“Morning Show” on March 24th will welcome author and activist Michelle Duster
March 21, 2022‘Morning Show’ Honors Ida B. Wells
To celebrate Women’s History month, the “Morning Show” on March 24th will welcome author and activist Michelle Duster to discuss the legacy of her great-grandmother, Ida B. Wells (1863-1931), a fearless and trailblazing civil rights and anti-lynching journalist.
In January of this year, Wells was honored by toymaker Mattel, which issued a Barbie doll with her likeness as part of their “Inspiring Women” series, which also includes Maya Angelou, Eleanor Roosevelt, and Helen Keller.
In 2020, Wells was awarded a posthumous Pulitzer Prize citing “her courageous reporting on the horrific and vicious violence against African Americans during the era of lynching.”
The National Memorial for Peace and Justice in Montgomery, Alabama, which opened in 2018 and is dedicated to truthfully telling and humanizing the history of slavery, mass incarceration, and lynching, includes a reflection space in honor of Ida B. Wells.
Suzanne Dubus, Executive Director of the Jeanne Geiger Crisis Center, will also visit the show. Since 1982, the Geiger Center has worked to end domestic violence.
Dubus will describe the Center’s 10th Annual White Ribbon Event, part of a worldwide movement for human rights that engages men and boys to help end gender-based violence.
Launching on March 28th, this year’s weeklong events will feature daily videos featuring staff, board members, students, and community members discussing the White Ribbon campaign and services offered by the Geiger Center. For information, visit www.jeannegeiger.org/events.
“The Morning Show” broadcasts on Thursday at 9 AM on Channel 9 and WJOP (FM 96.3) and livestreams on YouTube at NCMHub.org. After broadcast, scroll down the YouTube Playlist for the show, or listen on the Sound Cloud (click the cloud) at NCMHub.org.
For further information Sarah Hayden at Newburyport Community Media Hub at (978)961-0350.
