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Podcast: The Preamble
Episode: 149. Momentum: The Ripples Made by Ordinary People, Part 4
Description: On today’s episode of our special series, Momentum: Civil Rights in the 1950s, Sharon makes the connection between the desegregation of the United States military to the power or writing a letter. It can be hard to believe sometimes that writing a letter or contacting our representatives can make a difference, but that is exactly what one honorably discharged decorated Veteran did in 1948. The ripples of the letter written by Isaac Woodwards would contribute to a tidal wave in the Civil Rights movement. We can’t talk about these waves of momentum, however, without talking about...