Program

Aircheck of program produced by Donna Allegra of music by Black women, acapella, jazz, blues, and funk. This is Part Two and contains songs by Abby Lincoln, Sweet Honey in the Rock's "Joan Little", Labelle, Linda Tillery, and the Pointer Sisters, and a live performance by Linda C. Powell with accompaniment by Eileen Kane.

Bonnie Bellow and Nanette Rainone talk with historian, Roz Baxandall, who attended the founding conference of the Coalition of Labor Union Women (CLUW) in Chicago on March 23 and 24, 1974. At the time of the interview, Baxendahl was writing a book on the history of women and work.

The festival was held from March 17, 1979. Archives has two tapes from this event. The first has a performance by Ruth Pelham, vocals, acoustic guitar, and piano. Songs include: Welcome to the singing -- Magic penny (M. Reynolds) -- Don't you think -- Marie Brown -- Tiny flies -- Broomsticks -- Collage -- Mother nature is a strong woman. Host is Judy Castelli.

A woman’s play: one plus one. A play about two black women dealing with problems. One woman, Baby Sis, deals with problems that result from internal or personal pressures. The other woman, Cheryl, faces those that result from external, or societal, pressures. From the folio: A surrealistic history of Black women through characters such as Stagecoach Mary, Ida B. Wells, and two welfare women.

This is part one of a performance which was presented live in Studio C at WBAI in November 1972. In Part One, David Shapiro plays the violin and reads his poetry and that of his young students from Bedford-Stuyvesant. In Part Two, Rosalyn Drexler sings torch songs from the 1920s and 1930s, and reads excerpts from her novels.