'How It Feels To Be Free'

All Of It with Alison Stewart | Jan 14, 2021

Director Yoruba Richen joins us to discuss her new documentary for PBS American Masters titled, "How It Feels To Be Free." Based on the book How It Feels To Be Free: Black Women Entertainers and the Civil Rights Movement by Ruth Feldstein, the documentary follows the career trajectories of six iconic Black female entertainers – Lena Horne, Abbey Lincoln, Nina Simone, Diahann Carroll, Cicely Tyson and Pam Grier – and highlights the close relationship between creative output and political awakening in the 20th century.

WNYC is funded by sponsors and member donations

WNYC Homepage - Top Stories

LIRR service resumes as MTA recovers from strike

Service slowly returned to the nation's busiest commuter railroad on Tuesday after a three-day worker strike came to an end.

Gothamist |

Mayor Mamdani to appear on WNYC’s ‘Ask the Mayor' with Brian Lehrer

The mayor will join the show for quarterly interviews beginning Tuesday, June 2.

Gothamist |

Hantavirus Fact and Fiction

Katelyn Jetelina talks about hantavirus, what the risks are and how prepared the US is for a pandemic

The Brian Lehrer Show |

The History Wars and America at 250, with the Historian Jill Lepore

Three prominent historians discuss a national milestone arriving in the midst of a politically charged conflict over how Americans see the past. It’s a “goat rodeo,” Lepore says.

The New Yorker Radio Hour |