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. Part of the Broadway Podcast Network
https://broadwaypodcastnetwork.com/podcast/destination-freedom-black-radio-days/
episode 6: James Step Back Williams, A Covid Tale
Destination Freedom Black Radio Days examines issues facing communities of color with James “Step Back” Williams.
In the early days of Covid 19, some people suffered because of human error and or biases.
This is the story of one patient journey who suffered from both.
This original story, based on real facts, comes from producer/director donnie l. betts and features Ghandia Johnson, Don Randle and Teej Morgan.
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