Society & Culture
This week we have a Kenyan environmental political activist and an American blues singer, pianist, and entertainer.
Wangari Maathai
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Wangari-Maathai
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/sep/26/wangari-maathai
http://www.greenbeltmovement.org/who-we-are/our-history
Gladys Bentley
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDUX-QmT1sM
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/obituaries/gladys-bentley-overlooked.html
https://www.theroot.com/blues-singer-gladys-bentley-broke-ground-with-marriage-1790858771
https://www.themarysue.com/gladys-bentley-the-cross-dressing-lesbian-who-rocked-the-harlem-renaissance/
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