GirlTrek's Black History Bootcamp
251 episodes - English - Latest episode: 6 months ago - ★★★★★ - 1.4K ratingsGirlTrek's epic 21-day walking meditation series to remember where we came from and to gather strength for the road ahead. We celebrate Black stories and the lessons of our ancestors to help guide us through these uncertain times. Each episode, is a conversation on learning, living and elevating to our highest self with guidance from lessons of the past. Hosted by GirlTrek Co-founders Morgan Dixon and Vanessa Garrison. Produced by: Ebony Andrews
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Day 4: Roots - The Blackest Movie of All Time
August 06, 2020 20:00 - 45 minutes - 31.4 MBROOTS CHANGED EVERYTHING, PERIOD. Today’s 30-minute walk is dedicated to the exact moment that millions of Black people held their breath, waiting... "Your name is Toby! Now, what's your name boy?" Beaten, drenched, but unbroken, he threw his head back and inhaled. We inhaled with him. "KUNTA. KUNTA KENTE" Roots changed everything. A generation of Black babies protested in their mama’s bellies refusing to be called a slave name. If your name starts with a K or ends in -isha, -anya o...
Resistance | Day 3 | Bree Newsome Snatches the Confederacy’s Wig
August 06, 2020 16:00 - 33 minutes - 22.9 MBToday’s 30-minute walk is dedicated to a living legend, the fearless Bree Newsome Bass. On June 27, 2015, Bree Newsome committed one of the greatest acts of civil disobedience seen in our lifetime when she scaled the 30-foot flag pole on the grounds of the South Carolina State House and removed the confederate flag. Carried literally by the faith of her ancestors, who’d been enslaved in South Carolina. Bree, a woman of just 30 with no training, made the ascent of a lifetime. She climbed up...
Day 3: Bree Newsome Snatches the Confederacy’s Wig
August 06, 2020 16:00 - 33 minutes - 22.9 MBToday’s 30-minute walk is dedicated to a living legend, the fearless Bree Newsome Bass. On June 27, 2015, Bree Newsome committed one of the greatest acts of civil disobedience seen in our lifetime when she scaled the 30-foot flag pole on the grounds of the South Carolina State House and removed the confederate flag. Carried literally by the faith of her ancestors, who’d been enslaved in South Carolina. Bree, a woman of just 30 with no training, made the ascent of a lifetime. She climbed up...
Day 2: James Baldwin Claps Back
August 04, 2020 19:00 - 31 minutes - 22 MBIt happened on a Thursday. February 18, 1965. The exact moment we fell in love with James Baldwin. It wasn’t because he was a boy genius who spent every day at the library. It wasn't event his fiery church sermons as a teen or loving debates with Malcolm X as a young man. It was on this day, that he was propelled onto the world stage. He was raw, nervous, authentic. A Black man with vocabulary as arsenal, able to tag a full picture of our pain. This was his opus. His coming out as o...
Resistance | Day 2 | James Baldwin Claps Back
August 04, 2020 19:00 - 31 minutes - 22 MBIt happened on a Thursday. February 18, 1965. The exact moment we fell in love with James Baldwin. It wasn’t because he was a boy genius who spent every day at the library. It wasn't event his fiery church sermons as a teen or loving debates with Malcolm X as a young man. It was on this day, that he was propelled onto the world stage. He was raw, nervous, authentic. A Black man with vocabulary as arsenal, able to tag a full picture of our pain. This was his opus. His coming out as o...
Day 1: Harriet Tubman + The Raid on Combahee Ferry
August 03, 2020 19:00 - 42 minutes - 29 MBOn the night of June 1, 1863, Harriet Tubman arrived on a ship in South Carolina with 150 men ready for battle. She was the first woman to led an armed military operation in the United States, and what happened in South Carolina that night would solidify Harriet Tubman as one of the greatest military strategists the world has ever seen. Known as the Combahee River Raid, what happened that evening changed the course of history and gives us a powerful example of what liberation can look like. ...
Resistance | Day 1 | Harriet Tubman + The Raid on Combahee Ferry
August 03, 2020 19:00 - 42 minutes - 29 MBOn the night of June 1, 1863, Harriet Tubman arrived on a ship in South Carolina with 150 men ready for battle. She was the first woman to led an armed military operation in the United States, and what happened in South Carolina that night would solidify Harriet Tubman as one of the greatest military strategists the world has ever seen. Known as the Combahee River Raid, what happened that evening changed the course of history and gives us a powerful example of what liberation can look like. ...
The Victory Lap
July 02, 2020 15:00 - 35 minutes - 24.3 MBWe did it! We just wrapped up #BlackHistoryBootcamp. It's been 21-days of life transforming lessons and walks courtesy of our foremothers. Over 100,000+ Black women and allies made a real change this month. Congratulations! Right now, all of the ancestors are standing together - cosmically cheering for you. So, let's celebrate. It's time to take a victory lap. Join us for a conversation full of our reflections and favorite moments. And if you haven't completed your bootcamp journey yet, i...
Foremothers | The Victory Lap
July 02, 2020 15:00 - 35 minutes - 24.3 MBWe did it! We just wrapped up #BlackHistoryBootcamp. It's been 21-days of life transforming lessons and walks courtesy of our foremothers. Over 100,000+ Black women and allies made a real change this month. Congratulations! Right now, all of the ancestors are standing together - cosmically cheering for you. So, let's celebrate. It's time to take a victory lap. Join us for a conversation full of our reflections and favorite moments. And if you haven't completed your bootcamp journey yet, i...
Day 21: Octavia Butler
June 30, 2020 23:00 - 34 minutes - 24 MBAs we close out this 21-day series, and prepare for the next (yes, there is more of this goodness to come) we end not by looking back, but by looking forward as we examine the life and legacy of the extraordinary writer, Octavia Butler, a Black woman who dared to imagine a future that centered Blackness and the voices and experiences of Black women. The invitation into her sci-fi world was an invitation for all of us to think beyond the drab expectations of a cruel reality that does not see...
Foremothers | Day 21 | Octavia Butler
June 30, 2020 23:00 - 34 minutes - 24 MBAs we close out this 21-day series, and prepare for the next (yes, there is more of this goodness to come) we end not by looking back, but by looking forward as we examine the life and legacy of the extraordinary writer, Octavia Butler, a Black woman who dared to imagine a future that centered Blackness and the voices and experiences of Black women. The invitation into her sci-fi world was an invitation for all of us to think beyond the drab expectations of a cruel reality that does not see...
Day 20: Ruby Dee
June 29, 2020 16:00 - 32 minutes - 22.1 MBRuby Dee was the zeitgeist of Black womanhood. She was our Ruth in Raisin in the Sun, our Queen in Roots, our Mother-Sister in Do the Right Thing, our Mama Lucas in American Gangster. Ruby Dee's face, her soulful voice, her spirited laughter is the very epitome of Black cinema. Her Hollywood career was phenomenal but life painted an even more brilliant story. She was an activist. A forceful member of CORE, SNCC, NAACP, Urban League, AND Delta Sigma Theta. Harlem through and through, R...
Foremothers | Day 20 | Ruby Dee
June 29, 2020 16:00 - 32 minutes - 22.1 MBRuby Dee was the zeitgeist of Black womanhood. She was our Ruth in Raisin in the Sun, our Queen in Roots, our Mother-Sister in Do the Right Thing, our Mama Lucas in American Gangster. Ruby Dee's face, her soulful voice, her spirited laughter is the very epitome of Black cinema. Her Hollywood career was phenomenal but life painted an even more brilliant story. She was an activist. A forceful member of CORE, SNCC, NAACP, Urban League, AND Delta Sigma Theta. Harlem through and through, R...
Day 19: Mamie Till-Mobley
June 27, 2020 03:00 - 36 minutes - 25.1 MB“Let the people see what I have seen.” Mamie Till-Mobley launched a movement with those words, insisting on an open casket funeral for her 14-year-old son, Emmett Till, who was brutally murdered by two white men in Mississippi. That strategic decision, and the decision to publish graphic photos from the funeral in Jet magazine, galvanized the country and forced the world to finally make eye contact with the horrors being inflicted on Black people, especially throughout the American South. ...
Foremothers | Day 19 | Mamie Till-Mobley
June 27, 2020 03:00 - 36 minutes - 25.1 MB“Let the people see what I have seen.” Mamie Till-Mobley launched a movement with those words, insisting on an open casket funeral for her 14-year-old son, Emmett Till, who was brutally murdered by two white men in Mississippi. That strategic decision, and the decision to publish graphic photos from the funeral in Jet magazine, galvanized the country and forced the world to finally make eye contact with the horrors being inflicted on Black people, especially throughout the American South. ...
Foremothers | Day 18 | Dovey Johnson Roundtree
June 25, 2020 18:00 - 32 minutes - 22.1 MBNo Black women were in the military? She changed that. No Black women were in law school at Howard? Bam. Now there are. Black women everywhere were forced to give up their seats on buses? Before the Freedom Rides or RFK could call a press conference, it was her landmark case that waged the first blow against “separate but equal”. She was the first Black woman admitted to the all-white DC Bar Association. ...one of the first women to be ordained as a minister in the African Methodist Episcopa...
Day 18: Dovey Johnson Roundtree
June 25, 2020 18:00 - 32 minutes - 22.1 MBNo Black women were in the military? She changed that. No Black women were in law school at Howard? Bam. Now there are. Black women everywhere were forced to give up their seats on buses? Before the Freedom Rides or RFK could call a press conference, it was her landmark case that waged the first blow against “separate but equal”. She was the first Black woman admitted to the all-white DC Bar Association. ...one of the first women to be ordained as a minister in the African Methodist Episcopa...
Day 17: Rosetta Tharpe
June 24, 2020 17:00 - 34 minutes - 24 MBIt makes sense to us that God would plant the blueprint of rock 'n' roll into the soul of a little Black girl born in a town called Cotton Plant. Sister Rosetta Tharpe sang music that was infused with the melodies of Black folks who understood loss and survival. A child prodigy who was touring with her preacher mother and a troupe of evangelical musicians by the age of 6, Rosetta Tharpe dared to combine the sacred with the secular, mixing gospel music with rhythm and blues to create a rock ...
Foremothers | Day 17 | Rosetta Tharpe
June 24, 2020 17:00 - 34 minutes - 24 MBIt makes sense to us that God would plant the blueprint of rock 'n' roll into the soul of a little Black girl born in a town called Cotton Plant. Sister Rosetta Tharpe sang music that was infused with the melodies of Black folks who understood loss and survival. A child prodigy who was touring with her preacher mother and a troupe of evangelical musicians by the age of 6, Rosetta Tharpe dared to combine the sacred with the secular, mixing gospel music with rhythm and blues to create a rock ...
Foremothers | Day 16 | Stagecoach Mary
June 23, 2020 17:00 - 35 minutes - 24.6 MBIf John Henry has a folk song this woman needs one too! Introducing Stagecoach Mary a.k.a. Mary Fields a.k.a. Black Mary. At 60-years old she was the fastest person - man or woman - in the state of Montana to hitch a team of six horses to a coach. She was the first Black woman to earn a US Postal Service contract. She drove that team of horses for eight years, through rough and wild territories of the West. In the winter, the snow was so deep that she’d leave the horses behind and carr...
Day 16: Stagecoach Mary
June 23, 2020 17:00 - 35 minutes - 24.6 MBIf John Henry has a folk song this woman needs one too! Introducing Stagecoach Mary a.k.a. Mary Fields a.k.a. Black Mary. At 60-years old she was the fastest person - man or woman - in the state of Montana to hitch a team of six horses to a coach. She was the first Black woman to earn a US Postal Service contract. She drove that team of horses for eight years, through rough and wild territories of the West. In the winter, the snow was so deep that she’d leave the horses behind and carr...
Day 15: Ida B. Wells
June 22, 2020 18:00 - 33 minutes - 23.2 MBBorn to enslaved parents, one year before the Emancipation Proclamation, Ida B. Wells was once considered the most famous Black woman in the United States. As a journalist, she spent her entire life tirelessly fighting to tell the truth and shame the devil – to their face. She wasn’t afraid to pick a fight and she always seemed to show up prepared for battle, with the truth on her side. We think her life is a lesson for all of us and on today’s call we will honor her by speaking truth to pow...
Foremothers | Day 15 | Ida B. Wells
June 22, 2020 18:00 - 33 minutes - 23.2 MBBorn to enslaved parents, one year before the Emancipation Proclamation, Ida B. Wells was once considered the most famous Black woman in the United States. As a journalist, she spent her entire life tirelessly fighting to tell the truth and shame the devil – to their face. She wasn’t afraid to pick a fight and she always seemed to show up prepared for battle, with the truth on her side. We think her life is a lesson for all of us and on today’s call we will honor her by speaking truth to pow...
Foremothers | Day 14 | Angela X
June 18, 2020 18:00 - 33 minutes - 23.1 MBWhy hasn’t someone made this into a movie!? Angola is the huge country below the equator on the west coast of Africa. That’s where it all started. ...ground zero for the transatlantic slave trade. White missionaries, greed, exploitative trade, tech advances that made exploration by sea possible, a massive need for labor and yes, tribal wars. It was the perfect storm for the greatest crime in human history, the capture, sale, and violent exportation of our ancestors. Yes, and we know th...
Day 14: Angela X
June 18, 2020 18:00 - 33 minutes - 23.1 MBWhy hasn’t someone made this into a movie!? Angola is the huge country below the equator on the west coast of Africa. That’s where it all started. ...ground zero for the transatlantic slave trade. White missionaries, greed, exploitative trade, tech advances that made exploration by sea possible, a massive need for labor and yes, tribal wars. It was the perfect storm for the greatest crime in human history, the capture, sale, and violent exportation of our ancestors. Yes, and we know th...
Day 13: Lucille Clifton
June 17, 2020 18:00 - 30 minutes - 21.1 MBLucille Clifton was the GOAT. The fact that we are not all walking around quoting her like we do Jay-Z or Drake is beyond understanding. She could have stepped into a booth with either of them, holding a cup of chamomile tea, and whispered two bars (because she liked to get to the point), drop the mic and walk out. It would have been over. Her words are so stunning. So precise. So full of celebration for Black people. You could quote only Lucille Clifton poems for the rest of your Instagram ...
Foremothers | Day 13 | Lucille Clifton
June 17, 2020 18:00 - 30 minutes - 21.1 MBLucille Clifton was the GOAT. The fact that we are not all walking around quoting her like we do Jay-Z or Drake is beyond understanding. She could have stepped into a booth with either of them, holding a cup of chamomile tea, and whispered two bars (because she liked to get to the point), drop the mic and walk out. It would have been over. Her words are so stunning. So precise. So full of celebration for Black people. You could quote only Lucille Clifton poems for the rest of your Instagram ...
Foremothers | Day 12 | Eartha Kitt
June 16, 2020 20:00 - 37 minutes - 25.7 MBOrson Welles called her “the most exciting woman in the world.” And she was. Eartha Kitt sang in 11 languages. Danced with Katherine Dunham. Broke boundaries for Black women in Hollywood when she played Catwoman. She was nominated for Tony Awards, Grammy Awards, and Emmys. And still, she felt unwanted, unloved. At the end, she was asked to summarize her life in six words. She said, “Rejected, ejected, dejected, used, accused, abused.” Join the 21 Day Black History Bootcamp at https://bit.l...
Day 12: Eartha Kitt
June 16, 2020 20:00 - 37 minutes - 25.7 MBOrson Welles called her “the most exciting woman in the world.” And she was. Eartha Kitt sang in 11 languages. Danced with Katherine Dunham. Broke boundaries for Black women in Hollywood when she played Catwoman. She was nominated for Tony Awards, Grammy Awards, and Emmys. And still, she felt unwanted, unloved. At the end, she was asked to summarize her life in six words. She said, “Rejected, ejected, dejected, used, accused, abused.” Join the 21 Day Black History Bootcamp at https://bit.l...
Foremothers | Day 11 | Marsha P. Johnson
June 15, 2020 18:00 - 37 minutes - 25.7 MBLook, Marsha said she ain’t do it! Although legend has it that it was Marsha P. Johnson who threw a shot glass at police inside of the Stonewall Inn in NYC in 1969, as an act of resistance against the police who were there harassing patrons, Marsha later said, she didn’t start the riot - she said she came running as fast as she could though once she knew it was happening, because baaaby, she was a fighter and was tired of the BS. What happened that day at Stonewall (“The Stonewall Uprising...
Day 11: Marsha P. Johnson
June 15, 2020 18:00 - 37 minutes - 25.7 MBLook, Marsha said she ain’t do it! Although legend has it that it was Marsha P. Johnson who threw a shot glass at police inside of the Stonewall Inn in NYC in 1969, as an act of resistance against the police who were there harassing patrons, Marsha later said, she didn’t start the riot - she said she came running as fast as she could though once she knew it was happening, because baaaby, she was a fighter and was tired of the BS. What happened that day at Stonewall (“The Stonewall Uprising...
Day 10: Esther Jones
June 12, 2020 17:00 - 34 minutes - 24.1 MB"Baby Esther" was a phenomenal scat singer, and one of the most charismatic performers of her time. She was a trained dancer and acrobat. At 4-years-old, Russian-American theatrical manager Lou Bolton saw her performance and was blown away. "She's a young Florence Mills," the newspapers said. Like Josephine Baker and many performers of her day, Baby Esther was not accepted in America because she was Black. Instead, her manager arranged a European tour in 1929 and she was described as the...
Foremothers | Day 10 | Esther Jones
June 12, 2020 17:00 - 34 minutes - 24.1 MB"Baby Esther" was a phenomenal scat singer, and one of the most charismatic performers of her time. She was a trained dancer and acrobat. At 4-years-old, Russian-American theatrical manager Lou Bolton saw her performance and was blown away. "She's a young Florence Mills," the newspapers said. Like Josephine Baker and many performers of her day, Baby Esther was not accepted in America because she was Black. Instead, her manager arranged a European tour in 1929 and she was described as the...
Foremothers | Day 9 | Zora Neale Hurston
June 11, 2020 17:00 - 31 minutes - 21.8 MBIf “I said what I said” was a person, it would be literary great Zora Neale Hurston. A writer. An anthropologist. The belle of the Harlem Renaissance. Unapologetically Black. A woman wholly committed to being herself. Today we talk about her life and the lessons she has to teach us about worth, value, speaking truth to power, and jumping at the sun. Join the 21 Day Black History Bootcamp at https://bit.ly/blackhistorybootcamp to receive specially curated emails with inspiring words, surviv...
Day 9: Zora Neale Hurston
June 11, 2020 17:00 - 31 minutes - 21.8 MBIf “I said what I said” was a person, it would be literary great Zora Neale Hurston. A writer. An anthropologist. The belle of the Harlem Renaissance. Unapologetically Black. A woman wholly committed to being herself. Today we talk about her life and the lessons she has to teach us about worth, value, speaking truth to power, and jumping at the sun. Join the 21 Day Black History Bootcamp at https://bit.ly/blackhistorybootcamp to receive specially curated emails with inspiring words, surviv...
Day 8: Sojourner Truth
June 10, 2020 18:00 - 35 minutes - 24.1 MBForget what your 8th-grade teacher taught you. Sojourner Truth's life was so juicy, so "say what!?," that you cannot miss this live discussion. She is everyone's favorite spiritual leader, yes. But did you know that Sojourner Truth bore the child of a slave owner, then - when she escaped his bondage - she sued his ass for custody and won! Sojourner Truth was the first Black woman to go to court against a white man in America and win. Bring your tambourines as we hit the streets for a Tru...
Foremothers | Day 8 | Sojourner Truth
June 10, 2020 18:00 - 35 minutes - 24.1 MBForget what your 8th-grade teacher taught you. Sojourner Truth's life was so juicy, so "say what!?," that you cannot miss this live discussion. She is everyone's favorite spiritual leader, yes. But did you know that Sojourner Truth bore the child of a slave owner, then - when she escaped his bondage - she sued his ass for custody and won! Sojourner Truth was the first Black woman to go to court against a white man in America and win. Bring your tambourines as we hit the streets for a Tru...
Foremothers | Day 7 | Olive Morris
June 09, 2020 16:00 - 32 minutes - 22.1 MBFrom London, by way of Jamaica, Olive Morris lived 27 years and she made every one of them count. She was Gangster with a capital G, organizing with the Black Panther Party Youth Collective, occupying empty and abandoned buildings to demand fair housing rights, and setting up the first networks for women of color in Britain. Despite her powerful work, Olive Morris, like countless other Black women, has been left out of the telling of our history, until now! Join us live to talk about her leg...
Day 7: Olive Morris
June 09, 2020 16:00 - 32 minutes - 22.1 MBFrom London, by way of Jamaica, Olive Morris lived 27 years and she made every one of them count. She was Gangster with a capital G, organizing with the Black Panther Party Youth Collective, occupying empty and abandoned buildings to demand fair housing rights, and setting up the first networks for women of color in Britain. Despite her powerful work, Olive Morris, like countless other Black women, has been left out of the telling of our history, until now! Join us live to talk about her leg...
Day 6: Nina Simone
June 08, 2020 18:00 - 32 minutes - 22.2 MBDid you know Nina's government name was Eunice Kathleen Waymon!? Us either. Here's the story. She was at a nightclub singing, trying to protect her family's good name. She started calling herself Nina and the rest is history. She became the voice of a generation - brave, uncompromising, raw. She taught us to practice fearlessness and – in her very public battle with mental illness – she reminds us that genius is delicate and must be protected at all costs. Join us as we honor this clas...
Foremothers | Day 6 | Nina Simone
June 08, 2020 18:00 - 32 minutes - 22.2 MBDid you know Nina's government name was Eunice Kathleen Waymon!? Us either. Here's the story. She was at a nightclub singing, trying to protect her family's good name. She started calling herself Nina and the rest is history. She became the voice of a generation - brave, uncompromising, raw. She taught us to practice fearlessness and – in her very public battle with mental illness – she reminds us that genius is delicate and must be protected at all costs. Join us as we honor this clas...
Foremothers | Day 5 | Toni Morrison + Breonna Taylor
June 05, 2020 19:00 - 33 minutes - 22.7 MBWelcome to day 5 of GirlTrek’s Black History Bootcamp. As we celebrate the life of Breonna, we look to the words of literary giant Toni Morrison for comfort and direction. Toni Morrison refused to let Black women be invisible. Without apology she centered us in her work, writing about the Black experience with precision and beauty that was unmatched. She gave voice to our pain, our love, our loss, and our joys, and today we explore her life and look to the lessons she taught us. Let today...
Day 5: Toni Morrison + Breonna Taylor
June 05, 2020 19:00 - 33 minutes - 22.7 MBWelcome to day 5 of GirlTrek’s Black History Bootcamp. As we celebrate the life of Breonna, we look to the words of literary giant Toni Morrison for comfort and direction. Toni Morrison refused to let Black women be invisible. Without apology she centered us in her work, writing about the Black experience with precision and beauty that was unmatched. She gave voice to our pain, our love, our loss, and our joys, and today we explore her life and look to the lessons she taught us. Let today...
Day 4: Georgia Gilmore
June 04, 2020 18:00 - 31 minutes - 21.5 MBShe was rowdy, fun, and made the best pork chops in town. Oh - and she single-handedly funded the Montgomery Bus Boycotts! Let's get into it. Today's walk is dedicated to the great Georgia Gilmore, a midwife, and mother of six. After hearing of Rosa Parks' arrest, she started cooking, feeding our people, and raising record amounts of money for the movement. With her new business, she hired Black drivers to carpool people to work during historic boycotts of the racist bus system. We can...
Foremothers | Day 4 | Georgia Gilmore
June 04, 2020 18:00 - 31 minutes - 21.5 MBShe was rowdy, fun, and made the best pork chops in town. Oh - and she single-handedly funded the Montgomery Bus Boycotts! Let's get into it. Today's walk is dedicated to the great Georgia Gilmore, a midwife, and mother of six. After hearing of Rosa Parks' arrest, she started cooking, feeding our people, and raising record amounts of money for the movement. With her new business, she hired Black drivers to carpool people to work during historic boycotts of the racist bus system. We can...
Foremothers | Day 3 | Shirley Chisholm
June 03, 2020 17:00 - 30 minutes - 21 MBLook. We have learned a thing or two from our mamas about turning pain into purpose. That's why as primary elections kicked off across the country yesterday, we decided to dig into the crates and pull out everything we know about the woman who dared to be the first Black woman in Congress and the first Black women to seek the nomination for President of the United States from a major party ticket, Ms. Shirley Anita St. Hill Chisholm. Today's Bootcamp is dedicated to her memory and everything...
Day 3: Shirley Chisholm
June 03, 2020 17:00 - 30 minutes - 21 MBLook. We have learned a thing or two from our mamas about turning pain into purpose. That's why as primary elections kicked off across the country yesterday, we decided to dig into the crates and pull out everything we know about the woman who dared to be the first Black woman in Congress and the first Black women to seek the nomination for President of the United States from a major party ticket, Ms. Shirley Anita St. Hill Chisholm. Today's Bootcamp is dedicated to her memory and everything...
Foremothers | Day 2 | Ella Baker
June 02, 2020 17:00 - 33 minutes - 23.1 MBListen ya'll: We need this resistance training now! Last night, the military was deployed on peaceful protestors. So today, we are bringing out the GOAT... ELLA JO BAKER, the greatest organizer in Black History. There would be no March on Washington, no Freedom Rides, no Selma without Ella Baker. Today’s playlist is dedicated to her. It includes a "stop playing with us" speech she gave in 1974 and 10 songs to hit the streets and remember where you came from. Join the 21 Day Black Hist...
Day 2: Ella Baker
June 02, 2020 17:00 - 33 minutes - 23.1 MBListen ya'll: We need this resistance training now! Last night, the military was deployed on peaceful protestors. So today, we are bringing out the GOAT... ELLA JO BAKER, the greatest organizer in Black History. There would be no March on Washington, no Freedom Rides, no Selma without Ella Baker. Today’s playlist is dedicated to her. It includes a "stop playing with us" speech she gave in 1974 and 10 songs to hit the streets and remember where you came from. Join the 21 Day Black Hist...
Day 1: Audre Lorde
June 01, 2020 17:00 - 33 minutes - 23.1 MBToday's 30-minute walk is dedicated to the brave and brilliant Audre Lorde. She argued that our very survival is political - that we were never meant to survive. As you walk, meditate on her idea of "radical self-care." What would it look like if you were radical about caring for yourself? How would it even feel? What does it require? Today, you can walk in silent meditation, join our phone conversation, or cue up the playlist to let Audre Lorde's inspiring words guide you. This is your ...