One Year: 1955 - The Team Nobody Would Play
b'The Cannon Street All-Stars dreamed of playing in the 1955 Little League World Series. Their biggest obstacle didn\\u2019t come on the field. In the year that Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a public bus, these Black\\xa012-year-olds became unlikely civil rights pioneers\\u2014and faced the wrath of a white society that wasn\\u2019t ready to change.\\n\\nJosh Levin is One Year\\u2019s editorial director. One Year\\u2019s senior producer is Evan Chung.\\n\\nThis episode was produced by Kelly Jones and Evan Chung, with additional production by Sophie Summergrad.\\xa0\\n\\nIt was edited by Joel Meyer and Derek John, Slate\\u2019s executive producer of narrative podcasts.\\xa0\\n\\nMerritt Jacob is our senior technical director.\\n\\nJoin\\xa0Slate Plus\\xa0to get the first three episodes of One Year: 1955 right away\\u2014and a bonus 1955 story at the end of the season. Slate Plus members also get to listen to all Slate podcasts without any ads. Sign up now to support One Year.\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'