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 5: The Lesson and The Conk
The Lesson, written by Kenya Fashaw
Racial biases spark a fuse when a 17 year old Black student starts his first day at a new High School named after a Ku Klux Klan grand wizard. The student finds himself in unsolicited trouble and is confronted by a Black male Principal. The Principal begins to lecture the student and believes he is teaching the student a lesson but instead, receives a lesson from the student.
The Conk, written by Kenya Fashaw
Black hair history is provided with this short excerpt about "The Conk '' hairstyle worn by Black men in the 1940s. A young Black musician walks into a barber shop inquiring about the conk hairstyle. A barber and his friend greet him with regular barbershop banter, knowledge, and education about the craze of the conk hairstyle for Black man, and the mindset that came along with it.
Kenya Mahogany Fashaw is Co-Founder and the Chief Creative Officer of 5280 Artist Co-Op. She is a Spoken Word artist, actress and playwright. Kenya was recently selected to be part of the 2020-21 Denver Center of Performing Art Playwrights Group.
This episode is followed by a bonus interview with Dr. Brenda Allen about Critical Race Theory. Dr. Brenda Allen is a Professor Emeritus at the University of Colorado.
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