Live from the Drapetomaniax Library of Black History, in a special storytime episode, Michael is joined by Bob the Drag Queen to shed light on the harrowing tale of how civil rights leader and founder of the Black Armed Guard, Robert F. Williams, organized his city and galvanized the world to save two innocent children from a twenty-two year prison sentence.

Drapetomaniax is created by Michael Harriot in collaboration between OtherTone, Sony Music Entertainment and Queer Media.

This episode features:

Bob     Bob the Drag Queen 

Special thanks to our voice actors:

Mrs. Agnes   Andrea O’Brien Vives

Keisha           Jude Pijeaux

Brianna         Hannan Pijeaux

Alex               Moxie Radway

Kid 1              August Jervis-Spitzman

Executive Producers Pharrell Williams, Scott Vener, Noleca Radway, and Moses Soyoola

Senior Producer Janicia Francis

Managing Producer JoAnn DeLuna

Production Coordinator Homero Radway

Production Assistant Gilianne Roberts-Atkinson

Head Writer Silas Miami

Writers  Dallas Rico, Roderick Morrow, Danielle Solomon, Randolph Terrence

Sound Engineer  Toni Paulsen

Fact checker LaPorsche Thomas

Music Supervisor  Patricia Kihoro

Theme Song  Freedom by Pharell Williams

This episode includes the songs Golden Crates” by Dusty Decks, Built For You” by Wanja Wohoro, Keys to the Castle by Salon Dijon, Vanished” by Wicked Cinema , Birdwatching” by Delbony as well as music by Chad Milner

Special thanks to StoryCorps for the audio of James Thompson from a conversation recorded and produced by StoryCorps. Originally aired April 11, 2011 on NPR's Morning Edition and made possible by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.

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