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Episode 6 is here
TV Talk with the Sistas
It took fifty years before this person got their roses but this story adds new layers to African American history. Not only is this a great story, but the storytellers stand out.
Listen as the sisters tell you what they think. Episode 6 Rustin
Art of the Month
Kamala Devi Harris born October 20, 1964, is an American politician and attorney who was the 49th vice president of the United States, serving under President Joe Biden. Harris was the Democratic Party’s nominee for president in the 2024 election. She is the first female vice president of the United States, making her the highest ranking female official in U.S. history. She is also the first African American, and the first Asian American vice president. From 2017 to 2021, she represented California in the United States Senate. Before that, she was the attorney general of California.
Born in Oakland, California, Harris graduated from Howard University and the University of California, Hastings College of the Law. She began her law career in the office of the district attorney of Alameda County. She was recruited to the San Francisco District Attorney’s Office and later to the office of the city attorney of San Francisco. She was elected district attorney of San Francisco in 2003 and attorney general of California in 2010, and reelected as attorney general in 2014. As the San Francisco district attorney and the attorney general of California, Harris was the first woman, the first African American, and the first Asian American to hold each office. Harris was the junior U.S. senator from California from 2017 to 2021. She won the 2016 Senate election, becoming the second Black woman and first South Asian American U.S. senator. As a senator, Harris advocated for stricter gun control laws, the DREAM Act, federal legalization of cannabis, and reforms to healthcare and taxation.
She is a woman who inspires hope.
This is Episode 5
Season 8 is on fire!
This is a movie that started a movement. This movie that had African American women as the headliners, inspired generations. Listen to why the Sistas feel this way.
Listen Episode 5
You Need This Art
Here is art that tells a story. It is available for purchase.
postcards.
or prints
SEASON 8 IS UP!
TV Talk with the Sistas
For decades we have heard stories about the Woodstock festival in 1969 and how monumental it is in music history. But there was a festival in Harlem in 1969 that was just as colossal, but like much of African American history has been hidden. Listen as the Sistas talk about this documentary about the festival.
Listen Season 8 Episode 4
Art of Month
Nannie Helen Burroughs meets us at the intersection of gender, race, and profession. She was an educator, civil rights activists, feminist, and businesswoman.
Burroughs was born May 2, 1879, in Orange Virginia. Her parents were formerly slaves, and her father was a farmer and Baptist preacher. Her father died when she was young, so Burroughs and her mother moved to Washing DC.
She attended high school in DC where she met Anna Julia Cooper and Mary Church Terrell, who were suffragists and civil rights activists.
After graduation she applied for a job with the District but could not get one because her skin was too dark. This set in her the determination to ensure women of her skin tone could improve their situation.
From 1898 to 1909 Burroughs went to work for the National Baptist Convention in Kentucky. She was one of the founders of the Women’s Convention and served as president for 13 years. She also found the National Training School in 1908 that provided evening classes for women who had no other means of education.
In 1908 she opened the National Training School. Her goal was to uplift the race. The main themes of the school was the three B’s: the Bible, the bath, and the broom.
In 1920 she wrote two plays, one The Slabtown District Convention and Where is My Wandering Boy Tonight?
In 1928, Burroughs was appointed committee chairwoman by the Hoover Administration for the White House Conference 1931 Home Building and Ownership. She also spoke at conferences.
She died in May of 1961.
Seaason Eight is up!
TV Talk with the Sistas
It was at the height of the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s.This movie opens with Ray Charles singing and lets the viewers know there is gonna be some trouble. Listen as the Sistas take you back in time.
Listen Season 8 Episode 3
Art for Sale
Here is art that tells a story. It is available for purchase.
postcards
or prints
Art of the Month
Nannie Helen Burroughs meets us at the intersection of gender, race, and profession. She was an educator, civil rights activists, feminist, and businesswoman.
Burroughs was born May 2, 1879, in Orange Virginia. Her parents were formerly slaves, and her father was a farmer and Baptist preacher. Her father died when she was young, so Burroughs and her mother moved to Washing DC.
She attended high school in DC where she met Anna Julia Cooper and Mary Church Terrell, who were suffragists and civil rights activists.
After graduation she applied for a job with the District but could not get one because her skin was too dark. This set in her the determination to ensure women of her skin tone could improve their situation.
From 1898 to 1909 Burroughs went to work for the National Baptist Convention in Kentucky. She was one of the founders of the Women’s Convention and served as president for 13 years. She also found the National Training School in 1908 that provided evening classes for women who had no other means of education.
In 1908 she opened the National Training School. Her goal was to uplift the race. The main themes of the school was the three B’s: the Bible, the bath, and the broom.
In 1920 she wrote two plays, one The Slabtown District Convention and Where is My Wandering Boy Tonight?
In 1928, Burroughs was appointed committee chairwoman by the Hoover Administration for the White House Conference 1931 Home Building and Ownership. She also spoke at conferences.
She died in May of 1961.
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