Shirley Sherrod
Enoch Pratt Free Library Podcast
English - February 19, 2013 11:10 - 1 hour - 38.1 MB - ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsBooks Arts Business Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Shirley Sherrod, former U.S.D.A. Georgia State
Director of Rural Development, was fired from her job in July, 2010, after a
conservative blogger published clips from a speech she had made several months
earlier that were misconstrued as reverse racism. In her memoir, Sherrod shares
what it was like to be in the center of a very public debate and how growing up
in segregated Georgia during the Civil Rights movement helped prepare her for
the firestorm.
Shirley Sherrod lectures nationally on issues of importance
to middle class families, the poor and small communities. She promotes
empowerment strategies for economically and socially disadvantaged people and
runs educational projects for struggling farmers.
Marc Steiner of WEAA-FM
leads the conversation with Shirley Sherrod.
Recorded On: Sunday, February 17, 2013