The Women of the Civil Rights Movement (with Dr. Ashley Farmer)
Description
In the third episode of The Official Rustin Podcast, host Tre’vell Anderson speaks with Dr. Ashley Farmer, historian of Black women’s history, intellectual history and radical politics, about the women of the Civil Rights movement. The ways they were overlooked, their true contributions, and what our celebrated civil rights leaders could have done to raise the platform of women at the time.
The Official Rustin Podcast is a production of Netflix, Pineapple Street Studios and Slayzhon
Host: Tre'vell Anderson
Producer: Corey Antonio Rose
Managing Producer: Erin Kelly
Mix engineer: Hannis Brown
Fact checking: Dina Kleiner
Special thanks to Josh Gwynn
Executive Producer, Pineapple Street: Gabrielle Lewis
Executive Producer, Slayzhon: Tre'vell Anderson
Executive Producer, Netflix: David Markowitz
In this episode, Jazmine walks us through all the choices the characters of The Piano Lesson are confronted with. And how the spiritual ripples of those choices affect them. What is the tension between Berniece and Boy Willie? What is the story behind the piano? What does legacy mean and what...
Published 11/22/24
In order to fully understand The Piano Lesson, you have to understand the source. In this episode, Jazmine helps us understand the genius of August Wilson, his love of Pittsburgh and the Black people who live and lived there, and the role Wilson’s work has come to play as a rite of passage for...
Published 11/15/24