The Power of African American Women

Description

Four part program which examines the work and impact of several African-American women. Examines the singing group Sweet Honey in the Rock, Shirley Chisholm, Fannie Lou Hammer, and Rosa Parks.

Produced by Pam Burton, Ginny Z. Berson, Jean Roberson, Peggy Bray and Bari Scott.

Part 1: Group members discuss the origins of Sweet Honey in the Rock, how members nurture one another, and the meaning of the group's name / Candace Francis interviewed by Ginny Berson

Part 2: On retiring, and the deterioration of the quality of life / Shirley Chisholm, delivered at Mills College

Part 3: The Life and work of Fannie Lou Hamer- Civil Rights activist, founder of the Freedom Democratic Party, and singer / Peggy Bray and Bari Scott

Part 4: Refusing to give up a seat in 1955- Rosa Park in her own words / produced by Ginny Z. Berson.

Recorded in 1982.

Broadcast date

1982

Program Length

29 minutes

Archive number

AZ0973

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