Black Bottom Saints

This week Alice invites Julieanna Richardson, founder of The History Makers, on to the podcast to discuss Maxine Powell, patron saint of charmers, the masked, and the unmasked. 

This week Alice discusses Anna Gordy, patron saint of putting family first, living in the present, and Black enterprise.

This week Alice discusses John White, patron saint of club house founders and vertical integration.

In this episode Alice discusses Sammy Davis Jr., patron saint of peerless people, performers, veterans, and other wounded.

This week Alice discusses Lynette Dobbins Taylor, patron saint of rescuers who refuse to be victims, ironic alliances, and clubwomen.

This week Alice discusses Black Bottom Saint Nat King Cole with Dr. Steven Lewis, Curator of Music and Performing Arts at the

National Museum of African American History and Culture.

This week Alice discusses Black Bottom saint, Skipper Mills with Danielle Jackson, editor of Oxford American.

This week Alice discusses Nellie Hill Trapp, patron saint of beauties, informal adoptees, and using talk to advocate for self. 

This week Alice discusses Lucille Ellis, patron saint of trick bag inhabitants, psychotherapy clients, and shrinks.

This week Alice discusses Dr. Robert C. Bennet, patron saint of fighters, hypochondriacs, and medicine men with Dr. Hildreth.