Margaret talks to Cristen Conger about an organizer who was the first Black American woman to own a newspaper and once scared off the Klan.

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Margaret talks to Cristen Conger about an organizer who was the first Black American woman to own a newspaper and once scared off the Klan.
Source:
<a href="https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-may-20-op-anderson20-story.html">https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-may-20-op-anderson20-story.html</a>&nbsp; <a href="https://www.npr.org/2021/05/04/993605428/beneath-the-santa-monica-freeway-lies-the-erasure-of-sugar-hill">https://www.npr.org/2021/05/04/993605428/beneath-the-santa-monica-freeway-lies-the-erasure-of-sugar-hill</a>&nbsp; <a href="https://americacomesalive.com/california-eagle-newspaper-black-readership-ahead-time/">https://americacomesalive.com/california-eagle-newspaper-black-readership-ahead-time/</a>&nbsp; <a href="https://www.pbs.org/blackpress/news_bios/ca_eagle.html">https://www.pbs.org/blackpress/news_bios/ca_eagle.html</a>&nbsp; <a href="https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/tf6c60052d">https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/tf6c60052d</a>&nbsp; The Untold Story of Charlotta Spears Bass, Groundbreaking Politician, Nicole A. Mansfield&nbsp; <a href="https://www.history.com/articles/nat-turner-rebellion-literacy-slavery">https://www.history.com/articles/nat-turner-rebellion-literacy-slavery</a>&nbsp; <a href="https://www.browndailyherald.com/article/2021/02/brown-s-first-black-female-graduate-ethel-robinson-s-legacy-on-college-hill">https://www.browndailyherald.com/article/2021/02/brown-s-first-black-female-graduate-ethel-robinson-s-legacy-on-college-hill</a>&nbsp; <a href="https://ncph.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Redlining-and-Racial-Covenants_pdfversion.pdf">https://ncph.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Redlining-and-Racial-Covenants_pdfversion.pdf</a>&nbsp; <a href="https://www.segregationbydesign.com/los-angeles/sugar-hill">https://www.segregationbydesign.com/los-angeles/sugar-hill</a>&nbsp; <a href="https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/progressive-party-platform-1948">https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/progressive-party-platform-1948</a>&nbsp; <a href="https://mutterhood.com/charlotta-bass/">https://mutterhood.com/charlotta-bass/</a>&nbsp; <a href="https://www.blackwomenradicals.com/blog-feed/charlotta-spears-bass">https://www.blackwomenradicals.com/blog-feed/charlotta-spears-bass</a>&nbsp; <a href="https://lamag.com/lahistory/charlotta-bass-kkk/">https://lamag.com/lahistory/charlotta-bass-kkk/</a>&nbsp; <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090819013517/http://www.socallib.org/SCLWebsite/hiseagle.htm">https://web.archive.org/web/20090819013517/http://www.socallib.org/SCLWebsite/hiseagle.htm</a>&nbsp; <a href="https://www.myblackhistory.net/Charlotta_Bass.htm">https://www.myblackhistory.net/Charlotta_Bass.htm</a>&nbsp; <a href="https://www.aaihs.org/charlotta-bass-and-the-cold-war-peace-movement/">https://www.aaihs.org/charlotta-bass-and-the-cold-war-peace-movement/</a>&nbsp;

As long as there’s been oppression, there’ve been people fighting it. This weekly podcast dives into history to drag up the wildest rebels, the most beautiful revolts, and all the people who long to be—and fight to be—free. It explores complex stories of resistance that offer lessons and inspiration for us today, focusing on the ensemble casts that make up each act of history. That is to say, this podcast focuses on Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff.

As long as there’s been oppression, there’ve been people fighting it. This weekly podcast dives into history to drag up the wildest rebels, the most beautiful revolts, and all the people who long to be—and fight to be—free. It explores complex stories of resistance that offer lessons and inspiration for us today, focusing on the ensemble casts that make up each act of history. That is to say, this podcast focuses on Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff.

Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff

As long as there&rsquo;s been oppression, there&rsquo;ve been people fighting it. This weekly podcast dives into history to drag up the wildest rebels, the most beautiful revolts, and all the people who long to be&mdash;and fight to be&mdash;free. It explores complex stories of resistance that offer lessons and inspiration for us today, focusing on the ensemble casts that make up each act of history. That is to say, this podcast focuses on Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff.

Part One: Charlotta Bass: The Black Journalist Who Refused the Red Scare

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