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  Everywoman Space - Assata Shakur

  This episode of Everywoman Space, hosted by Irene Yarrow on WBAI radio, Yarrow and a group of women discuss the recent events surrounding Assata Shakur's arrest and imprisonment and current treatment in the media and jail system. They read Shakur's poems, "What is Left" and play a recording of Evelyn Williams reading Shakur's poem, "Rights and Responsibilities Middlesex County Jail." The women go on to discuss the current state of Shakur's trial, share information on how listener's can support her, play a recording of Shakur thanking supporters from prison, and take calls from listeners.

  Tags Assata Shakur, Black Liberation Movements, Black Panther Party, Black Women, Everywoman Space, Joanne Chesimard, Poetry, Political Movements, Pregnancy, Prison
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  Jean Lerner Interview

  In this oral history conducted by the Rossmoor Lesbian Social Club, Jean Lerner discusses being raised Jewish by very politically active communist parents, her realization in college she was in love with her girl friend, and her disillusionment with the Communism that she was raised with. She talks about being closeted in her work as a chiropractor even though she loved her job, her decision to get pregnant and raise a daughter on her own after a struggle to find a partner who also wanted to raise a child, and then meeting her partner when she was pregnant and their family growing as they adopting their son.

  Tags Adoption, Jewish Lesbians, Pregnancy, Rossmoor Lesbian Social Club