes-of-sinope/
 
“Diogenes of Sinope” by Joshua J. Mark (Aug 2 2014)
https://www.worldhistory.org/Diogenes_of_Sinope/
 
“Diogenes, The Dog-Like Philosopher” by Ciaran Conliffe (Oct 13 2016)
https://headstuff.org/culture/history/history-of-europe/diogenes-dog-like-philosopher/
 
“The Life of Diogenes of Sinope in Diogenes Laertius” by Joshua J. Mark (Aug 5 2014)
https://www.worldhistory.org/article/740/the-life-of-diogenes-of-sinope-in-diogenes-laertiu/
 
“Cynics” by Julie Piering
https://iep.utm.edu/cynics/
 
“Timeline of ancient Greece” 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_ancient_Greece
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Street_market_3.aif by susiq12 -- https://freesound.org/s/333650/ -- License: Attribution 3.0
 

89: The Panama Canal: More than a Big Ditch

Emileigh and Morgan explore the trial the workers had to endure to build one of of the modern 7 wonders of the world. From the French failure, the United States being a little shady, and the methods to dealing with yellow fever, this episode is one that will shock you. 
 
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Sources:
https://guides.loc.gov/chronicling-america-panama-canal
 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Findley_Wallace
 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_C._Gorgas
 
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/panama/
 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Washington_Goethals

88: The History of Hanukkah

Happy first day of Hanukkah! Morgan and Emileigh discuss the stories behind the beloved holiday and traditions up to modern times. 
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Sources:
 
“History: The Hanukkah Story” 
https://reformjudaism.org/jewish-holidays/hanukkah/history-hanukkah-story
 
“What is Hanukkah?”
https://www.chabad.org/holidays/chanukah/article_cdo/aid/102911/jewish/What-Is-Hanukkah.htm
 
“How to Light the Menorah” 
https://www.chabad.org/holidays/chanukah/article_cdo/aid/103868/jewish/How-to-Light-the-Menorah.htm 
“The Christmas effect: How Hanukkah became a big holiday” by Justin Moyer (Dec 22 2011)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-christmas-effect-how-hanukkah-became-a-big-holiday/2011/12/20/gIQAt944BP_story.html
 
“Origin of the Name Chanukah” by Rabbi Nosson Scherman (Dec 23 2005)
https://torah.org/interest/originchanukah/
 
“The Lights of Chanukah: Laws and Customs” by Orthodox Union staff (Apr 9 2014)
https://www.ou.org/holidays/laws/
 
“On Hanukkah, Women As Role Models” by My Jewish Learning 
https://www.myjewishlearning.com/article/women-as-role-models/
 
“December: Judith and the Hanukkah Story” 
https://jwa.org/discover/throughtheyear/december/judith
 
“Judith: Apocrypha” by Toni Craven
https://jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/judith-apocrypha
 
“How Hanukkah Came to the White House” by Jonathan D. Sarna (Dec 2 2009)
https://forward.com/opinion/120124/how-hanukkah-came-to-the-white-house/
 
“8 Foods You Didn’t Know Jews Eat During Hanukkah” by Masa Israel Journey (Dec 8 2016)
https://forward.com/community/356515/8-foods-you-didnt-know-jews-eat-during-hanukkah/
 
“Kwanzakkah: A way to celebrate dual heritage and combat hate” by TaRessa Stovall and Stewart Ain (Dec 23 2022)
https://forward.com/news/529652/kwanzakkah-a-way-to-celebrate-dual-heritage-and-combat-hate/
 
“Thanksgivukka: Please pass the turkey-stuffed doughnuts” by Amy Spiro ( Nov 17 2013)
https://www.jpost.com/Jewish-World/Jewish-Features/Thanksgivukka-Please-pass-the-turkey-stuffed-doughnuts-331952
 
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“Medieval Ambient” by DeusLower
https://pixabay.com/users/deuslower-45666444/?utm_source=link-attribution&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=music&utm_content=236809

87: The Life and Work of Charles Dickens

Emileigh and Morgan dive into the life of Charles Dickens; the man that brought us A Christmas Carol, Oliver Twist, Bleak House, the Pickwick Papers, and many more titles. We discuss his works, inspirations, marriage, scandals, and more! 
 
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Sources:
Charles Dickens: The Man That Asked for More [Full Movie]
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9dB9BZWDBU
 
https://www.charlesdickensinfo.com/life/dickens-children/
 
https://www.britannica.com/story/the-origins-of-a-christmas-carol
 
https://www.arts.gov/stories/blog/2020/ten-things-know-about-charles-dickens-christmas-carol#:~:text=Like%20many%20of%20Dickens'%20other,and%20work%20at%20a%20factory.
 
https://www.wpi.edu/news/2015dickens
 
https://dickens.ucsc.edu/resources/chronology.html
 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_Dickens
 
https://brightside.me/articles/the-story-of-dickens-wife-who-walked-out-the-door-and-left-her-10-children-behind-forever-755110/