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Welcome to BLACK SUFFRAGIST IN THE SPOTLIGHT! We bring center-stage trailblazers often hidden in history. Our honorees are epic, but we retell their journeys in compact servings. So, in the time it takes you to prep and chill with your favorite drink, you can take in some of the highs and lows of their remarkable lives. The podcast is hosted by Jennifer Rolle, producer and director of the documentary THE BLACK SUFFRAGIST. Please join us as we celebrate these 19th-century pioneers.
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Frances Ellen Watkins Harper wore many hats throughout her illustrious life. She is not well known today, but during the 19th century, she was a household name in the United States. Resources Bell, Janet Dewart. “Blackbirds Singing: inspiring Black women's speeches from the Civil War to the twenty-first century.” pp. 25-34. New York: The New Press,…
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Sojourner Truth is one of the most imported social reformers in American history. Truth is considered the first Black suffragist in the early-day women's movement. Here we retell only a fraction of this trailblazer's extraordinary life. Resources Painter, Nell Irvin. “Sojourner Truth: A Life, A Symbol.” New York, NY W.W. Norton & Company, 1996. Som…
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Born into a family of social reformers, the radical activist Mary Ann Shadd Cary almost singlehandedly led the immigration of Black Americans across the United States border. Here we retell only a fraction of this extraordinary trailblazer's epic life. Resources Dennie, Nneka D. (Ed.) “Mary Ann Shadd Cary: Essential Writings of a Nineteenth-Century…
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Meet Sarah Parker Remond! An adventurous spirit, born free into a prominent New England family, she soared to unimaginable heights during the tumultuous 1850s. Here we retell only a fraction of this trailblazer's extraordinary life. Resources: Baumgartner, Kabria . “In Pursuit of Knowledge.” New York, New York. New York University Press, 2019. Jone…
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