{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6a9b03c4d024784c99939535/6ae145167aa7eb2c8af546b5?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Verda Freeman Welcome (feat. Leah Wright Riguer)","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/6a9b03c4d024784c99939535/1793147776376-c71796ce-cc1c-40db-9d2f-c6668d66f209.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p><em>Verda Freeman Welcome was a teacher and the second black woman to be elected to a state senate in the US and she attended the 1963 March on Washington. We learn a little bit about her life through conversation with Dr. Dr. Leah Wright Riguer</em></p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://snfagora.jhu.edu/directory/leah-wright/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Learn more about Dr. Leah Wright Riguer</a></p><p><br></p><p>Check out her most recent book <a href=\"https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-loneliness-of-the-black-republican-pragmatic-politics-and-the-pursuit-of-power-leah-wright-rigueur/0dbeb288ae944f05\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">The Lonliness of the Black Republican</a> and her podcast <a href=\"https://abcaudio.com/podcasts/reclaimed-mamie/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Reclaimed: The Story of Mamie Till- Mobley</a></p><p><br></p><p>The Walking the Path podcast is written and hosted <a href=\"https://www.marciachatelain.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Dr. Marcia Chatelain</a></p><p>Executive Producer - Emily Norweg</p><p>Producer - Ronald Young Jr. of <a href=\"https://www.ohitsbigronstudios.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">ohitsBigRon Studios</a>.</p><p>Editor - Nichole Hill of <a href=\"https://thesecretadventuresofblackpeople.com/aboutme\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Cocohill Productions</a>,</p><p>Mixing and Sound design - <a href=\"https://www.cedricwilsonmedia.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Cedric Wilson</a>.</p><p>Show Art - Heather Wilder</p>","author_name":"Marcia Chatelain"}