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Missing Figures

Missing Figures is a history podcast which showcases true stories of power, perseverance, and possibility (that should be common knowledge).

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Gladys Bentley

Gladys Bentley

Nearly 100 years ago in New York City, Gladys Bentley was a well known black, lesbian performer. She waited for no one a... Read more

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Ella Baker

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No movement rises on the back of one person. Ella Baker was a key organizer of the civil rights movement who ensured the... Read more

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Patsy Mink

Patsy Mink

Title IX gave girls and young women in the US a level playing field by prohibiting institutions that received federal fu... Read more

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Charles Curtis

Charles Curtis

Stories of power, perseverance, and possibility are not always positive. Charles Curtis, a member of the Kaw nation, was... Read more

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