Destination Freedom Black Radio Days
89 episodes - English - Latest episode: 3 months ago -A live audio drama that picks up where the first nationwide African-American radio drama, produced in Chicago by Richard Durham more than sixty years ago, left off. The show walked a daring line between reform and revolution, and was shut down by its network in 1950, as McCarthyism and anti-communism tightened its grip on American broadcasting.
As well as drawing on the archive of Destination Freedom (now branded Destination Freedom Black Radio Days, this program illuminates a largely unknown, but important chapter in the history of human rights and tells how radio played its part from the very beginning. That boundary-breaking program, Destination Freedom, dramatized the lives of great figures in African-American and other people of color past and present, continues in its spirit with all-new scripts. This series honors and expands on that theme.
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S2 Ep3: Interview with Sonja D Williams, professor in the Howard University Department of Media, Journalism and Film
May 17, 2021 21:43 - 33 minutesSonja D. Williams is a professor in the Howard University Department of Media, Journalism and Film in Washington, DC. She has written and produced numerous documentaries for NPR, PRI, Smithsonian Productions, and local radio stations nationwide. These include the prestigious George Foster Peabody Awards for Significant and Meritorious Achievement for Smithsonian Productions, Public Radio International’s Black Radio: Telling It Like It Was, NPR’s Making the Music, NPR and Radio Smithsonian’s W...
S2 Ep3 Interview with Sonja D Williams, professor in the Howard University Department of Media, Journalism and Film
May 17, 2021 21:43 - 33 minutesSonja D. Williams is a professor in the Howard University Department of Media, Journalism and Film in Washington, DC. She has written and produced numerous documentaries for NPR, PRI, Smithsonian Productions, and local radio stations nationwide. These include the prestigious George Foster Peabody Awards for Significant and Meritorious Achievement for Smithsonian Productions, Public Radio International’s Black Radio: Telling It Like It Was, NPR’s Making the Music, NPR and Radio Smithsonian’s W...
Destination Freedom Black Radio Days
April 05, 2021 18:18 - 1 hour - 79.8 MBEP 2 Season 2 “The Angel of Federal Street,” tells the story of the great humanitarian of Chicago, Ruth Blue Turnquest. What happens when the Angel Gabriel is calling the role of new names of Heavenly angels and the Pearly Gates get stuck? The name of a person still on earth is called and Saint Peter and the rest of the Angels have to get to the bottom of the problem. One section of Chicago’s South Federal Street is backed up against the railroad tracks-a treeless avenue with rows of ru...
S2 Ep2: Ruth Blue Turnquest, “The Angel of Federal Street"
April 05, 2021 18:18 - 1 hour“The Angel of Federal Street” tells the story of the great humanitarian of Chicago, Ruth Blue Turnquest. What happens when the Angel Gabriel is calling role of new names of Heavenly angels and the Pearly Gates get stuck? The name of a person still on earth is called and Saint Peter and the rest of the Angels have to get to the bottom of the problem. One section of Chicago’s South Federal Street is backed up against the railroad tracks - a treeless avenue with rows of run-down houses and one a...
S2 Ep2 Ruth Blue Turnquest, “The Angel of Federal Street"
April 05, 2021 18:18 - 1 hour“The Angel of Federal Street” tells the story of the great humanitarian of Chicago, Ruth Blue Turnquest. What happens when the Angel Gabriel is calling role of new names of Heavenly angels and the Pearly Gates get stuck? The name of a person still on earth is called and Saint Peter and the rest of the Angels have to get to the bottom of the problem. One section of Chicago’s South Federal Street is backed up against the railroad tracks - a treeless avenue with rows of run-down houses and one a...
S2 Ep1 Mary McLeod Bethune, One out of Seventeen
March 25, 2021 17:17 - 32 minutesMary Jane McLeod Bethune was one out of 17 children. She was an American educator, stateswoman, philanthropist, humanitarian, womanist, and civil rights activist. Bethune founded the National Council for Negro Women in 1935, established the organization's flagship journal Aframerican Women's Journal, and resided as president or leader for a myriad African American women's organizations including the National Association for Colored Women and the National Youth Administration's Negro Division....
S2 Ep1: Mary McLeod Bethune, One out of Seventeen
March 25, 2021 17:17 - 32 minutesMary Jane McLeod Bethune was one out of 17 children. She was an American educator, stateswoman, philanthropist, humanitarian, womanist, and civil rights activist. Bethune founded the National Council for Negro Women in 1935, established the organization's flagship journal Aframerican Women's Journal, and resided as president or leader for a myriad African American women's organizations including the National Association for Colored Women and the National Youth Administration's Negro Division....
Season 2 Trailer
March 19, 2021 15:36 - 7 minutesAudio Drama at its best. The 2021 season of Destination Freedom Black Radio Days will examine the issues facing communities of color - exploring police shooting, immigration, health disparities, and gender bias. The podcast continues where the first nationwide Black radio drama, produced in Chicago by Richard Durham more than sixty years ago, left off. The show walked a daring line between reform and revolution and was shut down by its network in 1950, as McCarthyism and anti-communism tighte...
S1 Ep24 Carter G. Woodson, Recorder of History
March 03, 2021 16:26 - 40 minutesCarter Godwin Woodson was an American historian, author, journalist, and the founder of the Association for the Study of African American Life and History. He was one of the first scholars to study the history of the African diaspora, including African-American history. A founder of The Journal of Negro History in 1916, Woodson was called the "father of black history". In February 1926 he launched the celebration of "Negro History Week," the precursor of Black History Month. Learn more about ...
S1 Ep24: Carter G. Woodson, Recorder of History
March 03, 2021 16:26 - 40 minutesCarter Godwin Woodson was an American historian, author, journalist, and the founder of the Association for the Study of African American Life and History. He was one of the first scholars to study the history of the African diaspora, including African-American history. A founder of The Journal of Negro History in 1916, Woodson was called the "father of black history". In February 1926 he launched the celebration of "Negro History Week," the precursor of Black History Month. Learn more about ...
Destination Freedom Black Radio days
February 21, 2021 22:37 - 58 minutes - 66.6 MBOn Sept. 25, 1957, the common goal for the nine students entering Central High School was to receive the same educational opportunities afforded white people The majority of the country only knows the name Little Rock Nine, not Ernest Green, Elizabeth Eckford, Jefferson Thomas, Dr. Terrence Roberts, Carlotta Walls Lanier, Minnijean Brown Trickey, Gloria Ray Karlmark, Thelma Mothershed-Wair, and Melba Pattillo Beals. However, these brave Nine and their families endured the unrelenting ...
S1 Ep23 The Little Rock Nine
February 21, 2021 22:37 - 59 minutesOn Sept. 25, 1957, the common goal for the nine students entering Central High School was to receive the same educational opportunities afforded white people The majority of the country only knows the name Little Rock Nine, not Ernest Green, Elizabeth Eckford, Jefferson Thomas, Dr. Terrence Roberts, Carlotta Walls Lanier, Minnijean Brown Trickey, Gloria Ray Karlmark, Thelma Mothershed-Wair, and Melba Pattillo Beals. However, these brave Nine and their families endured the unrelenting rage o...
S1 Ep 22 Interview/Conversation with Anthony P. Young PhD
January 27, 2021 18:01 - 45 minutesThis episode features Dr. Anthony Young, who has been practicing mental health in Colorado for over forty years. He has a doctorate in Clinical Psychology from the University of Denver. He has taught Psychology courses for twenty-six years at the University of Colorado. In the past, Dr. Young has partnered with the Department of Corrections and the Mental Health Institute in Pueblo. Currently, he is the president of the Denver Rocky Mountain Association of Black Psychologists. Learn more abo...
S1 Ep21 Freedom Riders
January 11, 2021 01:32 - 1 hourFrom May until November 1961, more than 400 black and white Americans laid their lives—many endured savage beatings and imprisonment—for simply traveling together on buses and trains as they journeyed through the Deep South. Deliberately violating Jim Crow laws, the Freedom Riders’ belief in non-violent activism was tested as mob violence and bitter racism greeted them along the way. “Freedom Riders” examines the 1961 and earlier Freedom Rides from many perspectives -especially from the many ...
S1 Ep20 Interview with Internal Medicine doctor Dr. Terri Richardson
December 09, 2020 16:34 - 36 minutesOn this episode, we hear an interview with Dr. Terri Richardson, MD. Dr. Richardson received her medical degree from the Yale School of Medicine in New Haven, Connecticut. She worked as an internist for 17 years at the Eastside Health Center in Denver, a clinic serving the community, before joining Kaiser Permanente. We discuss Covid-19 issues the so-called long haulers of the virus. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
S1 Ep19 Interview with business owner Rise Jones of Tealee
November 02, 2020 15:59 - 35 minutesOn this episode, we hear my interview with Black micro-business owner Rise Jones. After a two-year life-threatening battle with a rare form of leukemia blood cancer (CMML) which required chemotherapy, a bone marrow transplant, and two years for recovery, there is a story to be told. Leukemia is a big part Rise Jones story, but not the whole story. At the end of her recovery period, her husband asked the question: “What do you really want to do with your life?” Indirectly, Rise answered, “I wa...
S1 Ep18 The Story of A Year 1875
October 26, 2020 18:46 - 34 minutes2020 is a contentious election year in America filled with lies, violence, voter suppression, and intimation. That’s nothing new in the history of our country. Let’s look at the year 1875. In this episode, we hear The Story of Charles Caldwell, the senator who had been a slave. No issue concerned black Representatives more than the civil rights bill of 1875, but attacks and intimidation continued. Caldwell himself was assassinated later that year. This episode features the haunting vocal of O...
S1 Ep16 Give Me Liberty: A Free Man Story
September 18, 2020 18:24 - 48 minutesThis episode features Give Me Liberty: A Free Man's Story, a play of historical fiction written by John and Sydney Futrell. The piece was inspired by real events, as described in genealogy documents preserved by John's mother. As the story goes, John's great, great, great, great grandfather was Patrick Henry. The Patrick Henry whose famous quote "Give Liberty or Give Me Death" inspired some before the America Revolution War. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Destination Freedom Black Radio Days
September 18, 2020 18:05 - 1 hour - 101 MBEmmett Till was murdered 65 years ago on August 28 1955 in Money, Mississippi. At only 14 years old, he was kidnapped, brutally tortured, lynched and killed during a racially motivated hate crime that ultimately helped launch the modern-day civil rights movement. On August 30, 2019, Eli McClain was killed in Aurora, Colorado. The past is not past. The specter of Till’s devastating crime remains ever-present through modern-day racially motivated murders. The burdens are borne by families s...
S1 Ep15 A Letter From Heaven To America from Emmett Till
September 18, 2020 18:05 - 1 hourEmmett Till was murdered 65 years ago on August 28, 1955 in Money, Mississippi. At only 14 years old, he was kidnapped, brutally tortured, lynched and killed during a racially motivated hate crime that ultimately helped launch the modern-day civil rights movement. On August 30, 2019, Eli McClain was killed in Aurora, Colorado. The past is not past. The specter of Till’s devastating crime remains ever-present through modern-day racially motivated murders. Learn more about your ad choices. Visi...
S1 Ep14 Interview with Candice Bailey, Social Justice Warrior
August 13, 2020 17:40 - 57 minutesBlack Radio Days is proud to share with you a series of interviews with health care providers, Covid-19 survivors, and social justice warriors. This episode features social justice and heath care rights warrior, Candice Bailey. We discuss COVID 19, police reform and justice for Elijah McClain Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
S1 Ep13 Interview with John Futrell aka Panama Soweto
August 02, 2020 21:08 - 34 minutesBlack Radio Days is proud to share with you a series of interviews with health care providers, Covid-19 survivors, and social justice warriors. This episode features John Futrell aka Panama Soweto speaking about efforts to rename the Stapleton Community. The Original Stapleton came from Ben Stapleton, a former mayor of Denver and a member of the KKK. One name could be Mosley Park named after his grandparents, John and Edna Mosley. He comments on the death of Elijah McClain, the 23-year-old ma...
S1 Ep12 Interview with activist Terrance Roberts
August 02, 2020 18:38 - 33 minutesBlack Radio Days is proud to share with you a series of interviews with health care providers, Covid-19 survivors, and social justice warriors. This episode features longtime activist Terrance Roberts as he discusses what he is seeing in the community as the Black Lives Matter protests continue. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
S1 Ep11 Interview with Rev. Terrance Hughes on his battle with Covid 19
July 28, 2020 18:30 - 33 minutesBlack Radio Days is proud to share with you a series of interviews with health care providers, Covid-19 survivors, and social justice warriors. This episode features Rev. Terrance Hughes, a pastor who's been a force in his community for years. He is finally home after a long batter with COVID-19. Hughes was released from the Rocky Mountain Regional VA Medical Center after spending nearly seven weeks on a ventilator. He then spent two weeks continuing his recovery in rehab. Join us for a conve...
S1 Ep10 Interview with Dr. Shanta Zimmer on Covid 19
July 28, 2020 16:40 - 33 minutesBlack Radio Days is proud to share a series of interviews with health care providers, Covid-19 survivors, and social justice warriors. First up is an interview with Dr. Shanta Zimmer. Dr. Zimmer is an infectious disease specialist in Aurora, Colorado and Associate Dean for Diversity and Inclusion at CU Medical School on the Anschutz Campus. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
S1 Ep9 The Knock Kneed Man: “The Story of Crispus Attucks Freedom Fighter"
June 18, 2020 22:25 - 30 minutesBlack Radio Days brings you a broadcast of The Knock Kneed Man “The Story of Crispus Attucks Freedom Fighter" with an introduction by the late great artist-activist Oscar Brown Jr. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
S1 Ep8 Interview with Sonia Nazario in support of Enrique's Journey
May 20, 2020 17:48 - 29 minutesBlack Radio Days brings you a special podcast, an interview with the author of Enrique’s Journey, Sonia Narazio Enrique’s Journey is a beautiful, sad, and inspiring testimony to the power of love and loneliness. This story is about how Enrique, an immigrant from Honduras, faces unimaginable peril and navigates a hostile world filled with thugs, bandits, and corrupt cops. His dangerous journey forces him to cross rapid rivers and cling to the tops of freight trains as he travels to the United ...
S1 Ep7 Enrique's Journey part 4 of 4
May 05, 2020 15:30 - 1 hour“Enrique’s Journey”, is based on the Pulitzer Prize winning novel by Sonia Nazario as adapted by Anthony J. Garcia. Mr. Garcia describes Enrique’s Journey as… “…a beautiful, sad and inspiring testimony to the power of love and loneliness. Although love does not solve everything for Enrique, without it, he cannot survive.” This story is about how Enrique, an immigrant from Honduras, faces unimaginable peril and navigates a hostile world filled with thugs, bandits, and corrupt cops. His dangero...
S1 Ep6 Enrique's Journey part 3 of 4
April 08, 2020 18:02 - 33 minutesEnrique’s Journey part 3 of 4 is based on the Pulitzer Prize winning novel by Sonia Nazario adapted by Anthony J. Garcia. Mr. Garcia describes Enrique’s Journey as… “…a beautiful, sad and inspiring testimony to the power of love and loneliness. Although love does not solve everything for Enrique, without it, he cannot survive.” This story is about how Enrique, an immigrant from Honduras, faces unimaginable peril and navigates a hostile world filled with thugs, bandits, and corrupt cops. His ...
Destination Freedom Black Radio Days
April 02, 2020 15:10 - 1 hour - 128 MBEpisode 5 of Destination Freedom. In Spanish and English “Enrique’s Journey”, is based on the Pulitzer Prize winning novel by Sonia Nazario as adapted by Anthony J. Garcia. Mr. Garcia describes Enrique’s Journey as… “…a beautiful, sad and inspiring testimony to the power of love and loneliness. Although love does not solve everything for Enrique, without it, he cannot survive.” This story is about how Enrique, an immigrant from Honduras, faces unimaginable peril and navigates a ...
S1 Ep5 Enrique's Journey part 2 of 4
April 02, 2020 15:10 - 1 hour“Enrique’s Journey”, is based on the Pulitzer Prize winning novel by Sonia Nazario as adapted by Anthony J. Garcia. Mr. Garcia describes Enrique’s Journey as… “…a beautiful, sad and inspiring testimony to the power of love and loneliness. Although love does not solve everything for Enrique, without it, he cannot survive.” This story is about how Enrique, an immigrant from Honduras, faces unimaginable peril and navigates a hostile world filled with thugs, bandits, and corrupt cops. His dangero...
Destination Freedom Black Radio Days
March 25, 2020 18:44 - 1 hour - 93 MBEpisode 4 of Destination Freedom. “Enrique’s Journey”, is based on the Pulitzer Prize winning novel by Sonia Nazario as adapted by Anthony J. Garcia. Mr. Garcia describes Enrique’s Journey as… “…a beautiful, sad and inspiring testimony to the power of love and loneliness. Although love does not solve everything for Enrique, without it, he cannot survive.” This story is about how Enrique, an immigrant from Honduras, faces unimaginable peril and navigates a hostile world filled with th...
S1 Ep4 Enrique's Journey part 1 of 4
March 25, 2020 18:44 - 1 hour“Enrique’s Journey”, is based on the Pulitzer Prize winning novel by Sonia Nazario as adapted by Anthony J. Garcia. Mr. Garcia describes Enrique’s Journey as… “…a beautiful, sad and inspiring testimony to the power of love and loneliness. Although love does not solve everything for Enrique, without it, he cannot survive.” This story is about how Enrique, an immigrant from Honduras, faces unimaginable peril and navigates a hostile world filled with thugs, bandits, and corrupt cops. His dangero...
S1 Ep3 The Tale of The Bullet
March 11, 2020 16:12 - 1 hour“The Tale of The Bullet” tells the story of America’s obsession with guns from the bullet’s perspective. According to the bullet, “We do all the work and the gun gets all the love”. This podcast features Prince Po of the hip hop duo Organized Konfusion, whose song "Stray Bullet" addressed some of that violence. Plus, vocal artist Such, whose song, "Wakeup Call," is dedicated to high school shooting victim Claire Davis. Our conversation, which includes activists and families who have been impa...
Destination Freedom
March 04, 2020 21:18 - 57 minutes - 106 MBDestination Freedom is an audio journey through the Black Experience in America and other unheard voices. Produced by donnie l. betts and No Credits Productions,LLC The original Destination Freedom came to be in 1948 and ended 1950 all written by radio hall of fame writer Richard Durham. I reviled the shows in 1998 and I have been producing the series ever since. When first produced The series walked a daring line between reform and revolution, and was shut down by its network in 1950, ...
S1 Ep2 The Dark Legend of Detroit Blue
March 04, 2020 21:18 - 59 minutes“The Dark Legend of Detroit Blue” written by Hugo Sayles with musical guest Lionel Young. It was nineteen hundred, and thirty-three in Detroit, Michigan. Legends can be born, even in lowly places. Evil needs, create evil intentions This here is the story of a dark soul. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
S1 Ep1 Black With A Capital B
February 16, 2020 16:49 - 1 hourDestination Freedom Presents BLACK with a Capital B. by Lamaria Aminah. After one more young black man dies at the hands of police, a community is shaken. A conversation evolves between two mothers at the vigil – one white and one black. The cast includes Such as Black, Devra Keyes as white, Kerrie KJ Joy, and Andrew J. Betts. Listen to a community discussion led by donnie l. betts and musical guest Monique Brooks Roberts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Tale of The Bullet
February 02, 2020 17:12 - 1 hour - 115 MB-“The Tale of The Bullet” tells the story of America’s obsession of guns from the bullet’s perspective. According to the bullet “We do all the work and the gun gets all the love”. This podcast features Prince Po of the hip hop duo Organized Konfusion whose song Stray Bullet addressed some of that violence. Plus, vocal artist Such whose song Wakeup Call is dedicated to high school shooting victim Claire Davis. Our conversation includes activists and families that have been impacted by gun vio...
Black With With A Capital B
January 29, 2020 18:00 - 1 hour - 115 MBBLACK with a Capital B. BLACK. by Lamaria Aminah After one more young black man dies at the hands of police, a community is shaken. A conversation evolves between two mothers at the vigil – one white and one black. Through their interaction, BLACK. gets to the heart of the matter on communication between races. Stay after the performance for a robust community discussion led by donnie l. betts and musical guest Monique Brooks Roberts