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Revisiting Diana Ross' Central Park Concert with Shayla Lawson (Pt. 1)
Revisiting Diana Ross' Central Park Concert with Shayla Lawson (Pt. 1)
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Length:
35 minutes
Released:
Oct 17, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
This is the first of 2 episodes featuring a deep discussion with poet, author, and professor Shayla Lawson about 1983's Showtime worldwide stream of Diana Ross' concert in a summer deluge. Lawson delivers a candid description of the herstoric concert's impact and what Diana Ross and her authenticity mean to women of color in her 2020 book, This Is Major: Notes on Diana Ross, Dark Girls, and Being Dope.
Released:
Oct 17, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (100)
Diana Ross' 1983 Central Park Concert: Host Cynthia Bemis Abrams puts on her leadership professor cap to wax enthusiastically about the 90 minute of video of one of the most significant concerts of the 20th century. In the early 80s, budding paid-cable channel Showtime courted new... by Advanced TV Herstory