The fIfth episode of the Black Moon Podcast honors the life of Jo Ann Robinson. Without Jo Ann Robinson, we might have never known the names of Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King Jr., and we, Black people that is, may still be sitting in the back of the bus. This episode is a little bit different in that I actually do not know how Jo Ann Robinson died. I know the magnificence of how she lived, and I know that she is often forgotten in the story of how we’ve always fought to get free. Jo Ann Robinson was a beacon to all freedom fighters who do their work in the background, join me in seeing her in her deserved place - in the light.
Topics touched on in include: Montgomery Bus Boycott, the south, the Civil Rights Movement, Martin Luther King Jr. racism, racial abuse.
Referenced in this episode:
The Montgomery Bus Boycott and the Women Who Started It
https://aaregistry.org/story/jo-ann-gibson-robinson-was-an-unsung-activist/
https://nmaahc.si.edu/blog-post/jo-ann-robinson-heroine-montgomery-bus-boycott
http://encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/h-3124
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Fair_Burks
https://www.encyclopedia.com/education/news-wires-white-papers-and-books/burks-mary-fair-192-1991
https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/dailypress/obituary.aspx?n=alfonso-leon-campbell&pid=486971
http://repository.wustl.edu/concern/videos/37720f54k
Original music by: Siddy Beats
Explicit content warning
01/19/21 • 51 min
The Black Moon Podcast - Jo Ann Robinson | Legendary Black Woman Unhidden
Transcript
Welcome to the fifth episode of the Black Moon Podcast, I’m your host Olka Baldeh and I’m so honored that you’re joining me today.
Before we dive into today’s episode, I want to offer my deep gratitude to everyone who supports this work financially, with affirmations, with advice, and all those who continue to remind me that my voice and perspective is needed. At the end of this episode I will name a few of the folks who have contributed to making this po
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