Black women in the South pulled out the vote for Biden-Harris in the Presidential election of 2020! But this isn't the first time the electoral organizing of women in the Back community has made history!

For our December 7th show, Joy of Resistance is proud to present excerpts from the award-winning documentary: "Standing on My Sisters' Shoulders" (and offer a copy as a FREE GIFT when you become a WBAI Buddy*!).

In 1965, when three women walked into the US House of Representatives in Washington D.C., they had come a very long way. Neither lawyers nor politicians, they were ordinary women from Mississippi,and descendants of African slaves: they were the first black women to be allowed in the senate chambers in nearly 100 years.

A missing chapter in our nation’s record of the Civil Rights movement, this powerful documentary reveals the movement in Mississippi in the 1950’s and 60’s from the point of view of the courageous women who lived it – and emerged as its grassroots leaders. Through moving interviews and powerful archival footage, STANDING ON MY SISTERS' SHOULDERS weaves a story of commitment, passion and perseverance and tells the story of the women fought for change in Mississippi and altered the course of American history forever.

Meet the women of the film: Unita Blackwell, a sharecropper turned activist, who became Mississippi’s first female black mayor; Mae Bertha Carter, a mother of 13, whose children became the first to integrate the Drew County schools against dangerous opposition; white student activist Joan Trumpauer Mulholland who not only participated in sit-ins but took a stand on integration by attending an all black university; Annie Devine and Victoria Gray Adams, who, along with Fannie Lou Hamer, stepped up and challenged the Democratic Party and President Johnson at the 1964 Convention.

They not only brought about change in Mississippi, but they altered the course of American history.

During this show: WE WILL BE OFFERING A FREE COPY OF THIS MOVING AND IMPORTANT FILM AS A GIFT TO LISTENERS WHO BECOME "WBAI BUDDIES"  for $10. a month (or more) which will be securely and painlessly taken out of your credit card or bank account each month over the coming year. The film runs for 60 minutes and is in color, with a wonderful musical score. 

Buddies WILL ALSO GET: A large black-with-WBAI-logo inscribed TOTE BAG. The documentary will also be available for a pledge of $50.

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