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Every one of them was an outsized hero to us
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Mighty Ira

Every one of themwas an outsized hero to us and a playerof major accomplishment

Every one of them
was an outsized hero to us and a player
of major accomplishment

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Every one of them was an outsized hero to us
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and a player of major accomplishment.
Duration
8 seconds
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16
Timestamp in Movie
00:29:30
Uploaded
May 26, 2025
Genres
documentary
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Ira is one of America's unsung champions of civil rights and liberties. As his generation retires from the barricades, Ira reminisces on his life at the forefront of defending the rights of all Americans.
And on that team of outsized heroes, Robinson comes in in 1947 - Mighty Ira 00:13
And on that team of outsized heroes, Robinson comes in in 19...
[Norman] Here comes this four-lettered man from UCLA - Mighty Ira 00:16
[Norman] Here comes this four-lettered man from UCLA
I was really totally unaware of the racial situation in the United States. - Mighty Ira 00:08
I was really totally unaware of the racial situation in the ...
There was nobody black anywhere that I could see. - Mighty Ira 00:04
There was nobody black anywhere that I could see.
As a matter of fact, I never saw anybody who wasn't white and Jewish. - Mighty Ira 00:06
As a matter of fact, I never saw anybody who wasn't whi...
New York City had the reputation for being what sociologists at the time called - Mighty Ira 00:16
New York City had the reputation for being what sociologists...
In reality, the city was a collection of very insular, - Mighty Ira 00:39
In reality, the city was a collection of very insular,
That's the first time I ever hear about segregated public accommodations. - Mighty Ira 00:07
That's the first time I ever hear about segregated publ...
That's how I learn about segregation in hotels, segregation in restaurants. - Mighty Ira 00:07
That's how I learn about segregation in hotels, segrega...
And that's where I come to hate it. - Mighty Ira 00:04
And that's where I come to hate it.
And we don't hate it because we have any prior commitment to civil rights. - Mighty Ira 00:05
And we don't hate it because we have any prior commitme...
When I went to Ebbets Field, then and a year or two later by myself, - Mighty Ira 00:07
When I went to Ebbets Field, then and a year or two later by...
I would sit next to a 35-, 40-year-old black guy - Mighty Ira 00:09
I would sit next to a 35-, 40-year-old black guy
So you grew up in an atmosphere of black and white together, we shall overcome. - Mighty Ira 00:06
So you grew up in an atmosphere of black and white together,...
And that that was an experience, uh, that I don't think - Mighty Ira 00:24
And that that was an experience, uh, that I don't think
So, this was the core, and as you can see two blacks, three whites - Mighty Ira 00:18
So, this was the core, and as you can see two blacks, three ...
And... and then we found out... I, for sure, when I went to Mississippi and Georgia - Mighty Ira 00:11
And... and then we found out... I, for sure, when I went to ...
So, we decided we make them live by all those words in the constitution about - Mighty Ira 00:08
So, we decided we make them live by all those words in the c...
Well, in 1958 one of the three great villains of the world, uh, - Mighty Ira 00:11
Well, in 1958 one of the three great villains of the world, ...
[Ira] I was devastated when they tore down Ebbets Field - Mighty Ira 00:07
[Ira] I was devastated when they tore down Ebbets Field