Olivia and Raven dive into the Black church’s positive contributions to Black liberation and Black advancement. They discuss the role of the Black church during the Abolitionist movement, Reconstruction era, the Great Migration, and the Civil Rights movement.

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The Black Church

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/godinamerica-black-church/

Raven shines a light on this Black-owned toy start-up and some of its product lines, which aim to represent and celebrate Black characteristics and the Black experience.

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Black-Owned Toy Start-Up (Purpose Toys) Unveiled New Naturalistas Pixie Puff Collection

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/black-owned-toy-start-purpose-110000268.html

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Top of Their Class: Purpose Toys’ HBCU-Inspired Dolls Debut at Target

https://finurah.com/2022/08/09/top-of-their-class-purpose-toys-hbcu-inspired-dolls-debut-at-target-in-first-big-step-toward-taking-on-the-102-5-billion-market/

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Hair Type Chart:

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Olivia and Raven share two stories each from Native American tribes, telling of plant myths, gratitude, and sharing food with the community. Raven closes the episode by reading thoughts on Thanksgiving from 5 Native Americans who celebrate the day.

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HOW Bear BECAME KEEPER OF THE MEDICINES

http://www.muiniskw.org/pgCulture3d.htm

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Native American Bloodroot Mythology

http://www.native-languages.org/legends-bloodroot.htm

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Turkey makes the corn and Coyote plants it

https://www.firstpeople.us/FP-Html-Legends/TurkeyMakestheCornandCoyotePlantsIt-Apache.html

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Coyote Builds Willamette Falls And The Magic Fish Trap

https://www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/fsbdev2_025634.pdf

Olivia switches things up and highlights this multi-million dollar E-commerce brand, and she shares the story of its co-founder, Ashley Williams.

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About Ashley Williams

https://entrepreneurareus.com/pages/about-me

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Olivia and Raven discuss the Black women’s club movement, what it achieved, and how it pushed respectability narratives. They also unpack what respectability politics is, specific flaws with respectability, and actionable steps for combatting respectability politics.

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Episodes Referenced:

Black Feminism Part 1: Discrimination In Women’s Liberation, and Black Liberation

https://isquared.podbean.com/e/black-feminism-part-1-discrimination-in-women-s-liberation-and-black-liberation/

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The Resistance In Our Blood: Challenging Segregated Buses Didn’t Start With Rosa Parks

https://isquared.podbean.com/e/the-resistance-in-our-blood-challenging-segregated-buses-didn-t-start-with-rosa-parks/

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Emotional Safety and Disability

https://isquared.podbean.com/e/emotional-safety-and-disability/

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Black Women’s Club Movement

https://www.encyclopedia.com/history/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/black-womens-club-movement

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The Rise of Respectability Politics

https://www.dissentmagazine.org/article/the-rise-of-respectability-politics

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respectability-politics

https://www.studioatao.org/respectability-politics

Raven honors the life and contributions of this abolitionist, educator, and women’s rights activist, who dedicated her life to Black advancement.

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Celebrating Charlotte

https://www.salemstate.edu/charlotte-forten

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Charlotte Forten Grimké

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Charlotte-Forten-Grimke

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Olivia and Raven dive into what emotional safety is, why it’s important to maintain as disabled people, and the various ways it’s often minimized for disabled people.

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7 Ways to Create Emotional Safety in Your Relationship

https://psychcentral.com/blog/how-do-you-create-emotional-safety-in-your-relationships

Olivia and Raven discuss the controversial topic of the Communist Party’s contributions to the Civil Rights movement in the US, and the positive impact communist ideology had on women’s empowerment in various countries.

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Episodes Referenced:

Pan-Africanist Highlight: Claudia Jones

https://isquared.podbean.com/e/pan-africanist-highlight-claudia-jones/

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Black Beauty Highlight: A Mastermind of the Civil Rights Movement

https://isquared.podbean.com/e/black-beauty-highlight-a-mastermind-of-the-civil-rights-movement/

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The Resistance In Our Blood: Challenging Segregated Buses Didn’t Start With Rosa Parks

https://isquared.podbean.com/e/the-resistance-in-our-blood-challenging-segregated-buses-didn-t-start-with-rosa-parks/

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The CPUSA and the African American Liberation struggle: a global perspective

https://www.cpusa.org/party_info/the-cpusa-and-the-african-american-liberation-struggle-a-global-perspective/

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Marxism, Communism, and Women

http://www-personal.umd.umich.edu/~delittle/Entry%20communism%20and%20marxism%20on%20gender%20v2.htm

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The Communist Women’s Movement

https://isreview.org/issue/87/communist-womens-movement/index.html

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How 'Communism' Brought Racial Equality To The South

https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=123771194

Happy Halloween! Raven brings you our final spooky story from the Iroquois people, sharing the lore of a vampire hermit, who waits in his coffin to prey on hunters.

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https://americanfolklore.net/folklore/2011/09/vampire_hermit.html

Olivia delivers a delightful fright  for Devil’s Night, telling of a terrifying encounter with the spirit of Jack O’Lantern.

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https://www.americanfolklore.net/jack-olantern/