22: Crispus Attucks: The First to Defy. The First to Die.

Date: March 5, 2025 Legacy Makers: Stories of Black Inventors and Icons Title and Show Info  Episode #22. CRISPUS ATTUCKS: THE FIRST TO DEFY. THE FIRST TO DIE. Featuring: Toni Davis (Host & Storyteller).

Summary 🔥 Crispus Attucks: The First to Defy. The First to Die. ⚔️ The year is 1770. Boston simmers with unrest, its streets thick with the scent of revolution. British soldiers march, muskets in hand, but one man refuses to cower. Crispus Attucks—a runaway, a sailor, a man of two worlds—has spent his life outrunning chains and defying an empire. But tonight, he won’t run. When the air crackles with the tension of rebellion, Crispus takes his stand at the front of the resistance. What begins as shouts and clenched fists erupts into chaos as musket fire splits the night. The multiple shots rip through him, but his fall ignites a movement. The first casualty of the American Revolution is not just a victim—he is a symbol, a martyr, a call to arms. Join us as we unravel the story of the man who stood first, fell first, and forever changed the course of history. His name lives on. His fight is not forgotten. 🔴⚔️🩸🔥📜⚡💥✨✊🏾

Highlights: 00:57- INTRO.  01:16- CRISPUS ATTUCKS.  03:06- HIS FATHER JACOB PETER ATTUCKS. 03:19- HIS MOTHER NANCY. 03:39- RUNAWAY SLAVE. 04:25- ALIAS MICHAEL JOHNSON.  05:54- FIGHT WITH BRITISH SOLDIERS. 07:19- BOSTON MASSACRE. 09:33- CRISPUS IS SHOT. 10:08- MORE VICTIMS FALL.  10:55- BECOMES THE FIRST CASUALTY OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. 11:33- THE REVOLUTION HAS BEGUN. 12:06- SAMUEL ADAMS.  12:20- PAUL REVERE. 12:35- BRITISH SOLDIERS ARRESTED. 12:41- JOHN ADAMS.  13:06- CRISPUS AND FOUR OTHER VICTIMS ARE BURIED AT THE GANARY BURYING GROUNDS. 13:50- FREDERICK DOUGLASS. 14:05- 1776.  14:20- ACCOLADES.  14:50- CONCLUSION.  Subscribe to the podcast. 

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