WEBVTT - IDKMYDE: WSSU and FAMU

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<v Speaker 1>On today's episode. If I didn't know, maybe you didn't either.

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<v Speaker 1>I will share with you two HBCUs that I hold

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<v Speaker 1>near and dear to my heart. One's around, one's a rattler,

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<v Speaker 1>and five hundred miles separates the two. I didn't know.

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<v Speaker 1>Maybe you didn't. No, I didn't know. No, I didn't know.

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<v Speaker 1>Maybe you didn't. I didn't know. I didn't know. I

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<v Speaker 1>didn't know. Okay, buck of your seat belts and let's

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<v Speaker 1>take a road trip through black excellence. First stop, Winston Salem,

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<v Speaker 1>North Carolina. Winston Salem State University founded in eighteen ninety

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<v Speaker 1>two by Simon g Atkins. You know how bold you

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<v Speaker 1>got to be the founder university In eighteen ninety two,

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<v Speaker 1>that man said segregation. Jim Crow ain't nobody got time

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<v Speaker 1>for that, so he started Slater Industrial Academy, which is

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<v Speaker 1>now Winston Salem State University. Back then you were learning

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<v Speaker 1>brick land and cooking. Today you might be in a

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<v Speaker 1>no lab, putting I v's in mannequins, or recording your

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<v Speaker 1>podcasts in one of the only Adobe labs on an

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<v Speaker 1>HBCU campus. Samon Gak is probably looking down at WSSU

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<v Speaker 1>like that single mom be looking at them kids open

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<v Speaker 1>them Christmas presents on Christmas morning, and no, let me

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<v Speaker 1>talk about the legend who walk through those doors of

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<v Speaker 1>Winston Salem State University. You ever heard of Lewis Farrakhan

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<v Speaker 1>a WSSU grab. You ever been watching Wilding Out and

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<v Speaker 1>seeing Chico Bean? Yeah? Being a ram two. The name

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<v Speaker 1>of our band is the Red Sea of Sound. Our

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<v Speaker 1>cheerleaders or you may have seen them on the ground

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<v Speaker 1>stomp and shake excellence. We talking about Powerhouse of Red

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<v Speaker 1>and White, and around two thousand and seven, Shavon Oestrada

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<v Speaker 1>pretty much revolutionized the version of stomping shake that we

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<v Speaker 1>see today. But that's a whole nother episode. One of

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<v Speaker 1>the most notable chants at Winston Salem State University is

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<v Speaker 1>chewed up, backup, chewed up backup, chewed up backup, spit.

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<v Speaker 1>If you ain't a dam, then you ain't. We try

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<v Speaker 1>to keep a PG for the children and the elderly.

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<v Speaker 1>They want to sing along. That's good, old ESU. Now

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<v Speaker 1>let's head down I ninety five to Tallahassee, Florida and

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<v Speaker 1>visit Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University better known as FAM.

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<v Speaker 1>You they got a chant too. It's usually led by

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<v Speaker 1>loose kid. He'll say I represent and all the ratleers

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<v Speaker 1>say Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University, October third, eighteen eighty seven.

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<v Speaker 1>What exactly Fam You was found at? October third, eighteen

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<v Speaker 1>eighty seven. Now Tallahassee, Florida has seven huge heels, and

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<v Speaker 1>the part of Florida they gave fam was the highest heel.

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<v Speaker 1>But it was filled with rattlesnakes. So the state of

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<v Speaker 1>Florida was like, y'all can have fifteen acres and two mules,

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<v Speaker 1>good luck. So what did fam You do? Turned it

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<v Speaker 1>into one of the top HBCUs in the country. They

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<v Speaker 1>embraced those rattlesnakes, became the fam You Ratless And if

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<v Speaker 1>you meet any rattler, they'll let you know that they're

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<v Speaker 1>from the highest of seven hills. That's right, Fam You

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<v Speaker 1>sits at the highest points in Tallahassee, Florida. Even Florida

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<v Speaker 1>State got to look up at the ratlers and they

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<v Speaker 1>hate that Fam You is so iconic it makes you

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<v Speaker 1>want to enroll just for homecoming. No cap I experienced

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<v Speaker 1>it last year. And don't let the march in one

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<v Speaker 1>hundred touch the field. Have you ever seen them before?

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<v Speaker 1>The band might do as much work as the football

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<v Speaker 1>team on Saturdays, and Fam You has some of the

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<v Speaker 1>dopest alumni in the game. Keisha Lance Bottoms, the former

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<v Speaker 1>mayor of Atlanta. Fam You grad What about the movie

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<v Speaker 1>director Will Packer here Ratler and he even got a

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<v Speaker 1>perform in Arts Amphitheater right on campus. So, whether it's

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<v Speaker 1>Winston Salem State University with the motto enter to Learn,

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<v Speaker 1>depart to serve in the heart of North Carolina or

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<v Speaker 1>fam You with the motto excellence, it's carrying down there

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<v Speaker 1>in the Sunshine State. These schools are more than just campuses.

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<v Speaker 1>They're launching pads for greatness. And they're two of my favorites.

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<v Speaker 1>Okay bye,