Listen "The life and legacy of Dorothy Height"
Episode Synopsis
To honour Black History Month, Tom is joined by Be the change. Media’s host of The Forgotten Generation Podcast Troy Njenje Mbanga. Together Tom and Troy discuss the life and legacy of Dr Dororthy Height, often referred to as the “godmother” of the Civil Rights movement.
Tom’s research is based off an interview with Dr Height, available to watch on Youtube: A Conversation with Dorothy Height - National Portrait Gallery: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LfA9Am-rZTw
You can follow updates about The Forgotten Generation Podcast via instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theforgottengeneration.podcast/ and you can catch-up on previous episodes on:
Spotify: https://shorturl.at/kck3I
Apple podcasts: https://shorturl.at/fou41
And everywhere else: https://theforgottengenerationpodcast.podbean.com/
Troy’s recommendations for The Forgotten Generation Podcast:
National Youth Strategy https://theforgottengenerationpodcast.podbean.com/e/the-forgotten-generation-national-youth-strategy/
Interview with Eden Byrne https://theforgottengenerationpodcast.podbean.com/e/the-forgotten-generation-with-eden-byrne/
One Year Anniversary episode: https://theforgottengenerationpodcast.podbean.com/e/one-year-of-the-forgotten-generation-podcast/
Alongside exploring the achievements of Dr Height, Tom reviews a Common/Wealth Theatre Company production called Demand the Impossible, a part-performance, part punk-gig, part-sensory experience, exploring police injustice and the undercover infiltration of activist networks.
Follow Tom’s work via his Substack: https://tomspare.substack.com/
Keep up to date with Spare a Thought via Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/spareathoughtmedia/
You can listen to all previous episodes of the show wherever you get your podcasts or head to https://spareathought.podbean.com/
Spare a Thought is a Be the change. Media Network production.
Tom’s research is based off an interview with Dr Height, available to watch on Youtube: A Conversation with Dorothy Height - National Portrait Gallery: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LfA9Am-rZTw
You can follow updates about The Forgotten Generation Podcast via instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theforgottengeneration.podcast/ and you can catch-up on previous episodes on:
Spotify: https://shorturl.at/kck3I
Apple podcasts: https://shorturl.at/fou41
And everywhere else: https://theforgottengenerationpodcast.podbean.com/
Troy’s recommendations for The Forgotten Generation Podcast:
National Youth Strategy https://theforgottengenerationpodcast.podbean.com/e/the-forgotten-generation-national-youth-strategy/
Interview with Eden Byrne https://theforgottengenerationpodcast.podbean.com/e/the-forgotten-generation-with-eden-byrne/
One Year Anniversary episode: https://theforgottengenerationpodcast.podbean.com/e/one-year-of-the-forgotten-generation-podcast/
Alongside exploring the achievements of Dr Height, Tom reviews a Common/Wealth Theatre Company production called Demand the Impossible, a part-performance, part punk-gig, part-sensory experience, exploring police injustice and the undercover infiltration of activist networks.
Follow Tom’s work via his Substack: https://tomspare.substack.com/
Keep up to date with Spare a Thought via Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/spareathoughtmedia/
You can listen to all previous episodes of the show wherever you get your podcasts or head to https://spareathought.podbean.com/
Spare a Thought is a Be the change. Media Network production.
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