Host Bryant Monteilh takes us back to his radio days in South Bend, IN where host Nicole Franklin and our audience learn all about the Underground Railroad route through the US Midwest from very special friends Brother Sage and Charlotte Pfeifer Gillam.
Career educator and Michiana griot Brother Sage and wife Charlotte Pfeifer Gillam, a community advocate, activist and pioneering politician share a loving approach to African American history. Community is everything to this South Bend, Indiana couple who hail from various locations prior to their current home including Ohio, Michigan and East St. Louis, IL. In this episode they give an audio tour of the travels of enslaved peoples via the Midwestern Underground Railroad route and its conditions at the time. The two are also generous with their advice on pursuing education, the power of HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities), preserving history and finding a partner in love with whom to share these senior years.
This episode first aired on KBLA Talk 1580 in Los Angeles, CA.