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From Windsor and ABF creative.

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This is the adventures of Cairo.

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This week's episode is, Black

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is beautiful. Hi,

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everyone. I'm on a road trip with

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my dad, my grandpa card. It's

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like a mini vacation. I can't

3:24

wait for all the fun we're gonna have. Whoa.

3:30

I can't see the Washington running it

3:32

all the way from here.

3:35

if I can climb to the top. Whoa.

3:38

Slow down. Not anymore. There

3:40

were too many stairs and only one elevator.

3:43

Back in the day, I didn't need some elevator.

3:45

I gallop right up to the

3:47

top. No sweat. Really?

3:49

That's right. It's sixty seconds flat.

3:52

The Washington Monument is five hundred and fifty

3:54

five feet tall there. And now that the

3:56

stairs are closed, no one can check

3:58

my tie.

4:00

look over there. That's the old

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Mitchell Park playground, Cairo.

4:04

The mushroom sure knew how to build a playground.

4:07

Can we come on swings?

4:08

No time, Carl. We've got a full day

4:10

ahead of us where we're going.

4:12

Besides back in the day, you would have never

4:14

been able to play on that playground.

4:16

Why not?

4:17

Because this was a segregated playground.

4:19

What segregated mean?

4:22

Segregation means keeping something or

4:24

someone separate from everything else.

4:26

In this case, admit that white people

4:28

wanted playgrounds to

4:29

themselves, so they wouldn't let black

4:31

kids come and play with them, and that's a terrible

4:34

thing. You mean I couldn't have played

4:36

with him handy? I don't I

4:39

I can't even imagine

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that. But

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it's not segregated anymore, Cairo.

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Now, you can go to any playground you

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want. It's a new day.

4:49

Just not right this second. Now we

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came all the way to Washington DC

4:53

to see something else. Really? Where

4:55

are we going?

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The National Museum of African American

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History and Culture. Museum.

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That's right. Marlon, this trip

5:03

when he was your age. Now is your

5:05

turn.

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I thought this was vacation. It

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is.

5:08

It's a mining vacation. And the best

5:10

God.

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What kind of vacation is about history?

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Well, young man. Looks like you're about

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to find out.

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This is the musical crossroads exhibit.

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Hey, look at that. That's

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forbearance

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catleg. Oh, we

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ain't that job.

5:36

Who's Chuck Berry? Who?

5:39

Who? Calm down,

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pop. You'll give yourself a heart attack.

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Mike, how are you teaching this board

5:45

that he doesn't know who Chuck Bear is?

5:47

I hate to break the news to you, dad. You

5:50

know, I'm a little more hip hop. And a little

5:52

less rock and roll. Less no excuse,

5:54

baby boy. Cairo. Chuck

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Berry was one of the pioneers of rock and roll.

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Any of those young kids you listen to

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now. Oldest sound to Chuck Berry.

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Why is this car in the museum? Chuck

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Berry owned a lot of these cars. Says

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here that this is the Cadillac he drove

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on stage while they were filming a rock

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documentary in a theater. The

6:14

same theater that once turned him away because

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it was segregated. They didn't let black

6:18

people in side. Really? The

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theater wouldn't let him in just because he

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was black.

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History wasn't always kind of black people,

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Cairo. But look at that.

6:28

Chuck Berry and his Cadillac got the last

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lap. You know there are lots of different

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types of music that black people created. Jazz,

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hip

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hop, all that pop that makes the teething

6:38

bubbles up. Oh, okay.

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Let's take a look around at the rest of the displays.

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Seekaro. This might be more interesting

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than you thought.

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I guess so. Whoa.

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Is this the sports I zippet?

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What gave it away. Serena Williams.

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I'm Michael Jordan.

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Serena Williams. She's so

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cool.

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You know who was cool first off the

7:03

edge. Who?

7:04

Michael. I'm sorry. Okay? The

7:07

William's sisters really dominate the tennis

7:09

conversation in our

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household. And you know who helped pave the way

7:13

for them? V off the ash. First

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Black man to win a major tennis tournament.

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Look over here for a long

7:19

time. Alpha Ash wasn't even allowed

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to compete against white players.

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Why wouldn't they let him compete?

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That's how things work, Cairo. People

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used to be a black people would win. So

7:30

they never even gave them a chance to play.

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But despite all that, Ash kept practicing

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and working hard. And he won three

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grand slabs.

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Go on through Ash.

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That's right. So what do you think, Carol?

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Are you a future athlete in the making?

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Is there a grand slam for swimming?

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Even better. There are Olympic

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medals. Metals. Mhmm.

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Let's go look at Jesse Owens metals for

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a sneak peek.

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Who's Jesse Owens? I'm on a debt.

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I'm on it. Jesse

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Owens was a black track star and

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Olympic gold medalist.

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What is all of this stuff.

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This exhibit is called reckoning. It's

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about how art can be a protest and help

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give us a new perspective.

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There's so much of it. Well,

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black people have had a lot to protest

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throughout American history. Wait

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up Cairo, we should go to this zibut

8:23

together. Okay? It's a little heavier

8:25

than the other ones we've seen today.

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What do you think, Cairo? All these

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pictures of people marching. These

8:33

aren't just from a long time

8:34

ago. There was a lot of violence done

8:36

to black people back in the day. And that

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violence still happens now. Even after

8:41

all this

8:41

time, I've got this pop. Cairo,

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black people aren't always taken care of in

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America. So a lot of the time

8:48

we need to take care of ourselves. That

8:50

looks like speaking up for ourselves. Because

8:53

when we all put our voices together, everyone

8:55

else can't

8:56

help, but here. Carl,

9:00

you okay, son? I

9:01

hate this. I know Carl.

9:04

It's not a very nice truth, but

9:06

this exhibit is meant to help us think about these

9:08

ideas.

9:09

I don't just hate the exhibit. I hate

9:11

this whole wheel see him.

9:12

Now that's not right. You like the sports

9:14

exhibit, and I know you like Chuck Bear's

9:17

car. Yeah. But every time

9:19

I saw something cool, there was a terrible

9:21

story behind it. Chuck Barry couldn't

9:23

go to the theater. Arthur Hasch come

9:25

play tennis. Why would you bring

9:27

me to a mule's hand that's really full of

9:29

sad things? I hate this museum.

9:32

I hate this vacation.

9:43

Hold on Carl went up. Now,

9:45

this is the big museum. If we lose track

9:47

of you, you might have to spend a night net

9:49

cat

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like.

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I wanna go home

9:51

now. I get a Cairo, but

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I want you to come with me to see one

9:55

more exhibit.

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And then can we leave Okay.

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Last one. I promise, son.

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What's this exhibit for? This

10:06

exhibit is called a in the

10:08

making. It's all about how long

10:10

it took to open this museum.

10:12

You know how long a century is. Right?

10:15

Fifty years.

10:17

Have way there. A hundred? Boom.

10:20

It took a hundred years for this museum

10:22

to open.

10:23

Let me guess. Nobody wanted a

10:25

museum about black people.

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A lot of people didn't. And for a while,

10:29

they got their way, but think of it like this.

10:32

There were a lot of people who really wanted a

10:34

museum about black people, and

10:36

they were willing to work a whole century to

10:38

make sure this museum came to

10:40

be. I know it's hard to hear about

10:42

how unfair this country has been, but

10:45

museums are all about perspective.

10:47

Remember, they didn't want to let off the ash

10:49

compete. But what did he

10:51

do? He competed anyway.

10:53

That's right. And what happened to that theater

10:55

that wouldn't let Chabarian side?

10:57

He drove a car on stage. How

11:00

they were filming a documentary about him?

11:03

Talk about payback, but it's not about

11:05

getting

11:05

even. It's about getting over.

11:08

Black people are experts at getting over the obstacle

11:10

society, putting an hour a path. After

11:12

Ash and Chabary did

11:13

it. Grandpa Carter did it.

11:15

Your dad does it, and you can do it

11:17

too. That's why we came to this museum,

11:19

Carol, not to make you feel sad.

11:22

We want you to see that you can do anything you

11:24

wanna do no matter who tries to stand

11:26

your way.

11:27

Really? You need it?

11:29

I absolutely do. You can win

11:31

or live be gold medals like Jesse Owens,

11:33

you can make amazing music like Chuck Berry,

11:36

or be an amazing teacher like LaVar

11:38

Burton. Or an amazing scientist

11:41

like Mae Jameson. The list is

11:43

endless. You can be whatever you wanna

11:45

be, Cairo.

11:46

But today, you can even

11:49

play on the playground. The

11:50

playground? The

11:53

playground. That's

11:55

right. I think we can make a pissed

11:57

off on the way home. Yay.

12:06

That's right. Get all an energy up.

12:08

If we're lucky, it might snap all the

12:10

way home. That boy keeps kicking

12:12

my seat.

12:15

Okay. Hey, dad. Watch how

12:17

high he can swing. There

12:21

was a lot to learn at the museum. And

12:23

I'm so glad that I win. Black

12:25

people are so strong, which means I'm

12:28

strong too. Just like my dad

12:30

and my grandpa card. Now I can

12:32

play because being happy is a part

12:34

of being strong in black tooth and

12:36

black and proud.

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