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Length:
25 minutes
Released:
Jun 7, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Content Warning: This episode includes a depiction of police gun violence.
We hear the powerful voices of Angela Davis and Shirley Chisholm, the two women who launched a national and international movement of liberation. We witness the series of events that causes Davis to flee California.
Featuring in order of appearance:
T.H. Ponders
Ebonie Ellington as Shirley Chisholm
Emilio Smith as Jonathan Jackson
Jac'leen Smith as Angela Davis
Tom Smith
Isaiah Mueller as McClain and Conrad Chisholm
Jordan Stillman
Nina Smith
Shawn Regruto
Peter Killey as Governor Ronald Reagan
Joshua Rubino as Edgar Hoover
Michael Molina Minard as News Reporter
Jeanette Berry as Fania Davis
Steven Hylton as David
D. Rubin Green as the Congressman
Jimmy Mehiel as President Nixon
Sound Design by Xperience J.
Editor, Producer, Recording Engineer - T.H. Ponders
Art by Neville Harvey
Written and directed by Yhane Washington Smith
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Released:
Jun 7, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (8)

Upon the 50th anniversary of the trial of legendary civil rights activist Angela Davis, and Shirley Chisholm’s historical presidential campaign, comes 1972. A seven-part historical audio drama series detailing the powerful story of Shirley Chisholm and Angela Davis, two highly respected Black women who dared to hold a mirror to the systemic racism and sexism within the United States. The show portrays the true story of two women refusing to be ignored and silenced by a society comfortable with the status quo.