Allegra and Mariano talk about the Zoot Suit Riot of the early 1940s. Servicemen in California attack the Mexican American youth in Los Angeles.

References

* history.com    Zoot Suit Riots  

* encyclopedia.com   Zoot Suit Riots   2004

* San Diego Mexican and Chicano History Chapter 8: World War II and the Emerging Civil Rights struggle  online  November 2011

Clips

Dorothy Dandridge "Zoot Suit" (1942)

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This month Allegra and Mariano talk about their favorite art form, music.They discuss the history of African American punk rock artists and how they inspired not just a genre of music but many bands all over the world spanning decades.

References

Encyclopedia Britannica  Punk  Jon Savage March 2018

New York Public Library  The Riot Grrrl Movement  Stevie Feliciano  June 2013

6 Iconic Black Punk Bands You Should Be Listening To  Aude Konan  July 2017

The Guardian  The Detroit Band That Never Sold Out  Abi Bliss  February 2009

Poly Styrene Interview 1978  (first clip after the intro)

These Boots Are Made for Walking  Pure Hell

Sugar In My Pocket  Younger Lovers

No Scrubs  Big Joanie

Intro Music:  The Silent Forest-Chillstep Mix  DJ Mixomnia

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This month, Allegra and Mariano get into Harriet Tubman and her other equally intriguing professions. This episode is the second installment of Ms. Tubman's colorful history. It's Black History Month, what better way to start it off with this American Hero.

REFERENCES

* Nurse, Spy, Cook: Harriet Tubman Found Freedom Through Food  April 2016

* Harriet the Spy: How Tubman Helped the Union Army  April 2016

* Harriet Tubman: Her service as a Union Spy  February 2017

* Black History Harriet Tubman

* America the Story of Us: Harriet Tubman

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Happy New Year All!

Allegra starts the new year with sad facts about Puerto Rico. This second part loosely begins in the 30s and brings us up to the effects of hurricane Maria. The good news is that Allegra is now joined by Mariano (TV Ate My Brain), and will be indefinite.

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References

* War Against All Puerto Ricans by Nelson A. Denis (copyright 2015)

* The Lost History of Puerto Rico's Independent Movement  by AJ Vicens  (April 2015)

* The Next Challenge for Puerto Rico's Recovery by Gillian B. White (September 2017)

* Last Week Tonight with John Oliver surprise guest Lin Manuel Miranda (April 24, 2016)

Suggestions

Open Veins of Latin America by Eduardo Galeano (copyright 1973, 1997)

Imposing Decency: The Politics of Sexuality and Race in Puerto Rico, 1870-1920  by Eileen J. Suarez Findlay (copyright June 2012)

This month Allegra and Mariano, talk about the force of nature that is Harriet Tubman. As the information began to flow, it was realized that Harriet deserves a two-part episode. Stay tuned in the new year, for part 2.

References:

* Harriet Tubman's Path to Freedom

* Harriet Tubman - nyhistory.net

* Harriet Tubman - history.com

* Harriet-Tubman.org

* Primary Documents in American History Compromise of 1850

* Fugitive Slave Acts

* Harriet Tubman  The Road to Freedom by Catherine Clinton

* Underground on WGN featuring Aisha Hinds as Harriet Tubman

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Intro music: “A New Career in a New Town” by David Bowie

Allegra is joined by Mariano (TV Ate My Brain) to discuss the first part of the rich and often tumultuous history of the island of Puerto Rico.

Donate: Hurricane Maria Community Recovery Fund

REFERENCES

* Puerto Rico, History

* Puerto Rico's Complicated History with the United States

* www.topuertorico.com

* www.indiancountrymedianetwork.com

* Book: War Against All Puerto Ricans  by Nelson A. Denis

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Intro music: "A New Career in a New Town" by David Bowie

Outro music: "Canto A Borinquen" by Willie Colon

This month I'm joined by Tai. We discuss the women (and a couple men) of the Harlem Renaissance. Tai offers his scholarly knowledge of this era, which makes for a great discussion.

References

* Biography.com   Gwendolyn Bennett

* BlackPast.org     Grimke, Angelina Weld (1880-1958)

* ThoughtCo.com   Harlem Renaissance Women African American Women Dreaming in Color

* History.com         Harlem Renaissance

* Britannica.com     Harlem Renaissance 

* Education.ed.pacificu.edu   The Artists' Influences: Why Literature Changed During the Harlem Renaissance

This episode I am joined by the fabulous Moji of TV Movie Mistress. Two Cis-gendered women of color talking about the life of Sylvia Rivera and her constant fight for transgender people of color's rights.

REFERENCES

"Hell Hath No Fury Like A Drag Queen Scorned": Sylvia Rivera's Activism, Resistance, and Resilience

5 Reasons Sylvia Rivera Is One of the Most Badass Radical Trans Heroes to Ever Live

Who Was Sylvia Rivera?

The Unsung Heroes of Stonewall: Marsha P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera

Sylvia Rivera, 50, Figure in Birth of the Gay Liberation Movement

Understanding Transgender People: The Basics

This episode goes into why the Silent Parade Protest happened and who organized it. It includes a YouTube clip: youth.be/hPdh46k7b38 which details the reasons for lynching in the United States.

References:

www.facinghistory.org

Miami Herald online 7/28/17  A Silent Protest Parade in 1917 Set The Stage for Civil Rights Marches

Essence.com 7/28/17  Five Things You Need To Know About The Silent Parade of 1917

National Humanities Center online. American in Class: The Making of African American Identity Vol II 1865-1917  The Negro Silent Protest Parade organized by the NAACP Fifth Ave., New York City July 28, 1917

Smithsonian.com 7/17  The East St. Louis Race Riot Left Dozens Dead, Devastating a Community on the Rise.

Biography  April 2014.  James Weldon Johnson Civil Rights Activist, Songwriter, Literary Critic, Lawyer, Educator, Poet, Diplomat, Author (1871-1938) 

The Bowery Boys: New York City History online  July 2017.  Listening To The Silent Parade of 1917: The Forgotten Civil Rights March.

Blackpast.org 2017. NAACP Silent Protest Parade, New York City (1917)

Allegra talks about the forgotten part of the Women's Suffrage Movement, the African-American Woman. This was a major jumping off point for the continued struggle for women's rights.

References:

npr.org The Root: How Racism Tainted Women's Suffrage

wesleyan.edu Black Women & The Suffrage Movement 1848-1923

blackpast.org Cooper, Anna Julia (1858-1964)

britannica.com Anna Julia Cooper American Educator and Writer

americaslibrary.gov Activist Mary Church Terrell Civil War (1860-1865)

suffragistmemorial.org African American Women in the Suffrage Movement