WEBVTT - Historical Records: Judy Heumann (feat. Ali Stroker and Jenna Bainbridge) 0:00:00.080 --> 0:00:03.160 Hey, this is Questlove, and we're continuing to celebrate Women's 0:00:03.240 --> 0:00:06.480 History Month by releasing episodes of my new podcast with 0:00:06.559 --> 0:00:10.639 Story Pirates. Historical Records is an explosive fusion of hip 0:00:10.640 --> 0:00:14.880 hop and history, tailor made for music loving kids and families. 0:00:15.480 --> 0:00:19.640 In this episode, Nimine learns the inspiring story of Judy Human, 0:00:20.000 --> 0:00:22.360 who fought for the rights of disabled people, and a 0:00:22.440 --> 0:00:26.720 list Broadway actor Jenna Brainbridge for fierce hip hop track 0:00:26.960 --> 0:00:31.160 to honor Judy's legacy. We hope you enjoy Historical Records, 0:00:31.200 --> 0:00:33.320 the show that proves that in order to make history, 0:00:33.760 --> 0:00:34.880 you have to make some noise. 0:00:38.880 --> 0:00:43.080 Hey, listeners, it's Niminy. Welcome back to Historical Records. We're 0:00:43.120 --> 0:00:45.520 doing things a little different on the show today because 0:00:45.600 --> 0:00:49.200 I am at the gardening store and whoops, I dropped 0:00:49.200 --> 0:00:52.800 my trowel. Anyway, as I was saying, I'm throwing a 0:00:52.840 --> 0:00:56.880 garden party tonight's and I need a few last minute supplies. 0:00:57.160 --> 0:01:04.200 For example, these seeds, these pruning snips ooh, and this 0:01:04.440 --> 0:01:06.400 huge clay pot. Oh. 0:01:06.440 --> 0:01:09.960 Dear clean up on Aisle five, herb please report to 0:01:10.000 --> 0:01:11.000 the vegetable section. 0:01:11.440 --> 0:01:14.000 My bad. I'll just grab another large clay. 0:01:13.840 --> 0:01:16.680 Pot herb clean up on Aisle five. 0:01:16.800 --> 0:01:21.520 Stat whoops, I'll just grab another one, Herb. 0:01:21.440 --> 0:01:24.800 Come red. Someone is breaking all the pots in Aisle five. 0:01:26.319 --> 0:01:26.399 What. 0:01:26.720 --> 0:01:29.440 I don't even roots for one? What is happening? 0:01:30.840 --> 0:01:31.200 Herb? 0:01:31.440 --> 0:01:32.120 Where are you? 0:01:32.280 --> 0:01:34.480 This is officially a clean up emergency? 0:01:34.760 --> 0:01:39.479 Ole fine? 0:01:41.480 --> 0:01:45.520 Where am I? Okay, calm down, Niminy. You're back at 0:01:45.560 --> 0:01:48.920 the bunker in your bed. There's no herb, there's no 0:01:49.000 --> 0:01:53.040 Aisle five. It was all a dream man. I guess 0:01:53.080 --> 0:01:57.320 I'm a little how you say, stressed about this garden party. 0:01:57.360 --> 0:02:00.440 I'm gonna throw later, but you know it's great for 0:02:00.560 --> 0:02:09.079 stress gardening listeners, Let's go check on those plans. 0:02:07.880 --> 0:02:11.560 It's historical Records. 0:02:12.320 --> 0:02:15.359 You are now listening to Historical We're. 0:02:16.480 --> 0:02:19.520 To make history. You got to have struggles to make history. 0:02:19.639 --> 0:02:22.520 You got to show toois cannot be quiet loud as 0:02:22.520 --> 0:02:30.200 a riot to make history. You gotta make some noise. Hello, 0:02:30.280 --> 0:02:34.079 lovely listeners, Welcome back to Historical Records, the show where 0:02:34.120 --> 0:02:37.360 I dig into historical records in order to produce historically 0:02:37.400 --> 0:02:41.000 themed records. And by records, I mean songs, which is 0:02:41.080 --> 0:02:44.040 actually a bit of a history lesson in itself. Did 0:02:44.080 --> 0:02:47.440 you know songs and albums used to be called records. 0:02:47.840 --> 0:02:49.960 It's true. And if you have an adult in your 0:02:50.000 --> 0:02:53.240 life who still listens to records, be warned that if 0:02:53.280 --> 0:02:56.840 you ask their opinion about music, they're gonna talk a lot. 0:02:57.280 --> 0:02:59.600 Now follow me, listeners. We're headed to a part of 0:02:59.600 --> 0:03:04.679 the bunker you've never been to. Oh hot, Tina, where 0:03:04.760 --> 0:03:07.120 my headed? I'm on my way to the greenhouse to 0:03:07.200 --> 0:03:09.839 check on my plants for the garden party later. Where 0:03:09.880 --> 0:03:15.240 are you going? Oh, that's right. You're nocturnal, so you're 0:03:15.280 --> 0:03:18.000 going to bed. And that's also probably why you're in 0:03:18.080 --> 0:03:20.720 a dressing gown and a bonnet. And here I thought 0:03:20.760 --> 0:03:23.880 you were making a bold fashioned choice. Sleep tight, Tina. 0:03:24.320 --> 0:03:26.840 I hope you don't have any stress dreams about herb 0:03:27.880 --> 0:03:32.840 Never mind, I'll see you later anyway, listeners. Today's episode 0:03:32.840 --> 0:03:37.200 of Historical Records is all about Shooty Human, who is 0:03:37.400 --> 0:03:41.000 known as the mother of the disability rights movement. But 0:03:41.280 --> 0:03:43.720 before we learn more about her, I need to check 0:03:43.800 --> 0:03:46.120 up on my plants. I started a bunch of seeds 0:03:46.120 --> 0:03:48.720 a few weeks ago, and today's the first day I've 0:03:48.760 --> 0:03:55.080 been able to check up on them. Oh no, all 0:03:55.160 --> 0:03:59.040 the plants are dead or dying. What have I done 0:03:59.440 --> 0:03:59.840 hate him? 0:03:59.840 --> 0:04:01.920 And I'm here for the garden party? 0:04:02.160 --> 0:04:04.720 Me, what are you doing here? The party is not 0:04:04.800 --> 0:04:06.200 for another twelve hours. 0:04:06.440 --> 0:04:09.240 Ah, well, the invite didn't say whether it was five 0:04:09.360 --> 0:04:12.520 am or five pm. I thought it was a little 0:04:12.520 --> 0:04:14.960 weird that a party would start at five am, But 0:04:15.280 --> 0:04:17.839 you're a little weird Nimini, like in a good way, 0:04:18.080 --> 0:04:19.200 so I just went with it. 0:04:19.560 --> 0:04:22.080 I won't argue with you on that, but I don't 0:04:22.160 --> 0:04:24.440 know if there's gonna be a party at all. Now, 0:04:24.720 --> 0:04:26.160 just look at this garden. 0:04:27.040 --> 0:04:30.120 It's not all bad. The leaves on this shrub here 0:04:30.160 --> 0:04:32.160 are really beautiful, bright yellow. 0:04:32.640 --> 0:04:33.960 They're supposed to be green. 0:04:34.600 --> 0:04:37.520 Ooh, yikes, What were the conditions like in here? 0:04:37.960 --> 0:04:41.120 You know me? I love my gadgets, so I set 0:04:41.160 --> 0:04:44.520 my UV light timers to sixteen hours a day, programmed 0:04:44.720 --> 0:04:47.159 plant food to scatter every other day, and set the 0:04:47.240 --> 0:04:50.240 sprinklers to go off every five minutes at random intervals 0:04:50.240 --> 0:04:52.839 to mimic rain and nature. Oh and of course I 0:04:52.920 --> 0:04:59.040 programmed gentle thunderstorm noises to play whenever that happens. Oops, 0:04:59.080 --> 0:05:01.400 they're going off now. Hope you brought your umbrella. 0:05:01.640 --> 0:05:05.520 Who would go to a garden party without an umbrella, Nimoni. 0:05:05.839 --> 0:05:08.880 I understand why you programmed this room the way you did, 0:05:09.120 --> 0:05:11.520 but it looks like you have a lot of different 0:05:11.640 --> 0:05:16.000 plants in here. Individual plants need specific conditions to thrive. 0:05:16.320 --> 0:05:19.000 You can't expect a bonzie tree and a cactus to 0:05:19.040 --> 0:05:21.200 grow strong in the same kind of environment. 0:05:21.800 --> 0:05:25.320 Wow, I guess not. I was just excited to have 0:05:25.400 --> 0:05:27.839 a garden party. I'm a tiny sandwich is. 0:05:27.839 --> 0:05:32.360 In everything, totally understandable, and actually it makes me think 0:05:32.360 --> 0:05:36.839 about this week's episode about Judy Human Really why i'll 0:05:36.839 --> 0:05:37.760 show you here? 0:05:38.200 --> 0:05:41.400 Oh, Lee, I think the party's off. You can put 0:05:41.440 --> 0:05:44.240 away that bird shaped whistle you brought as a party favor. 0:05:44.560 --> 0:05:48.840 Actually, this bird whistle is this week's history simulator. 0:05:49.240 --> 0:05:52.320 Oh you know, I love a theme. Let's go. 0:05:53.160 --> 0:05:57.360 Just as a heads up, this whistle attracts actual birds, 0:05:57.640 --> 0:05:59.599 so you might see some after I blow on it. 0:06:00.000 --> 0:06:00.440 It's great. 0:06:00.720 --> 0:06:04.520 I love birds me too, But jes a reminder, there 0:06:04.520 --> 0:06:07.760 are over eleven thousand species of birds, and I can't 0:06:07.760 --> 0:06:09.120 control which ones show up. 0:06:09.880 --> 0:06:12.720 In that case, maybe we should pause because I really 0:06:12.760 --> 0:06:21.240 don't like sign Then fly I don't know, Well, come on, 0:06:21.400 --> 0:06:27.720 let's fly. Whoa where did we travel to? Lee? I 0:06:27.800 --> 0:06:29.680 assume somewhere near an ocean. 0:06:30.320 --> 0:06:32.800 No, we're on the south lawn of the White House. 0:06:33.160 --> 0:06:36.320 What then, why the seagulls. The birds have. 0:06:36.360 --> 0:06:39.839 Their own reasoning, Nimini, best not to question it. But 0:06:40.120 --> 0:06:42.880 you should look over there at. 0:06:42.680 --> 0:06:45.080 That platform where a bunch of people are standing in 0:06:45.080 --> 0:06:48.400 front of a crowd. Wait a minute, is that President 0:06:48.480 --> 0:06:50.120 George HW. Bush? 0:06:50.240 --> 0:06:52.880 Yup and see that woman over there wearing glasses in 0:06:52.880 --> 0:06:53.560 the wheelchair. 0:06:54.000 --> 0:06:58.240 That's Judy Human. Does Judy Human work at the White House? 0:06:58.600 --> 0:07:01.680 Not yet. Eventually she does end up working with President 0:07:01.720 --> 0:07:05.080 Clinton's administration, but that's still a few years away. Today, 0:07:05.120 --> 0:07:08.159 she's here because President Bush is signing the nineteen ninety 0:07:08.200 --> 0:07:12.320 Americans with Disabilities Act, also known as the ADA. 0:07:12.400 --> 0:07:13.920 And what did the ADA do? 0:07:14.280 --> 0:07:17.200 It's a civil rights law that says it's illegal to 0:07:17.280 --> 0:07:21.280 discriminate against people who have disabilities. The world looked very 0:07:21.280 --> 0:07:23.560 different before the ADA in what way? 0:07:23.800 --> 0:07:24.080 Well? 0:07:24.200 --> 0:07:26.640 Take Judy for example, when she was a kid, she 0:07:26.720 --> 0:07:29.400 had a disease called polio that forced her to use 0:07:29.400 --> 0:07:32.320 a wheelchair to get around. But many buildings were built 0:07:32.360 --> 0:07:35.440 in a way that made it impossible for wheelchairs to 0:07:35.560 --> 0:07:37.600 get inside and move around. 0:07:37.920 --> 0:07:38.720 That's not fair. 0:07:39.160 --> 0:07:41.520 It wasn't. But when the ADA became the law of 0:07:41.560 --> 0:07:44.560 the land. See that wheelchair ramp over there leading up 0:07:44.560 --> 0:07:47.320 to the stage where Bush is speaking. That is one 0:07:47.320 --> 0:07:51.960 small way the ADA helped to make spaces accessible for everyone. Wow, 0:07:52.560 --> 0:07:55.200 and look do you see how there's an ASL interpreter 0:07:55.320 --> 0:07:58.320 translating everything that's being said into sign language. 0:07:58.520 --> 0:08:01.760 Yes, I love watching interpretters, especially at concerts. 0:08:02.120 --> 0:08:05.160 That's part of the eightya two. Judy was part of 0:08:05.160 --> 0:08:08.120 a movement that wanted to change the world, to give 0:08:08.200 --> 0:08:12.240 everyone more access and the right kind of environment to 0:08:12.360 --> 0:08:13.560 feel like they belong. 0:08:14.800 --> 0:08:17.760 Seems like everyone here is happy about the ADA getting passed. 0:08:18.040 --> 0:08:20.640 But is it just me or does Judy seem a 0:08:20.640 --> 0:08:22.440 little unsatisfied? 0:08:22.960 --> 0:08:26.240 Spot on Nimoni. Judy showed up to support this act 0:08:26.280 --> 0:08:29.080 being signed because it was a step in the right direction, 0:08:29.480 --> 0:08:32.319 but she had openly spoken out saying she didn't think 0:08:32.320 --> 0:08:34.880 the ADA went nearly far enough. 0:08:35.400 --> 0:08:37.960 She said that to the president. 0:08:38.360 --> 0:08:40.640 Well, she said it to the media, so President Bush 0:08:40.720 --> 0:08:42.920 knew she was less than thrilled about it. 0:08:43.240 --> 0:08:46.120 Oh, I really admire her honesty. Me too. 0:08:46.440 --> 0:08:49.840 It can be really intimidating to speak up for yourself. Now, 0:08:49.920 --> 0:08:52.400 let me take you further back to another time when 0:08:52.480 --> 0:08:56.000 Judy spoke up. Just prepare yourself because you know the 0:08:56.040 --> 0:08:56.560 bird thing. 0:08:56.960 --> 0:09:03.240 We can do this, Lee, give us a whistle. Oh, 0:09:03.320 --> 0:09:06.160 thank goodness, it's a flock of meadow larks. 0:09:06.200 --> 0:09:12.400 Gorgeous here we are. What a beautiful way to travel. 0:09:12.640 --> 0:09:14.760 Hey lady, are you gonna stand in the middle of 0:09:14.800 --> 0:09:16.200 this sidewalk all day? 0:09:16.360 --> 0:09:17.280 I'm walking here. 0:09:17.640 --> 0:09:20.520 If it's a break, we're lurking here. 0:09:21.559 --> 0:09:26.000 All right, All right, everyone's a character in New York City, Lee, 0:09:26.080 --> 0:09:27.520 Look over, there is that. 0:09:27.559 --> 0:09:30.679 Kid, an old timy Newsy in a cap selling papers. 0:09:31.040 --> 0:09:34.319 It sure is extra extra read all about it. Woman 0:09:34.360 --> 0:09:36.240 in wheelchairs us to become teacher? 0:09:36.440 --> 0:09:39.520 Whoa he must be talking about Judy Human. 0:09:39.520 --> 0:09:42.640 Extra extra read all about it. Judy Human wins case 0:09:42.640 --> 0:09:44.600 against school board again teacher's license. 0:09:44.920 --> 0:09:48.240 Oh wait, newsies were a fixture of life in the 0:09:48.240 --> 0:09:50.560 eighteen hundreds. How far back do we go? 0:09:50.679 --> 0:09:52.520 Lee, the nineteen seventies. 0:09:52.800 --> 0:09:54.880 Oh, the newsies as darkly accurate. 0:09:55.280 --> 0:09:57.760 You Let me worry about that nmony. Listen to what 0:09:57.800 --> 0:10:00.720 the newsies are saying about Judy. 0:10:00.080 --> 0:10:03.200 Extra extra read all about it. In a twist of. 0:10:03.240 --> 0:10:06.720 Fate, Judy Human wins discrimination lawsuit. 0:10:06.280 --> 0:10:09.520 Against the school board that bought it from attending school 0:10:09.520 --> 0:10:10.280 as a child. 0:10:10.800 --> 0:10:13.800 Okay, wild, what are they talking about. 0:10:13.920 --> 0:10:16.800 When she was entering elementary school in nineteen fifty two, 0:10:17.040 --> 0:10:20.240 a school board in Judy's neighborhood didn't let her attend 0:10:20.559 --> 0:10:23.920 school because they said her wheelchair was a fire hazard. 0:10:24.320 --> 0:10:28.400 That seems outrageous even for the nineteen fifties, But what 0:10:28.480 --> 0:10:30.560 does that have to do with these headlines about her 0:10:30.600 --> 0:10:32.000 getting a teacher's license. 0:10:32.400 --> 0:10:35.640 Years later, after Judy had earned her teaching license, that 0:10:36.120 --> 0:10:39.080 same school board sai she couldn't be a teacher in 0:10:39.160 --> 0:10:42.560 their school because she failed the medical exam because she 0:10:42.640 --> 0:10:43.480 couldn't walk. 0:10:43.800 --> 0:10:47.920 That's really unfair. She was obviously able to be a teacher. 0:10:48.160 --> 0:10:49.840 She was just going to need to get around the 0:10:49.840 --> 0:10:52.679 school in her own way. In schools today, there are 0:10:52.720 --> 0:10:55.560 not only ramps in elevators so that everyone is able 0:10:55.600 --> 0:10:58.760 to get around. There's even braille on all the signs 0:10:58.800 --> 0:11:01.439 on the walls to help those that are vision and paired. 0:11:01.440 --> 0:11:04.520 Exactly, and all that progress is the result of Judy 0:11:04.520 --> 0:11:08.640 and her colleagues demanding that buildings be more accessible. Because 0:11:08.679 --> 0:11:12.120 the world is largely designed with able people in mind, 0:11:12.320 --> 0:11:14.640 you have to use your imagination in a new way 0:11:14.679 --> 0:11:17.840 to rethink places and make them for everyone. 0:11:18.400 --> 0:11:21.240 If only the school board could have realized that back 0:11:21.240 --> 0:11:22.600 in nineteen fifty two. 0:11:22.840 --> 0:11:26.200 Extra Extra Exclusive Interview with Judy Human, page four. 0:11:26.440 --> 0:11:29.480 Oh we should read that. Excuse me, Hi, I'd like 0:11:29.520 --> 0:11:30.200 to buy a paper. 0:11:30.240 --> 0:11:32.640 Please show a thing that'll be three fifty. 0:11:32.559 --> 0:11:36.080 Three fifty That is expensive for the seventies. 0:11:36.480 --> 0:11:38.160 Oh well, here you go, neosy. 0:11:38.520 --> 0:11:43.000 Thanks Extra extra podcast assurer and swindled by anachronistic noozy. 0:11:43.160 --> 0:11:45.800 Read all about it, you little rascal. 0:11:46.040 --> 0:11:49.280 Wait, Lee, why would we just read about it when 0:11:49.280 --> 0:11:52.160 we could go see Judy get interviewed. 0:11:52.800 --> 0:11:55.160 Oh yeah, maybe I could return this paper to that 0:11:55.440 --> 0:11:59.760 sales final, Oh New York, let's get to that interview. 0:12:02.640 --> 0:12:03.480 That's a burn. 0:12:03.600 --> 0:12:06.120 Well yeah, it's called a jacksnipe. 0:12:06.360 --> 0:12:08.400 I might need to sample it for a beat. That 0:12:08.720 --> 0:12:14.600 is awesome. Now that's the only way to time travel. 0:12:15.200 --> 0:12:19.360 Judy Humans about to give her statement. Sorry, okay, so niminy. 0:12:19.559 --> 0:12:22.920 Here we are at the Overseas Press Club at Judy's 0:12:23.000 --> 0:12:25.439 news conference, and there she is. 0:12:26.160 --> 0:12:28.280 Judy, how do you feel now that you've won the case? 0:12:28.679 --> 0:12:31.400 I feel qualified to teach now and I don't want 0:12:31.480 --> 0:12:31.959 to wait. 0:12:32.720 --> 0:12:34.679 I bet Judy was an amazing teacher. 0:12:34.960 --> 0:12:37.319 She didn't end up teaching that much after the lawsuit. 0:12:37.720 --> 0:12:40.280 What that makes me sad to hear? 0:12:40.760 --> 0:12:44.840 It's actually pretty inspiring. Judy realized that her work needed 0:12:44.880 --> 0:12:47.840 to be outside of the classroom after this whole experience. 0:12:48.120 --> 0:12:49.400 What did she end up doing? 0:12:49.679 --> 0:12:50.520 I'll show you. 0:12:53.400 --> 0:12:55.200 Her case. What am I supposed to. 0:12:55.200 --> 0:12:55.520 Go with this? 0:12:56.080 --> 0:12:59.320 Did you know that Benjamin Franklin wanted the National burn 0:12:59.440 --> 0:13:02.000 to be the anybody. 0:13:01.480 --> 0:13:05.720 Knows that late? Where are we? 0:13:06.080 --> 0:13:08.439 Sh try to keep your voice down. It's pretty late 0:13:08.480 --> 0:13:11.200 at night or early in the morning, depending on how 0:13:11.240 --> 0:13:11.880 you look at it. 0:13:12.040 --> 0:13:15.040 We're in some kind of office building full of people 0:13:15.679 --> 0:13:16.840 having a sleepover. 0:13:17.200 --> 0:13:20.000 It's less of a sleep over and more of a 0:13:20.120 --> 0:13:20.680 sit in. 0:13:21.360 --> 0:13:24.720 Hm hm, that makes sense. People are definitely sitting, mostly 0:13:24.720 --> 0:13:27.520 at empty desks. And look, there's a few people over 0:13:27.559 --> 0:13:29.880 there on the floor in sleeping bags playing a game. 0:13:30.320 --> 0:13:33.240 And based on the various haircuts, I'm guessing we're in 0:13:33.280 --> 0:13:34.679 the seventies again. 0:13:34.880 --> 0:13:37.480 Correct, we're in nineteen seventy seven. 0:13:37.800 --> 0:13:40.640 I thought sit ins were like protests, like the ones 0:13:40.679 --> 0:13:41.880 from the civil rights movement. 0:13:42.280 --> 0:13:45.840 That's right, All of these folks are part of DA 0:13:45.920 --> 0:13:50.400 Disability in Action, an organization that Judy helped create that 0:13:50.440 --> 0:13:53.400 brings people together to fight for the inclusion of disabled people. 0:13:53.600 --> 0:13:56.679 Are they all protesting about another teacher license getting denied? 0:13:57.080 --> 0:13:59.719 No, this is a much bigger moment. This is what 0:14:00.160 --> 0:14:03.200 many sit ins staged across the country by DIA and 0:14:03.280 --> 0:14:06.600 other groups demanding that the government take action on section 0:14:06.800 --> 0:14:11.240 five oh four of the Rehabilitation Act of nineteen seventy three. 0:14:11.600 --> 0:14:15.080 Nineteen seventy three. But didn't you just say it's nineteen 0:14:15.120 --> 0:14:15.800 seventy seven. 0:14:16.280 --> 0:14:19.920 Yes, So in nineteen seventy three, after other protests led 0:14:19.960 --> 0:14:24.200 by Judy in her community, President Nixon finally signed papers 0:14:24.240 --> 0:14:28.000 that basically said no disabled person should be excluded from 0:14:28.000 --> 0:14:32.320 any program, service, or similar which receives federal funds. That's great, 0:14:32.720 --> 0:14:35.960 it is great. But before section five oh four could 0:14:36.000 --> 0:14:39.280 be put into law, the US Department of Health, Education, 0:14:39.400 --> 0:14:41.600 and Welfare had to come up with this sort of 0:14:42.000 --> 0:14:44.640 checklist to help determine who is disabled. 0:14:44.840 --> 0:14:47.920 So all these activists had already helped bring about a 0:14:47.960 --> 0:14:51.560 new law, but one department delayed those laws being put 0:14:51.600 --> 0:14:56.240 into action for four years. Pretty much No wonder Judy 0:14:56.280 --> 0:14:57.239 got so feisty. 0:14:57.640 --> 0:15:00.080 Okay, everybody, I don't want to wake you have if 0:15:00.120 --> 0:15:02.360 you're resting, but you know what time it is. 0:15:04.200 --> 0:15:06.440 I'm not exactly sure what's happening now. 0:15:06.560 --> 0:15:09.400 They're taking down that big sign that says twenty one 0:15:09.600 --> 0:15:12.840 and replacing it with another sign that says twenty two. 0:15:13.400 --> 0:15:16.480 Fellow protesters, if you can, we'd love for you to 0:15:16.520 --> 0:15:17.880 stay just one more night. 0:15:18.200 --> 0:15:21.240 Oh. I see all these people have been here protesting 0:15:21.320 --> 0:15:25.080 for twenty two days and twenty two nights. 0:15:25.280 --> 0:15:26.920 That's such a long time. 0:15:27.240 --> 0:15:30.680 Yeah, and some of the people here needed specific medical 0:15:30.720 --> 0:15:33.480 supplies to get through even a regular day, so other 0:15:33.480 --> 0:15:36.280 people from the community brought them stuff to help them 0:15:36.360 --> 0:15:37.000 keep going. 0:15:37.240 --> 0:15:39.200 How did they know what to bring them? I mean, 0:15:39.280 --> 0:15:42.240 it's nineteen seventy seven. There are no cell phones, and 0:15:42.320 --> 0:15:44.640 I don't think they'd just let the protesters use the 0:15:44.680 --> 0:15:45.560 phones in here. 0:15:46.000 --> 0:15:50.560 Oh they didn't. In fact, the FBI cut the phone 0:15:50.560 --> 0:15:53.280 lines in here to try and get the protesters to leave, 0:15:53.600 --> 0:15:57.200 but they found a way. Look over there, that woman. 0:15:57.040 --> 0:16:00.240 Is using sign language to communicate with somebody on the 0:16:00.240 --> 0:16:01.360 other side of that window. 0:16:01.800 --> 0:16:06.880 Isn't that amazing? The FBI couldn't stop asl. 0:16:06.720 --> 0:16:10.040 Still it sounds like hard work. How much longer does 0:16:10.080 --> 0:16:10.840 the protest go? 0:16:11.120 --> 0:16:14.200 They'll be here for a few more days, twenty four altogether. 0:16:14.600 --> 0:16:17.240 I know this is a protest and everyone here is 0:16:17.440 --> 0:16:20.960 rightfully angry and felt called to action. But it also 0:16:21.240 --> 0:16:24.120 feels good in here. Is that weird to say? 0:16:24.520 --> 0:16:27.080 I don't think so? And actually that makes me think 0:16:27.120 --> 0:16:29.360 of one other thing I want to show you. I 0:16:29.440 --> 0:16:32.400 really hope I don't wake anybody up with this history simulator. 0:16:32.440 --> 0:16:41.440 But here we go. Owls. What a perfect bird to 0:16:41.520 --> 0:16:43.160 take us to our next stuff. 0:16:45.920 --> 0:16:49.480 You're right, Lee, those owls were on thepe I'm seeing 0:16:49.520 --> 0:16:53.080 a bonfire with people gathered around it. I hear frogs 0:16:53.080 --> 0:16:55.320 and crickets. There are mosquitoes. 0:16:57.120 --> 0:16:59.720 Oh no, I do not do well with mosquitos. 0:17:00.200 --> 0:17:03.000 We better be quick. What's the scoop on this gathering. 0:17:03.360 --> 0:17:06.480 We're at a place called Camp jen Ed. It's a 0:17:06.480 --> 0:17:09.240 summer camp Judy went to and she was a teenager. Look, 0:17:09.359 --> 0:17:11.399 she's right over there, sitting near the fire. 0:17:11.640 --> 0:17:14.400 Where Sorry, it's hard to tell from this far back, 0:17:14.440 --> 0:17:17.120 and there's more than one person in a wheelchair over there. 0:17:18.240 --> 0:17:20.040 She's the one who just made everyone laugh. 0:17:20.320 --> 0:17:20.760 Gotcha. 0:17:21.080 --> 0:17:23.560 I wanted to bring you here because Judy talks about 0:17:23.600 --> 0:17:26.480 Camp Jened a lot. It was a camp for young 0:17:26.520 --> 0:17:29.880 people with disabilities. It's here that Judy said she realized 0:17:29.920 --> 0:17:32.600 that a lot of the limited way people view folks 0:17:32.600 --> 0:17:36.120 with disabilities comes from fear. It sparked something in. 0:17:36.040 --> 0:17:38.480 Her to want to change that. Maybe this is where 0:17:38.480 --> 0:17:41.280 her flame for Scott it spark hard to say, but 0:17:41.359 --> 0:17:44.159 it gave Judy and many other campers an idea of 0:17:44.200 --> 0:17:46.800 how great things could be if everyone is given a 0:17:46.880 --> 0:17:47.720 chance to thrive. 0:17:48.119 --> 0:17:51.200 Other campers from Jened went on to be disability rights 0:17:51.240 --> 0:17:51.920 activists too. 0:17:53.880 --> 0:17:57.800 Okay, they're really getting into that song. Oh, which reminds 0:17:57.880 --> 0:18:00.040 me we better get back to the studio to we 0:18:00.080 --> 0:18:02.760 eat some music of our own. Also, it sort of 0:18:02.800 --> 0:18:06.240 looks like you're getting eaten alive by mosquitoes. Yikes, let's 0:18:06.240 --> 0:18:12.000 get out of here. Whoa child swans? 0:18:13.640 --> 0:18:16.119 We're heading back to the studio. So he's sort of 0:18:16.119 --> 0:18:17.040 our swan song. 0:18:19.920 --> 0:18:22.880 All right, here we are back at the studio. 0:18:23.800 --> 0:18:26.560 I'm covered in bug bites. Why did I create a 0:18:26.640 --> 0:18:29.480 history simulator that didn't protect us from mosquitoes? 0:18:29.840 --> 0:18:32.760 Oh? All that, and you didn't even get us'more? 0:18:33.880 --> 0:18:35.840 Oh No, one came back with us a. 0:18:38.440 --> 0:18:43.200 BII. Okay, listeners, let's hear this song about the one 0:18:43.240 --> 0:18:49.640 and only Judy Human, featuring the amazing vocalist Jenna by Bridge. 0:18:52.480 --> 0:18:55.440 I'm looking for feisty disabled. 0:18:54.840 --> 0:19:11.000 People at eighteen months, that's just one and a half. 0:19:11.280 --> 0:19:15.119 I contracted polio sort of cut me and I consume, 0:19:15.280 --> 0:19:16.440 move my arms. 0:19:16.160 --> 0:19:17.480 And my neck and my face. 0:19:17.520 --> 0:19:21.040 But I was paralyzed from below the wigs. 0:19:21.600 --> 0:19:24.520 But just know that the song ain't a sod story. 0:19:24.840 --> 0:19:27.840 Ain't the go crying home to your mom's story. 0:19:28.080 --> 0:19:31.720 This about finding force when you're afraid, getting lemons. 0:19:31.280 --> 0:19:33.919 Turning them to lemonade. 0:19:34.520 --> 0:19:37.720 Jump forward to the first day of my new school. 0:19:37.760 --> 0:19:40.320 Want to learn in the worst way, but in a 0:19:40.480 --> 0:19:41.080 curse day. 0:19:41.480 --> 0:19:42.880 They took one look at the. 0:19:42.840 --> 0:19:45.880 Wheelchair teachers tell me I cannot be there. 0:19:47.119 --> 0:19:50.119 You know they called me a fire hazard. 0:19:50.400 --> 0:19:52.360 We will show them a fire. 0:19:52.080 --> 0:19:54.400 Hazard to go to class. 0:19:54.520 --> 0:19:57.480 Had to give them some sass claim my dignity, change 0:19:57.520 --> 0:19:58.240 the policy. 0:19:58.480 --> 0:20:00.760 So we had to be f see. 0:20:00.880 --> 0:20:02.520 Be the brawler you want to be. 0:20:02.880 --> 0:20:06.000 I see make the shift that you want to see. 0:20:06.080 --> 0:20:11.399 I see no time for the niceties. Feisty, be feisty 0:20:12.840 --> 0:20:15.480 second first second, lesson second time to fright. 0:20:15.920 --> 0:20:18.679 I want to be a teacher, help the youth outright. 0:20:19.280 --> 0:20:21.920 Got my grades, good pass my tests, got my shock. 0:20:22.280 --> 0:20:25.760 They say I can't teach because I can't Watchcuse. 0:20:25.160 --> 0:20:28.760 Me, this rule was blatantly I'm fair and wrong. I'm 0:20:28.800 --> 0:20:29.560 teaching school. 0:20:29.640 --> 0:20:31.280 I'm not running a marathon. 0:20:31.680 --> 0:20:33.080 Lord of the Education of. 0:20:33.080 --> 0:20:36.000 New York was not the paragon of equity I needed. 0:20:36.080 --> 0:20:37.760 So I sued them, put the pressure on. 0:20:38.280 --> 0:20:42.400 You know, they settled out of court. First ever teacher 0:20:42.440 --> 0:20:44.760 in a wheelchair in New York. Plus, I got a 0:20:44.800 --> 0:20:47.760 lot of press from a stress and so got so 0:20:48.040 --> 0:20:51.199 many letters piles all up on the tests, those from 0:20:51.240 --> 0:20:55.480 scared adults and from nervous kids being denied their basic services. 0:20:55.520 --> 0:20:57.040 I now know what my purpose is. 0:20:57.320 --> 0:21:00.280 Activists who makes disturbances. If there's dreading and it is 0:21:00.359 --> 0:21:03.359 uncurbing and unscurving fervently and urgently. 0:21:03.080 --> 0:21:06.320 I'm hidding sight saying being a brawl or you want 0:21:06.320 --> 0:21:09.480