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Say It Loud traces the last 50 years of Black history through stirring, historically important speeches by African Americans from across the political spectrum. With recordings unearthed from libraries and sound archives, and made widely available here for the first time,
Say It Loud includes landmark speeches by Malcolm X, Lorraine Hansberry, Angela Davis, Martin Luther King Jr., Henry Louis Gates, and many others.
Bringing the rich immediacy of the spoken word to a vital historical and intellectual tradition,
Say It Loud reveals the diversity of ideas and arguments pulsing through the Black freedom movement.
POSTPONED: Sunday, February 14 at 1-4 p.m.
Kate Ellis is an assignment editor at The World. She works with staff reporters and contributors from across the globe to shape and sharpen their storytelling. She also helps plan larger thematic coverage, and regularly subs in as the show producer.
Before joining The World, Kate reported extensively on the history of racial inequality in the US and ongoing freedom movements. She has produced and reported numerous public radio documentaries and podcasts, and garnered a host of awards, including the ABA’s Silver Gavel and the RTDNA/UNITY Award.
Kate s most recent projects include the podcast and radio series “Order 9066,” about the incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II, and “Soldiers for Peace,” a documentary about the anti-war movement led by Vietnam War soldiers and veterans in the 1960s to early 70s.
From top left: activist, academic, and author Dr. Angela Davis; minister and human rights activist Malcolm X; composer, pianist, and band leader Duke Ellington; from bottom left: playwright and author Lorraine Hansberry; and literary critic, professor, historian, and filmmaker Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
Credit Wikimedia Commons, Lorraine Hansberry Literary Trust
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