S1 E29 - 4m 55s
On October 11, 1972, a group of inmates in cellblock of the DC Jail in Washington, DC, took several guards hostage, sparking a jail uprising. DC Corrections Director Kenneth Hardy and a Washington Post reporter attempted to negotiate an end to the standoff, as well as future Mayor Marion Barry and DC Delegate Walter Fauntroy. All were unsuccessful. And then Shirley Chisholm arrived.
S1 E28 - 4m 47s
On April 26, 1954, second graders at Franklin Sherman Elementary in McLean, Virginia kicked off the nationwide trials of Dr. Jonas Salk's polio vaccine. Called the biggest medical experiment in U.S. History, the much-publicized trials were a turning point in the fight against a disease that had terrified families for decades.
S1 E27 - 4m 9s
In 1950, an orphaned bear cub was rescued from a wildfire in New Mexico and brought to Washington to live at the National Zoo. Named "Smokey" after the popular Forest Service character, the cub became a real life advocate for fire prevention and got so much fan mail that the U.S. Postal Service gave him his own private D.C. zipcode.
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