Jodi Kelber-Kaye, associate director of the Honors College, joined The Marc Steiner Show on May 30 to celebrate the 163rd anniversary of Sojourner Truth’s “Ain’t I A Woman?” speech.
Kelber-Kaye spoke about teaching about the intersections of race and gender in the history of women’s rights advocacy, saying, “This is an incredibly interesting conversation that I actually have always had with my students. One of the things that’s really nice about UMBC is that we have an extraordinarily diverse population. So my classrooms have always been filled with people from all over the world and different races who have wanted to have conversations about this word ‘feminism.'”
Other panelists included Lea Gilmore, cultural correspondent for the Center for Emerging Media, dream hampton, co-author of Decoded, and A. Adar Ayira, project manager of the More in the Middle Campaign for Associated Black Charities.
Click here to listen to the full segment titled, “Sojourner Truth’s ‘Ain’t I A Woman?’: African American Women & Feminism.”
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