1972 - The Chisholm Campaign Trail and the Davis Trial
by Yhane Washington SmithUpon the 50 year anniversary of the historical events of these two famous Black women (Chisholm's campaign for the presidency of the U.S. and Davis's Trial for conspiracy to murder); comes "1972" by highly acclaimed, independent audio drama creator, Yhane Washington Smith. "1972" isan eight-part historical audio drama series detailing the powerful story of these two amazing Black women in U.S. history. The show portrays the true story of Black women empowerment; of two African American women who refused to be ignored and silenced by a society too comfortable with the status quo. Our goal is for you to be entertained, educated, empowered, uplifted and love the amazing stories of Black women in U.S. history!Written and independently produced by Yhane Washington Smith an A' Lelia Bundles Scholar at Columbia University and ten time LMCC grantee. You can follow on Instagram: @Yhane.Writes.Audio, Twitter: @AudioHarlem, web site: YhaneWashingtonSmith.com.Subscribe to our newsletter: https://harlemqueen.substack.com/ Thank you for listening and reading! Huge shout out of appreciation to Blackbird Letterpress (https://www.blackbirdletterpress.com/) for their support in helping me make this show!
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7m · Published
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5m · Published
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The Chisholm Trail
10m · Published
The Chisholm campaign builds steam Chisholm's campaign manager quits.
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The Davis Trial and the Chisholm Campaign Trail
24m · Published
Congresswoman Chisholm fights to not bow to corporate interests to fundraise her grassroots campaign for President. And a surprise celebrity connects the campaigns for Angela and Shirley.
Featuring:
Ebonie Ellington as Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm
Jac'leen Smith as Angela Davis
D. Rubin Green as Congressman Brooke
Ronald Young, Jr. as Congressman Ronald Dellums
Isaiah Mueller as Conrad Chisholm
Gabrielle Adkins as Margaret Burnham
Eleanor Hyde as Prison Guard
Nina Smith as Naomi
Joshua Rubino as John Mitchell
Jimmy Mehiel as President Nixon
Sean Howard as Mayor John Lindsay
Sound Design by Xperience J.
Art by Neville Harvey
Producer and Recording Engineer - T.H. Ponders
Written, directed and edited by Yhane Washington Smith
Support the show by purchasing an Angela Davis and/or Shirley Chisholm notebook!
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The Martyr
17m · Published
Congresswoman Chisholm makes her decision to run for President of the United States as the Attica uprising comes to a head.
Featuring:
Ebonie Ellington as Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm
Jac'leen Smith as Angela Davis
D. Rubin Green as Congressman Brooke
Ronald Young, Jr. as Congressman Ronald Dellums
Isaiah Mueller as Conrad Chisholm
Gabrielle Adkins as Margaret Burnham
Eleanor Hyde as Prison Guard
Nina Smith as Naomi
Joshua Rubino as John Mitchell
Jimmy Mehiel as President Nixon
Sean Howard as Mayor John Lindsay
Sound Design by Xperience J.
Art by Neville Harvey
Producer and Recording Engineer - T.H. Ponders
Written, directed and edited by Yhane Washington Smith
Support the show by purchasing an Angela Davis and/or Shirley Chisholm notebook!
Go to: Blackbirdletterpress.com
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We the People
18m · Published
The movement to Free Angela and All Political Prisoners begins, while Shirley Chisholm warns Congress about Attica Prison.
Featuring:
Jeff Van Dreason as Judge Arnason
John Sebastian La Valle as Attorney General Harris
Jai Diaz as the Black Panther Speaker
Jeanette Berry as Fania Davis
TK Dutes as Sallye Davis
Jac'leen Smith as Angela Davis
Michael Sinclair as George Jackson
Morgan Givens as Howard Moore
Jimmy Mehiel as President Nixon
Joshua Rubino as John Mitchell
Jordan Higgs as Franklin Alexander
Journey Brown -Saintel as Assata Shakur
Ronald Young, Jr. as Reverend Cecil Williams
Steven Hylton as Wesley
Peter Killey as Governor Reagan
Gabrielle Adkins as Margaret Burnham
Special thanks to Tom Smith, Bob Raymonda, Chi Williams and Kristen DiMercurio
Sound Design by Xperience J.
Producer and Recording Engineer - T.H. Ponders
Art by Neville Harvey
Written, directed and edited by Yhane Washington Smith
Support the show by purchasing an Angela Davis and/or Shirley Chisholm notebook! Go to Blackbirdletterpress.com
Thank you!
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We Are the Visionaries
20m · Published
Content Warning: This episodes includes a depiction of police brutality.
Angela Davis is held in the House of D., while Congresswoman Chisholm begins campaigning for Angela's Bail.
Episode two features (in order of appearance):
Jimmy Mehiel as President Richard Nixon
Joshua Rubino as Edgar Hoover
Jac'leen Smith as Angela Davis
Ebonie Ellington as Shirley Chisholm
Steven Hylton as Wesley
Em Ervolina as Female Prison Guard
Gabrielle Adkins as Margaret Burnham
Victoria Leigh - as College Student
Ian Bell as Male Prison Guard
Chanters: Naomi Smith, Clarissa Lynn, Julie Atwell, Jesse Miel- Baldorama, Nina Smith
Sound Design by Xperience J.
Sound Engineer and Producer - T.H. Ponders
Art by Neville Harvey
Written, directed and edited by Yhane Washington Smith
Support the show by purchasing an Angela Davis and/or Shirley Chisholm notebook! Go to Blackbirdletterpress.com
Thank you!
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We Are the Revolutionaries
25m · Published
Content Warning: This episode includes a depiction of police gun violence.
We hear the powerful voices of Angela Davis and Shirley Chisholm, the two women who launched a national and international movement of liberation. We witness the series of events that causes Davis to flee California.
Featuring in order of appearance:
T.H. Ponders
Ebonie Ellington as Shirley Chisholm
Emilio Smith as Jonathan Jackson
Jac'leen Smith as Angela Davis
Tom Smith
Isaiah Mueller as McClain and Conrad Chisholm
Jordan Stillman
Nina Smith
Shawn Regruto
Peter Killey as Governor Ronald Reagan
Joshua Rubino as Edgar Hoover
Michael Molina Minard as News Reporter
Jeanette Berry as Fania Davis
Steven Hylton as David
D. Rubin Green as the Congressman
Jimmy Mehiel as President Nixon
Sound Design by Xperience J.
Editor, Producer, Recording Engineer - T.H. Ponders
Art by Neville Harvey
Written and directed by Yhane Washington Smith
Support the show by purchasing an Angela Davis and/or Shirley Chisholm notebook! Go to Blackbirdletterpress.com
Thank you!
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1972 Trailer
4m · Published
Upon the 50th anniversary of the trial of legendary civil rights activist Angela Davis, and Shirley Chisholm’s historical presidential campaign, comes 1972. A seven-part historical audio drama series detailing the powerful story of Shirley Chisholm and Angela Davis, two highly respected Black women who dared to hold a mirror to the systemic racism and sexism within the United States. The show portrays the often overlooked true story of two women refusing to be ignored and silenced by a society comfortable with the status quo.
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1972 - The Chisholm Campaign Trail and the Davis Trial has 9 episodes in total of non- explicit content. Total playtime is 2:12:56. The language of the podcast is English. This podcast has been added on March 12th 2023. It might contain more episodes than the ones shown here. It was last updated on May 12th, 2024 10:41.
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