About this episode
Audio dramas are the perfect companion for sewing! Lisa can't watch TV and sew as she needs to concentrate on what she's doing. Today, the Stitch Please podcast is sharing one of our favorite audio dramas: 1972 - The Chisholm Campaign Trail and the Davis Trial an amazing podcast by Yhane Washington Smith. Listen in to the first episode with us, then make sure you go and check out the full series! ========== This episode dramatizes the events on August 7, 1970. On that day, 17 year old, Jonathan Jackson was murdered and the guns Jackson used sent Angela Davis to jail and had her on trial. WARNING: This episode depicts the actual events of police brutality. HUGE SHOUTS OF THANKS and APPRECIATION! Too many roles to list so in alphabetical order. Chloe Gabrielle Adkins as Margaret Burnham Julie Atwell Eli Barraza Ian Bell Jeanette Berry Alan Bourke Cole Burkhardt Jordan Cobb as Charlene Mitchell Alexander Danner as McGovern TK Dutes Ebonie Ellington as Shirley Chisholm Em Ervolina Jeffrey Nills Gardner Morgan Givens as Howard Moore D. Rubin Green as Congressman Brandon G. Green as Leo Branton Evan Gulock as James Jordan Higgs Sean Howard as NYC Mayor Lindsay Eleanor Hyde Steven Hylton as Wesley Peter Killy Victoria Leigh Eli Hamada McIlveen Jimmy Mehiel as President Richard Nixon Isaiah Mueller as McClain and Conrad Chisholm Michael Molina Minard Morris Neopolitano Bayo Olukotun Serena Rahhal Bob Raymonda Shawn Regruto Jared Roberts Joshua Rubino as Edgar Hoover John Sebastian La Valle as Harris Danielle Shemaiah Michael Sinclair as George Jackson Jac'leen Smith as Angela Davis Emilio Smith Nina Smith Tom Smith Jordan Stillman as Rose Mary Woods Jeff Van Dreason as Judge Arnason Violet Tallis Chi Williams Ronald Young, Jr. Tau Zaman Sound Design by Xperience J. Editor, Producer, Recording Engineer - T.H. Ponders Art by Neville Harvey Written and directed by Yhane Washington Smith Please continue to support us by: Rating us 5 stars! OR writing a lovely review OR telling a friend OR Follow us: Twitter: @AudioHarlem Instagram: @Yhane.Writes.Audio Support the good people who support us: Blackbirdletterpress.com THANK YOU for listening! ======= ======= Dr. Lisa Woolfork is an associate professor of English specializing in African American literature and culture. Her teaching and research explore Black women writers, Black identity, trauma theory, and American slavery. She is the founder of Black Women Stitch, the sewing group where Black lives matter. She is also the host/producer of Stitch Please, a weekly audio podcast that centers on Black women, girls, and femmes in sewing. In the summer of 2017, she actively resisted the white supremacist marches in her community, Charlottesville, Virginia. The city became a symbol of lethal resurging white supremacist violence. She remains active in a variety of university and community initiatives, including the Community Engaged Scholars program. She believes in the power of creative liberation. Instagram: Lisa Woolfork Twitter: Lisa Woolfork ====== Stay Connected: YouTube: Black Women Stitch Instagram: Black Women Stitch Facebook: Stitch Please Podcast -- Sign up for the Black Women Stitch quarterly newsletter Check out our merch here Leave a BACKSTITCH message and tell us about your favorite episode. Join the Black Women Stitch Patreon Check out our Amazon Store