Walking the Path with Marcia Chatelain

Ruth Carol Taylor was a trailblazer in the airline industry and she attended the 1963 March on Washington. We learn a little bit about her life through conversation with Dr. Mia Bay of Cambridge University.Learn more about Dr. Mia BayThe Walking the Path podcast is written and hosted Dr. Marcia ChatelainExecutive Producer - Emily NorwegProducer - Ronald Young Jr. of ohitsBigRon Studios.Editor - Nichole Hill of Cocohill Productions,Mixing and Sound design - Cedric Wilson.Show Art - Heather WilderMusic from Epidemic Sounds

Catherine Basie was an ardent champion for disability justice, and she attended the 1963 March on Washington. We learn a little bit about her life through conversation with Dr. Nicole IvyLearn more about Dr. Nicole IvyCheck out her forthcoming book Materia Medica: Black Women, White Doctors, and Spectacular GynecologyThe Walking the Path podcast is written and hosted Dr. Marcia ChatelainExecutive Producer - Emily NorwegProducer - Ronald Young Jr. of ohitsBigRon Studios.Editor - Nichole Hill of Cocohill Productions,Mixing and Sound design - Cedric Wilson.Show Art - Heather WilderMusic from Epidemic Sounds

Rosa Slade Gragg was an organizer and fundraiser, dubbed one of the "First Ladies of Colored America" in Crisis magazine, and she attended the 1963 March on Washington. We learn a little bit about her life through conversation with Dr. Tanisha FordLearn more about Dr. Tanisha FordCheck out her most recent book Our Secret Society: Millie Moon and the Glamour, Money, and Power behind the Civil Rights MovementThe Walking the Path podcast is written and hosted Dr. Marcia ChatelainExecutive Producer - Emily NorwegProducer - Ronald Young Jr. of ohitsBigRon Studios.Editor - Nichole Hill of Cocohill Productions,Mixing and Sound design - Cedric Wilson.Show Art - Heather WilderMusic from Epidemic Sounds

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 RiguerLearn more about Dr. Leah Wright RiguerCheck out her most recent book The Lonliness of the Black Republican and her podcast Reclaimed: The Story of Mamie Till- MobleyThe Walking the Path podcast is written and hosted Dr. Marcia ChatelainExecutive Producer - Emily NorwegProducer - Ronald Young Jr. of ohitsBigRon Studios.Editor - Nichole Hill of Cocohill Productions,Mixing and Sound design - Cedric Wilson.Show Art - Heather Wilder

Neither Marcia Chatelain nor Executive Producer Emily Norweg attended the 1963 March on Washington, but both of them appreciate the sacrifices that the women who did attend made before them. In this series finale episode, Emily interviews Marcia about her approach to writing How Bright the Path Grows and the type of research it took to complete this work.The Walking the Path podcast is written and hosted Dr. Marcia ChatelainExecutive Producer - Emily NorwegProducer - Ronald Young Jr. of ohitsBigRon Studios.Editor - Nichole Hill of Cocohill Productions,Mixing and Sound design - Cedric Wilson.Show Art - Heather Wilder