This week, Chloe tells us all about Melina Abdullah, the chair of the department of Pan-African Studies at California State University & a co-founder of the Los Angeles chapter of Black Lives Matter!
Melina comes from a long line of revolutionaries, and is no stranger to fighting against institutional racism & police brutality. She attends the Police Commission hearings weekly and stays up-to-date on whether there have been any murders by police. Recently, she's been in the news a lot (as well as in a number of popular documentaries about Black history) for her advocacy of "The People's Budget" in Los Angeles, and for her vocal support of the Black Lives Matter protests (and subsequent BLM uprising) in the wake of George Floyd's murder.
Check out the episode to hear more, including the story of a wrongful arrest which mysteriously turned into 8 misdemeanor charges against her.
-
A Broad is a woman who lives by her own rules. Broads You Should Know is the podcast about the Broads who helped shape our world!
BroadsYouShouldKnow.com
YT/IG/FB @BroadsYouShouldKnow & TW @BYSKpodcast
@ChloeJadeSkye
@SamLAEggers
—
3 Ways you can help support the podcast:
—
Broads You Should Know is hosted by Sara Gorsky.
IG: @SaraGorsky
Web master / site design: www.BroadsYouShouldKnow.com
—
Broads You Should Know is produced by Sara Gorsky & edited by Chloe Skye
Anna Jarvis — Founder of Mother's Day (Who Tried to Have it Destroyed) [Chloe Skye]
La Adelita (aka Las Soldaderas) — Female Soldiers of the Mexican Revolution [Sara Gorsky]
Queen Ka'ahumanu — First Queen of Hawaii Responsible for Women’s Rights and Uniting the Islands [Jupiter Stone]
Queen Ranavalona III — Last Queen of Madagascar Exiled for Fighting Colonization [Chloe Skye]
Pauli Murray — Queer Civil Rights Lawyer & Priest Who Wrote Civil Rights “Bible” [Jupiter Stone]
Shannon Faulkner — First Woman to Attend 'Men Only' State College in South Carolina [Chloe Skye]
Ma Rainey — Mother of the Blues who Inspired Generations [Jupiter Stone]
Ching Shih — From Prostitute to Ruler of a Pirate Empire [Sara Gorsky]
Sophie Scholl — Student Anti-Nazi Activist & Co-Founder of White Rose [Chloe Skye]
Broad Buffs #1: Nellie Bly — The Investigative Reporter Who Was the Inspiration for Lois Lane [David Blixt]
Julie d'Aubigny (aka Mademoiselle Maupin) — Bisexual French Duelist & Opera Singer [Sara Gorsky]
Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander — First African American Woman to Practice Law in Pennsylvania [Chloe Skye]
Lucille Bogan — One of the First Recorded Blues Singers & Pioneer of "Dirty Blues" [Jupiter Stone]
Shere Hite — Sex Educator Who Discovered Women Don't Need Men to Achieve Pleasure [Sara Gorsky]
Coretta Scott King — Civil Rights Leader, Peace Advocate, & Wife of Martin Luther King Jr. [Sara Gorsky]
Audre Lorde — Black, Lesbian, Mother, Warrior, Poet; Advocate For Intersectionality [Chloe Skye]
Giulia Tofana — 17th Century Vigilante Responsible For Poisoning Over 600 Men [Sara Gorsky]
Pele — Hawaiian Goddess of Volcanoes and Fire [Jupiter Stone]
Christine Jorgensen — WWII Veteran & First Widely-Known Trans Woman in USA [Chloe Skye]
Broadly Speaking #6: Research Methods, Choosing Our Broads, & Parsing Out Truth!
Create your
podcast in
minutes
It is Free
Dark Histories
The Best Song Podcast
Irish Songs with Ken Murray
The Rest Is History
American Scandal