Kaliswa Brewster reads excerpts from Gwendolyn Brooks 1954 novel, Maude Martha, which explores the day to day, month to month, year to year regular life of a Black girl as she grows into a Black woman.

Maude Martha: One "Regular" Black Woman

Black history is rich with speeches, literature, and art that resists white supremacy, lifts up black people, and insists on both joy and dignity of life. Although there have been 400 years of black resistance on this continent, American revisionist history has hidden some of the most powerful black voices from us. Hosted by Steven Anthony Jones and produced by Kaliswa Brewster, Black Voices Past and Present is a weekly podcast that will bring some of the most poignant black voices straight to your ears--unfiltered, and without talking head commentary. What is it to hear black voices past and present in conversation with one another? Where do voices like Frederick Douglass and James Baldwin fit in this new and important Black Lives Matter movement? Join us each week to find out.

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Maude Martha: One "Regular" Black Woman

Maude Martha: One "Regular" Black Woman