RELECTIONS OF A COLORED GIRL interstitials
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NOLA Code:
RFCG 0000 H1
Number of Episodes/Length:
6 / Various
Genre:
Collections:
Rights End:
5/31/2029
Producer
WGCU
Year Produced:
2025
Version:
Base
Other Versions:
How race, class, and gender expectations affected colored girls in southwest Florida during Jim Crow
Episode List
#101 Powerful Colored Women (5:25)
Media typecasting of black women has ranged from unwed teenage mother to temptress. Dr. Martha Bireda shares how the women in her life shaped her belief system counter to the stereotypes.
#102 Decades of Being Defined (5:12)
Dr. Martha Bireda shares the many labels she has worn throughout her 80 years. Today, when asked about race, she checks “OTHER” as a person of the global majority.
#103 Confronting the Realities of Traveling during Jim Crow (4:55)
Dr. Martha Bireda shares how traveling during Jim Crow was often fraught with humiliation, threats, or violence. Her father was her shining ideal of passive resistance.
#104 The Value of Education (5:13)
Dr. Martha Bireda shares that, contrary to white perceptions, education was key for students and parents. It was a tool for citizenship, leadership and equality in the greater society.
#105 The Value of Community (4:45)
Dr. Martha Bireda shares how the Black community shared a sense of interdependence, relying on spirituality, hopes, joy, and traditions to stay resilient in a challenging society.
#106 I am Not Tragically Colored (5:11)
Dr. Martha Bireda shares how colored children were taught lessons to: deny their inferiority; affirm that they were precious; to protect themselves against Jim Crow segregation; and to build character.
Media typecasting of black women has ranged from unwed teenage mother to temptress. Dr. Martha Bireda shares how the women in her life shaped her belief system counter to the stereotypes.
#102 Decades of Being Defined (5:12)
Dr. Martha Bireda shares the many labels she has worn throughout her 80 years. Today, when asked about race, she checks “OTHER” as a person of the global majority.
#103 Confronting the Realities of Traveling during Jim Crow (4:55)
Dr. Martha Bireda shares how traveling during Jim Crow was often fraught with humiliation, threats, or violence. Her father was her shining ideal of passive resistance.
#104 The Value of Education (5:13)
Dr. Martha Bireda shares that, contrary to white perceptions, education was key for students and parents. It was a tool for citizenship, leadership and equality in the greater society.
#105 The Value of Community (4:45)
Dr. Martha Bireda shares how the Black community shared a sense of interdependence, relying on spirituality, hopes, joy, and traditions to stay resilient in a challenging society.
#106 I am Not Tragically Colored (5:11)
Dr. Martha Bireda shares how colored children were taught lessons to: deny their inferiority; affirm that they were precious; to protect themselves against Jim Crow segregation; and to build character.
Program Rights
Broadcast Rights:
Unlimited
Rights Dates:
6/1/2026 - 5/31/2029
School Rights:
Concurrent with broadcast rights
V.O.D. Rights:
Yes
V.O.D. Rights Type:
Concurrent w/ Broadcast Rights via Media Manager
Linear Live Streaming:
Yes
Non-Commercial Cable Rights:
Yes
Program Contacts
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Amy Shumaker
United States
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