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/
Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 2 days 19 minutes
episode 13: Give Me Liberty: A Freeman's Story part 1
Give Me Liberty: A Free Man's Story part 1 of 3 is the first chapter of the audio drama 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. Patrick Henry who’s famous quote Give Liberty or Give Me Death inspire some before the American Revolution War...
episode 12: The Eclectic - Interview with Idris Goodwin, a playwright, director, break beat poet and educator
Next on The Eclectic from Destination Freedom Black Radio Days is Idris Goodwin, a playwright, director, break beat poet and educator. He is the Director of the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center at Colorado College and a 2021 United States Artist Fellow.
episode 11: The Eclectic - Interview with The Honorable Judge Gary Jackson
Next on The Eclectic from Destination Freedom Black Radio Days is the Honorable Judge Gary Jackson. We discuss his 50-year legal career and as he describes it, being the only Black person in the room.
episode 10: The Eclectic - Interview with Harold Field
We asked Harold Field to join The Eclectic to speak about the Tulsa Race Riot and Black Wall Street. For years Harold has led conversations on Race with the Tuesday Race Group. He works for reparations for former enslaved Africans, and he advises on DEI issues for organizations. His list of involvement in the Colorado community and national community is far too long to list.
episode 9: The Eclectic - Interview with Aisha Ahmad-Post
As a companion podcast to Destination Freedom Black Radio Days comes The Eclectic. Aisha Ahmad-Post is the Executive Director of the Robert and Judi Newman Center for the Performing Arts at the University of Denver. Previously, she was the inaugural Director of the Ent Center for the Arts at the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, and Producer of Public Programs for The New York Public Library.
episode 17: Interview with Mayor Johnny B. Thomas of Glendora, Mississippi
This interview is a rebroadcast from 2020. The Department of Justice recently closed the case of Emmett Till who was brutally murdered 66 years ago in August 1955. This episode features a conversation with Mayor Johnny Thomas of Glendora, Mississippi about Emmett Till
episode 8: The Eclectic - Interview with Deborah Watts
Destination Freedom Black Radio Days presents The Eclectic. We bring you our interview with Deborah Watts founder of the Emmett Till Legacy Foundation and Emmett Till's cousin.
episode 7: A Letter From Heaven To America from Emmett Till
Destination Freedom Black Radio Days presents A Letter From Heaven To America from Emmett Till
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.
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 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.