• These Boots Were Made for Walking

  • Apr 5 2021
  • Length: 7 mins
  • Podcast

These Boots Were Made for Walking

  • Summary

  • I first laid claim to social protest on a walk from the “white” elementary school, as we still called it. I encountered two white boys with BB rifles aimed at my head; they fired, and I refused to run. All these years later, I wonder what it will take to walk the last mile of the way.

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    The Colored Girl Speaks Podcast Team

    • Andrea Hunter, Essayist and Producer
    • Tiera Chiama Moore Narrator, Co-Producer and Vocal Artist
    • Vernonia Thornton, Announcer
    • Jamonica Brown and Deanna Floyd, Production Assistants

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