Tuesday Dec 24, 2019
A Holiday Message from Derrick A. Pope
Hidden Legal Figures
Hidden Legal Figures rediscovers the untold stories of the legal efforts that have shaped the American story. Each week, a new episode featuring nationally recognized experts in law and history help us understand all about the heroic and vital legal efforts that changed the fate of a nation. More than a Podcast. We’re an oral museum.™
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There's more to the story...
There is a lot more to the civil rights movement than marches, demonstrations, and memorable speeches. Each of these elements were accompanied - and preceded - by legal efforts that set the tone and the stage for the changes that were needed.
Few people know much about the heroic and vital contributions that lawyers and judges made to the Civil Rights Movement and Hidden Legal Figures rediscovers those untold stories in a way that is entertaining, educational, and compelling.
As host, I get to bring to you a wider view and greater understanding of one of the most pivotal moments in our nation's history.
Hidden Legal Figures is more than a podcast, we’re an oral museum™ and our episodes are like exhibits. And the best exhibits - the best lessons - are the legal efforts associated with the Civil Rights Movement. We invite you to step inside and listen to the legal efforts have shaped the whole American story.
Thank you for listening to Hidden Legal Figures.
Derrick Alexander Pope, Host
Episodes
Episodes
Tuesday Dec 17, 2019
Tuesday Dec 17, 2019
The holidays are approaching and we decided to do a "behind-the-scenes" special episode to share with you. We'll be discussing and giving our thoughts on how the podcast, the guests, and the stories have changed our lives for the better. During this season of reflection and renewal, we take a few moments to look back on the first half of our first season, highlighting some of our favorite moments and to share what we have planned for the future.
But we also want to hear from you!
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We wanted to make this a special gift to our listeners and we hope you enjoy opening it up as much as we enjoyed wrapping it together. Thank you for listening and Happy Holidays from the Hidden Legal Figures podcast family.
Tuesday Dec 10, 2019
Tuesday Dec 10, 2019
As the Civil Rights Movement began to intensify, students all across the south staged lunch counter sit-ins. From Greensboro, North Carolina to Atlanta, Georgia lawyers aided them in their quest for justice. Professor Christopher Schmidt, author of The Sit-Ins: Protest and Legal Change in the Civil Rights Era captures this iconic moment from the perspective of a legal historian.
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Tuesday Dec 03, 2019
Tuesday Dec 03, 2019
Sit-ins became a prominent part of the civil rights movement in the early 1960s, with the most famous occurring in Greensboro, North Carolina. But as a form of protest, it was first used in 1939 by a lawyer named Samuel Wilbert Tucker. Libraries in Alexandria, Virginia refused to issue library cards to colored citizens and Mr. Tucker used a sit-in to mount a legal challenge to that practice. In early 1960, Franklin McCain was one of the four North Carolina A&T College students who staged a sit-in at the Woolworth's lunch counter in downtown Greensboro as a way to do something about the condition of segregation. Their efforts ultimately led to similar events across the south - in nine states and fifty-four cities. This episode features reflections by McCain on what it was like to be a part of The Greensboro Four and pays tribute to a hidden legal figure whose early twentieth-century insight gave a later generation the tool that would produce groundbreaking civil rights legislation.
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Tuesday Nov 26, 2019
Tuesday Nov 26, 2019
Hidden Legal figures will be taking a short break this week in celebration of the Thanksgiving Holiday. But make sure you stay tuned next week for another great episode with Professor Christopher W. Schmidt of the Chicago-Kent College of Law.
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