web01.fireside.fm Thu, 11 Jun 2026 15:43:13 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) Out On The Ocean - Episodes Tagged with “Racial Discrimination” https://outontheocean.fireside.fm/tags/racial%20discrimination Fri, 14 Nov 2025 00:15:00 +1100 Immersive conversations about how we're each of us navigating our way through life - written, presented and produced by Dominic Black. en-us episodic A podcast about living Dominic Black Immersive conversations about how we're each of us navigating our way through life - written, presented and produced by Dominic Black. no life stories, interviews, in-depth, Dominic Black outontheocean@proton.me Episode 5: The Freedom of Harold Moss - Part 2 https://outontheocean.fireside.fm/5 438db8f4-678c-4371-8f26-ca8e59e4661b Fri, 14 Nov 2025 00:15:00 +1100 Dominic Black full Dominic Black The second of two episodes on the life of civil rights activist Harold Moss. 1:09:17 no <p>Episode 4 of Out On The Ocean tells the first part of the story of Harold Moss - listen to that first. Thenmeet us back here. </p> <p>Recorded on March 14th 2016 in Tacoma, Washington, this second recording picks up the story from the early 1960s, and details the formation of the Tacoma Urban League; Harold's work with the NAACP; his route into local politics and the events that led to him being appointed Mayor of Tacoma in 1994.</p> <p>Harold's own reflections are fascinating and affecting, and he speaks with such a passionate intensity at times - though with a laugh always just around the corner. What this interview also gives us is an insight into the political landscape of the city of Tacoma throughout his time there. And while that might seem, on first listen, like a very particular set of circumstances, what's most striking is how so many of the fractures in American political life that Harold describes seem traceable right up to the prersent day. </p> <p>There is a treasure trove of material on Tacoman politics at HistoryLink.org - the online encyclopaedia of Washington State history. If you want a fuller account of the recall process that led to Harold first joining Tacoma City Council, check out this essay by Bill Baarsma - himself a former mayor of Tacoma:<br> <a href="https://www.historylink.org/File/22806" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">https://www.historylink.org/File/22806</a></p> <p>The audio interview with Harold Moss was recorded as research for the HistoryLink essay on his life. Special thanks to Jennifer Ott and HistoryLink for granting permission to broadcast this audio. You can find the full essay here:<br> <a href="https://www.historylink.org/File/20125" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">https://www.historylink.org/File/20125</a></p> <p>Harold Moss died on September 21st, 2020.</p> <p>If you liked this episode, please do share it and give it a review in ye olde podcast styllee fashion. <br> Thanks, and see you soon, </p> <p>Dominic </p> Harold Moss, Tacoma, Civil Rights, HistoryLink, redlining, racial discrimination, racism, Tacoma City Council, Pierce County Council, history Episode 4 of Out On The Ocean tells the first part of the story of Harold Moss - listen to that first. Thenmeet us back here.

Recorded on March 14th 2016 in Tacoma, Washington, this second recording picks up the story from the early 1960s, and details the formation of the Tacoma Urban League; Harold's work with the NAACP; his route into local politics and the events that led to him being appointed Mayor of Tacoma in 1994.

Harold's own reflections are fascinating and affecting, and he speaks with such a passionate intensity at times - though with a laugh always just around the corner. What this interview also gives us is an insight into the political landscape of the city of Tacoma throughout his time there. And while that might seem, on first listen, like a very particular set of circumstances, what's most striking is how so many of the fractures in American political life that Harold describes seem traceable right up to the prersent day.

There is a treasure trove of material on Tacoman politics at HistoryLink.org - the online encyclopaedia of Washington State history. If you want a fuller account of the recall process that led to Harold first joining Tacoma City Council, check out this essay by Bill Baarsma - himself a former mayor of Tacoma:
https://www.historylink.org/File/22806

The audio interview with Harold Moss was recorded as research for the HistoryLink essay on his life. Special thanks to Jennifer Ott and HistoryLink for granting permission to broadcast this audio. You can find the full essay here:
https://www.historylink.org/File/20125

Harold Moss died on September 21st, 2020.

If you liked this episode, please do share it and give it a review in ye olde podcast styllee fashion.
Thanks, and see you soon,

Dominic

]]> Episode 4 of Out On The Ocean tells the first part of the story of Harold Moss - listen to that first. Thenmeet us back here.

Recorded on March 14th 2016 in Tacoma, Washington, this second recording picks up the story from the early 1960s, and details the formation of the Tacoma Urban League; Harold's work with the NAACP; his route into local politics and the events that led to him being appointed Mayor of Tacoma in 1994.

Harold's own reflections are fascinating and affecting, and he speaks with such a passionate intensity at times - though with a laugh always just around the corner. What this interview also gives us is an insight into the political landscape of the city of Tacoma throughout his time there. And while that might seem, on first listen, like a very particular set of circumstances, what's most striking is how so many of the fractures in American political life that Harold describes seem traceable right up to the prersent day.

There is a treasure trove of material on Tacoman politics at HistoryLink.org - the online encyclopaedia of Washington State history. If you want a fuller account of the recall process that led to Harold first joining Tacoma City Council, check out this essay by Bill Baarsma - himself a former mayor of Tacoma:
https://www.historylink.org/File/22806

The audio interview with Harold Moss was recorded as research for the HistoryLink essay on his life. Special thanks to Jennifer Ott and HistoryLink for granting permission to broadcast this audio. You can find the full essay here:
https://www.historylink.org/File/20125

Harold Moss died on September 21st, 2020.

If you liked this episode, please do share it and give it a review in ye olde podcast styllee fashion.
Thanks, and see you soon,

Dominic

]]> Episode 4: The Freedom of Harold Moss - Part I https://outontheocean.fireside.fm/4 0558a9c1-7894-41ba-9fb3-a4547c51b0b2 Fri, 24 Oct 2025 00:15:00 +1100 Dominic Black full Dominic Black Harold Moss was a legend in his adopted home city of Tacoma, Washington. A Texas-born civil rights activist, national guardsman, and passionate advocate for justice, he was the first African American member of both the Tacoma City Council and the Pierce County Council. He eventually became Tacoma's first African American mayor. 1:15:31 no <p>In this, the first of two episodes, Harold Moss describes his childhood in Michigan, his move to the Pacific NorthWest as a National Guardsman, and the reality of how racism played out in his everyday life, from childhood right through to when he and his wife tried to buy their first house.</p> <p>It's a compelling piece of audio, in part because he is such a great talker, and in part because the issues and ideas he's talking about are even more urgent and even more current than they were when this was first recorded in 2016. When even 2016 seems like a more innocent time, you know things must be bad in 2025. </p> <p>This audio was recorded as research for the biographical essay on Harold's life in published in HistoryLink.org, the online encyclopaedia of Washington State history. Special thanks to Jennifer Ott and HistoryLink for permission to broadcast this audio. You can find the full essay here:<br> <a href="https://www.historylink.org/File/20125" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">https://www.historylink.org/File/20125</a></p> <p>And you can find more information about housing discrimination in Tacoma here:<br> <a href="https://www.historylink.org/File/22992" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">https://www.historylink.org/File/22992</a></p> <p>If you like the podcast, please share it and give a review (a positive one...heh...) and thank you. See you soon. </p> <p>Dominic </p> Harold Moss, Tacoma, Civil Rights, HistoryLink, redlining, racial discrimination, racism In this, the first of two episodes, Harold Moss describes his childhood in Michigan, his move to the Pacific NorthWest as a National Guardsman, and the reality of how racism played out in his everyday life, from childhood right through to when he and his wife tried to buy their first house.

It's a compelling piece of audio, in part because he is such a great talker, and in part because the issues and ideas he's talking about are even more urgent and even more current than they were when this was first recorded in 2016. When even 2016 seems like a more innocent time, you know things must be bad in 2025.

This audio was recorded as research for the biographical essay on Harold's life in published in HistoryLink.org, the online encyclopaedia of Washington State history. Special thanks to Jennifer Ott and HistoryLink for permission to broadcast this audio. You can find the full essay here:
https://www.historylink.org/File/20125

And you can find more information about housing discrimination in Tacoma here:
https://www.historylink.org/File/22992

If you like the podcast, please share it and give a review (a positive one...heh...) and thank you. See you soon.

Dominic

]]> In this, the first of two episodes, Harold Moss describes his childhood in Michigan, his move to the Pacific NorthWest as a National Guardsman, and the reality of how racism played out in his everyday life, from childhood right through to when he and his wife tried to buy their first house.

It's a compelling piece of audio, in part because he is such a great talker, and in part because the issues and ideas he's talking about are even more urgent and even more current than they were when this was first recorded in 2016. When even 2016 seems like a more innocent time, you know things must be bad in 2025.

This audio was recorded as research for the biographical essay on Harold's life in published in HistoryLink.org, the online encyclopaedia of Washington State history. Special thanks to Jennifer Ott and HistoryLink for permission to broadcast this audio. You can find the full essay here:
https://www.historylink.org/File/20125

And you can find more information about housing discrimination in Tacoma here:
https://www.historylink.org/File/22992

If you like the podcast, please share it and give a review (a positive one...heh...) and thank you. See you soon.

Dominic

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