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Revolutionaries: Mamá Tingó
Season 5 Episode 136
Mamá Tingó (1921-1974) was an Dominican activist who is often overlooked in historical accounts. She led protests to save her farm — and the farms of…
2 years, 1 month ago
Revolutionaries: Margaret Ekpo
Season 5 Episode 135
Margaret Ekpo (1914-2006) was a Nigerian women's rights activist and one of Nigeria’s first female elected officials. She worked tirelessly for the r…
2 years, 1 month ago
Revolutionaries: Jacqueline Creft
Season 5 Episode 134
Jacqueline Creft (1946-1983) was one of the key leaders in Grenada’s People’s Revolutionary Government. She believed in uplifting the nation’s women …
2 years, 1 month ago
Revolutionaries: Lélia Gonzalez
Season 5 Episode 133
Lélia Gonzalez (1935-1994) was a Brazilian professor, anthropologist, activist, and politician. She was a pioneer in the emergence of Black feminist …
2 years, 1 month ago
Revolutionaries: Dominga De La Cruz Beccerril
Season 5 Episode 132
Dominga de la Cruz-Becerril (1909-1981) was a Puerto Rican patriot, activist, and poet known as the “one who picked up the flag” for her act of rescu…
2 years, 1 month ago
Revolutionaries: Vicki Garvin
Season 5 Episode 131
Vicki Garvin (1915-2007) was a political activist, Pan-Africanist, workers rights organizer, and civil rights leader first in Harlem and later intern…
2 years, 2 months ago
Revolutionaries: Bibi Titi Mohamed
Season 5 Episode 130
Bibi Titi Mohamed (1926-2000) was an activist and ngoma artist who fought against colonial rule in Tanzania, helping form the women-led backbone of t…
2 years, 2 months ago
Revolutionaries: Emma Mashinini
Season 5 Episode 129
Emma Mashinini (1929-2017) risked her life and reputation to fight for Black worker’s rights under apartheid in South Africa. She spent months isolat…
2 years, 2 months ago
Revolutionaries: Aguil Chut-Deng
Season 5 Episode 128
Aguil Chut-Deng (c.1964-2022) was a freedom fighter during Sudan’s second civil war. After immigrating to Australia, she dedicated herself to improvi…
2 years, 2 months ago
Revolutionaries: Assata Shakur
Season 5 Episode 127
Assata Shakur (1947-present) was a member of the Black Liberation Army who was imprisoned and convicted of murdering a police officer. She escaped pr…
2 years, 2 months ago