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In 2016, the Black Revolutionary Theatre Workshop team embarked upon a joint project to identify and celebrate the heroes of Black history (both those who’ve made a great impact on our past and those shaping the present and future.)

Surya Bonaly and Ruby Dee

BRTW Salutes Surya Bonaly and Ruby Dee https://www.spreaker.com/user/10371646/bhm-heroes-ep-8-ruby-dee-and-surya-bonal Hello! We’ve decided to switch up the format this week. Instead of getting an episode a day we’ve decided to post on Tuesdays and Thursdays. It’s less often, but you’ll get a double episode twice a week! Additionally we’re cancelling our Tipsy Black History series on the

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Alicia Garza, Opal Tometi, and Patrice Cullors (BLM Founders)

BRTW Salutes the #BlackLivesMatter Founders Alicia Garza, Opal Tometi, and Patrice Cullors https://www.spreaker.com/user/10371646/bhm-heroes-ep-7-alicia-garza-patrice-cul Hey Revolutionaries! Welcome to BRTW’s Black History Month Heroes. Every day throughout the month of February we’ll be telling you about the black folks who inspire us to be better, badder, and more revolutionary. I'm Mieko Gavia, and today’s going to

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Nichelle Nichols

BRTW Salutes Nichelle Nichols Actor, Singer, Aerospace Advocate Listen to "BHM Heroes Ep 4 Nichelle Nichols" on Spreaker. Podcast episode transcript below: Hello Revolutionaries! This is Heather Harvey, Black Revolutionary Theatre Workshop Co-founder and Producing Ensemble Member. Welcome to BRTW’s Black History Month Heroes. Every day throughout the month of February we’ll share another hero

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Matt Baker

BRTW Salutes Matt Baker Listen to "BHM Heroes Ep 2: Matt Baker" on Spreaker. Podcast episode transcript in development! Don't Miss BRTW'S Live Black History Month Heroes Celebration Friday 2.23.18 & Saturday 2.24.18 from 8:00 - 9:30 pm 353 Studios in Manhattan There will be booze, Black history, and bad-assery

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BHM Hero: Carter G. Woodson

Carter Godwin Woodson was a historian, journalist, and the creator of “Negro History Week,” which later became Black History Month. Carter was born in New Canton, Virginia on December 19th, 1875. He was the son of formerly enslaved James and Eliza Riddle Woodson. The Woodson family valued education-Mr. Woodson moved his family to West Virginia

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Mabel & Robert Williams

Mabel & Robert Williams Traditionally, when researching the more militant efforts of the civil rights era, people tend to cite Robert Williams and may exclude his wife, Mabel. In fact, Mabel Williams may be one of the lesser-known figures we choose to celebrate this month. She dedicated her life to racial equality, fighting alongside her

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BHM Heroes: Patrisse Cullors

Patrisse Cullors is a queer performance artist, educator, activist and co-founder of the Black Lives Matter movement. Cullors was born and raised in Los Angeles California, one of 9 children, and came out as queer at the age of 16. She is a Fullbright Scholar, Alumna of UCLA, winner of the 2007 Mario Savio Young

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Zora Neale Hurston

Zora Neale Hurston: Rescued from Obscurity Just over three years ago, I completed my collection of Zora Neale Hurston’s books. Like many, I began my journey with Hurston’s work by reading Their Eyes Were Watching God in high school. My high school ordered copies that arrived complete with Hurston’s biography and a foreword by Alice

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BHM Hero: Alicia Garza

Alicia Garza is a queer, intersectional feminist writer, activist and co-founder of the #BlackLivesMatter movement. She is credited with sparking the movement with a Facebook post regarding George Zimmerman’s 2013 acquittal for the murder of Trayvon Martin. She posted "Black people. I love you. I love us. Our lives matter, Black Lives Matter." Her friend

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Nat Turner

Let’s have an honest conversation about Nat Turner. Is he a religious zealot or serial killer? The State of Virginia described a crazed drapetomaniac. Some historians wonder if he was a patsy. Many of us recognize him as a revolutionary. Whether he’s praised, denigrated, or questioned, this controversial figure has become a staple of the

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BHM Hero: Opal Tometi

Opal Tometi is a writer, immigrant rights activist, and, most prominently, one of the founders of the #BlackLivesMatter movement. Born in 1984 to Nigerian immigrant parents, Tometi is regarded as a Transnational feminist. She received her B.A. in History and her M.A. in Communication and Advocacy from the University of Arizona and currently serves as

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James Baldwin

Black Revolutionary Theatre Workshop honors BHM Hero: James Baldwin How do you know James Baldwin? Perhaps one of the most telling aspects of success is one’s significance to many different fields, perspectives, and identities. My first introduction to James Baldwin was through his fiction, specifically Giovanni’s Room, which left me in tears. Then, in college,

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Oprah Winfrey

When I was growing up in the 90’s, there were few absolutist figures. By that, I mean the type of personalities whom an adult could invoke with the understanding that they were not to be questioned. In my house, these figures were God, Martin Luther King, and Oprah Winfrey. Oprah Winfrey revolutionized the thought processes

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BHM Heroes: Sergio Peñaloza Pérez

Sergio Peñaloza Pérez is an Afro-Mexican activist and founder of México Negro A.C., a group that fights for civil rights and aid for African Descendant Mexicans. In 2015, thanks to the efforts of Pérez and México Negro, Afro-Mexicans were finally able to identify themselves on the Mexican census. The results of the census showed that

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Serena Williams

In our second year of celebrating Black History Month Heroes, some trends have probably become apparent. We tend to recognize Black people who took a political stand, either as a conscious activist effort or within the arts. We specifically recognize artists, not only because we’re an arts collective, but also because of the privilege provided

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Richard Wright

“Uncle Tom's Children,” "Black Boy”, "Native Son.” Today BRTW celebrates Richard N. Wright! Believe it or not, I became familiar of Wright’s work a few years ago when I got the chance to portray him in a play. I know,right? Richard Wright was born on September 4th, 1908 in Natchez, Mississippi. Wright was a prolific

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Mary Elizabeth Bowser

Contrary to the popular narrative, there were more Black women actively involved in the American Civil War than Harriet Tubman and Sojourner Truth. While both of these extraordinary Black women deserve their accolades and should be celebrated with more accurate, dimensional depictions of their contributions to American history and the course of social justice, I

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Today’s BHM hero: Paul Mooney

During the month of February, BRTW ensemble members are selecting personal Black heroes to highlight everyday. These heroes may have spoken the magic words that first made them see their Black beauty, the people who inspired them to become artists, or even the person who taught them how to make proper mixed greens.

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BHM Heroes: Marsha P. Johnson

During the month of February, BRTW ensemble members are selecting personal Black heroes to highlight everyday. These heroes may have spoken the magic words that first made them see their Black beauty, the people who inspired them to become artists, or even the person who taught them how to make proper mixed greens.

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BHM Heroes: bell hooks

During the month of February, BRTW ensemble members are selecting personal Black heroes to highlight everyday. These heroes may have spoken the magic words that first made them see their Black beauty, the people who inspired them to become artists, or even the person who taught them how to make proper mixed greens.

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