Duchess and Zach focus on Josephine Baker and Daisy Bates -- the only two women to speak at the March on Washington (episode 02) -- to tell the larger stories of Blacks in Paris and the Little Rock Nine desegregation of Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas.

More info:

• For more information about the Freedom's Promise books and the Duchess Harris Collection, visit http://www.abdobooks.com/duchess-harris-collection
• For more information about Duchess Harris, visit http://www.duchessharris.com/
• Audio excerpts from the March on Washington used in this episode were transcribed from — http://openvault.wgbh.org/collections/march_on_washington/ern-coverage
• To request a text-document transcription of this episode, email [email protected]

Freedom's Promise, podcast and radio series credits

• Duchess Harris: Writer and host
• Zach Thomas: Co-host
• Barry Madore, Fire on the Bluff Productions: Producer, recording engineer, editor
• Opening and closing music: “Black cat Funky” by reusenoise — http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/reusenoise/56513 — (c) copyright 2017 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial (3.0) license
• Freedom's Promise Show page: http://freedomspromise.libsyn.com