Ep. 61: Disrupting Black History Month (2)

We continue our look back at the celebration of Black History Month. We honor "The first lady of civil rights" Rosa Parks and the beautiful and wise Cicely Tyson. From YouTube’s BookTube channel, you will find a series celebrating black authors. Links to those interviews uploaded this year are: Alicia Garza - How to Achieve Real Change (Black Lives Matter) https://youtu.be/9tVFDCe2eHw Barack Obama on Family, Music, Science & Good Leadership https://youtu.be/rI7GRUhWtuI Jaqueline Woodson - Lying in Service of Truth https://youtu.be/WNVwODk_rJk Jason Reynolds - Honesty, Joy & Anti-Racism https://youtu.be/GfmdmFYOyfc Bryon Stevenson - From the Courtroom to Hollywood https://youtu.be/pUe3pxoAIAY Michelle Obama - On the Importance of Swerving https://youtu.be/C6tB6DJC_bU Why Malcolm Gladwell Used to Get Pulled Over by the Police https://youtu.be/rZ-0JqCJXH0 For those who would like to learn more, links to a series of articles from the Huffington Post during Black History Month and an article about Inaugural Poet Amanda Gorman follow: Felicia D. Henderson (Black family dramas on TV) https://www.huffpost.com/entry/felicia-d-henderson-sister-sister-moesha-moesha-soul-food_n_60393c4cc5b610bcd9902c38 Mara Brock Akil (Black characters on TV) https://www.huffpost.com/entry/maya-brock-akil-tv-creator-black-history-month_n_601c644cc5b66c385ef7e5ac Nicole Beharie (Strong black women on Screen) https://www.huffpost.com/entry/nicole-beharie-miss-juneteenth_n_602ed86ac5b6cc8bbf3a495a Celebrating Black Women https://www.huffpost.com/entry/celebrate-black-women_n_601c6f0dc5b69749da3c2984 Inaugural Poet Amanda Gorman https://www.health.com/mind-body/amanda-gorman-speech-auditory-processing-disorder?fbclid=IwAR26hSPfUVhTvEaHyYbwbPwMNOeTHEXx8t-uq9Endw4XoI6LE4qUUxMvKIs The Cicely Tyson interview which ran February 7, 2021 on Oprah’s SuperSoul Sunday that you would enjoy 😊 Here’s the link: https://fb.watch/3Xs_1cdTTH/