Black Women Liberators
About the Episode
From chattel slavery to today, we delve into how the tendrils of slavery wound their way from the not so distant past to the present. We ponder, how can we cast off those invisible chains?
“Let’s talk about how sharecropping tied our ancestors to their former plantations…they owed a contract to the plantation owner and could never get out of debt. I spent 10 years in the Mississippi Delta studying families who were in that system. The worst cases of poverty that you can imagine in America for generations, and there was no way out.”
“Even in the most crushingly oppressive moments, we’ve always been in a fight for freedom…from shackles, freedom to be able to choose your own destiny. But now, as we march forward into the second decade of the 21st century, freedom means other things like economic equity and justice from the oppression of mass incarceration.”
Acknowledgement
Our podcasts are possible with generous support from the following donors:
- “Anonymous” Donors
- Craig Newmark Philanthropies
- Groundswell Fund
- The Park Foundation
- TD Charitable Foundation