The Red Dove

Mar 21, 2023 · 33m

Featured in Apple Podcast's Women History Month Collection! Debra Lee is the former CEO of the BET Network and just released her memoir "I Am Debra Lee". The Red Dove discusses who is Debra Lee, her impact for the culture and recount Debra's story of how Aretha Franklin taught Debra the power of "No" and so much more! Listen, learn then activate! Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts, tell us what you thought, join our Patreon for more shows and exclusive content: thereddovepodcast.com

Mar 14, 2023 · 50m

Featured in Apple Podcasts 2023 Women's History Month Collection!  Harriet Tubman the GOAT, the EVERYTHING, the LEGEND is poised to be the new (front side) face of the American 20 dollar note...but......Andrew Jackson's racist face will be on the BACK of the $20 note!!!  Is this how we honor Harriet?  Will this symbolic first be a help or a hurt to the movement? No wrong answers! We discuss all of this and more, listen, learn then ACTIVATE!! MAJOR SOURCE MATERIAL:  Twenty Dollars and Change Harriet Tubman and the Ongoing Fight for Racial Justice and Democracy by Clarence Lusane.  We purchased our copy from Harriett's Bookshop, if you chose to purchase a copy of this excellent book please consider supporting Harrietts' at harriettsbookshop.com Until next time!

Mar 7, 2023 · 1h 2m

Featured in Apple Podcasts 2023 Women's History Month Collection! Shirley Chisholm was America's FIRST Black woman congressperson!  Shirley brought Black feminist politics to the national government, focusing on legislation that helped poor Black women (and as a result all poor people) including universal free childcare, housing, the minimum wage and more.  Our story focuses on Shirley's run for the Democrat party's presidential nomination in 1972.  We run into old friends, like Elaine Brown and the California Black Panther Party, and meet new friends like Barbara Lee and Sandra Gaines....Listen, learn then activate! Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts and tell us what you thought of this episode, until next time!

Feb 28, 2023 · 38m

Welcome Back Blue!!!!!!  It's so great to have all the hosts recording again, and this time Rainey tells a hilarious horror story about that time she went camping...

Feb 21, 2023 · 33m

A Black History story from the 1960s, we discuss the people who provided armed defense for Martin Luther King Jr and the Civil Rights Movement!