Season 2, Episode 24: Talking History, Influence & Activism with Yvonne Jones and Nehanda Green

Episode 24, Social Activist Yvonne Jones co-host for continuation of our mini series #mamaknowscommunity.

Mrs. Jones is a lifetime Detroit resident.  She spent her formatives years during the turmoil of Civil Rights Movement and has first hand experience with the Detroit Rebellion of 1967. She is unashamed of being a direct benefactor of Affirmative Action and the advances made by the Civil Rights Movement. In her second episode as co-host, she continues her conversation with Pan African Activist Nehanda Green. Ms. Green is the mother of one adult daughter and two granddaughters. She has both an undergraduate degree and a  Masters in Public Administration. She is a long time Pan African Political Activist and has traveled extensively through North America, Europe and Asia.  But Ms. Green's favorite destination is Africa. She is the author of five children's books and a City of Detroit retiree where she worked as an accountant.

In this episode Mrs. Jones and Ms. Green share the individuals and movements that inspire their community work. Beginning with an open conversation about Marcus Garvey, we discover that Ms. Green has a direct link to Garveyite movement. Mrs. Jones likewise shares her love of the radical nonviolent philosophy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Together they offer a life curriculum on African activism everyone should become familiar with, here are just a few names they dropped in hopes that you will research and learn more:

Marcus Garvey
Richard Allen
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Kwame Nkrumah
Kwame Ture
W.E.B. DuBoise
Booker T. Washington
Ghanaian Independence
African United
All African People’s Revolutionary Party (post SNCC)
el Hajj Malik el Shabazz (Malcolm X)
Harriet Tubman
Sojourner Truth
Fannie Lou Hamer
Shirley Chisholm