Lesbian Herstory Archives AudioVisual Collections

Everywoman Space - Assata Shakur

Item

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Title

Everywoman Space - Assata Shakur

Subject

Shakur Family, Activism

Description

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.

Publisher

WBAI Radio

Interviewee

4 interviewees - names / full names are not known: Akilah, Miriam, Bibi (Sp?), and Unknown

Host

Irene Yarrow

Citation

“Everywoman Space - Assata Shakur,” Lesbian Herstory Archives AudioVisual Collections, accessed December 6, 2025, https://www.herstories.prattinfoschool.nyc/omeka/items/show/1492.