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 4: The Cleaning Ladies and Bound by Blood
The 2021 season of Destination Freedom Black Radio Days will examine the issues facing communities of color beginning with “The Cleaning Ladies” and “Bound by Blood” by Clinnesha Sibley “The Cleaning Ladies” takes place in Manhattan on February 21, 1965 in the Audubon Ballroom, the day of Malcolm X’s assassination. “Bound by Blood” takes us to the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, TN, the night of Dr. Martin Luther King’s assassination...
Season 2 Launch Promo
This is a promo for the launch of Season 2 of Destination Freedom Black Radio Days.
episode 3: Interview with Sonja D Williams, professor in the Howard University Department of Media, Journalism and Film
Sonja D. Williams is a professor in the Howard University Department of Media, Journalism and Film in Washington, DC. She has written and produced numerous documentaries for NPR, PRI, Smithsonian Productions, and local radio stations nationwide.
episode 2: Ruth Blue Turnquest, “The Angel of Federal Street"
“The Angel of Federal Street” tells the story of the great humanitarian of Chicago, Ruth Blue Turnquest.
episode 1: Mary McLeod Bethune, One out of Seventeen
Mary Jane McLeod Bethune was 1 of 17 children. She was an American educator, stateswoman, philanthropist, humanitarian, womanist, and civil rights, activist.
Season 2 Trailer
The 2021 season of Destination Freedom Black Radio Days will examine the issues facing communities of color - exploring police shooting, immigration, health disparities, and gender bias.
episode 24: Carter G. Woodson, Recorder of History
Carter Godwin Woodson was an American historian, author, journalist, and the founder of the Association for the Study of African American Life and History.
episode 23: The Little Rock Nine
On Sept. 25, 1957, the common goal for the nine students entering Central High School was to receive the same educational opportunities afforded white people
episode 22: Interview/Conversation with Anthony P. Young PhD
This episode features Dr. Anthony Young, who has been practicing mental health in Colorado for over forty years.
episode 21: Freedom Riders
From May until November 1961, more than 400 black and white Americans laid their lives—many endured savage beatings and imprisonment—for simply traveling together on buses and trains as they journeyed through the Deep South.