How Bright the Path Grows: The Untold Story of the Women Who Made the March on Washington (https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/721032/how-bright-the-path-grows-by-marcia-chatelain/) is the newest book from Pulitzer Prize-winning author Marcia Chatelain (https://www.marciachatelain.com/).
The Walking the Path podcast offers 5 more amazing stories of the Black women who attended the march and were instrumental in the Civil Rights movement but are often overlooked in history books.
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Neither Marcia Chatelain nor Executive Producer Emily Norweg attended the 1963 March on Washington, but both of them appreciate the sacrifices that the women who did attend made before them. In this series finale episode, Emily interviews Marcia about her approach to writing How Bright the Path Grows and the type of research it took to complete this work.
The Walking the Path podcast is written and hosted Dr. Marcia Chatelain (https://www.marciachatelain.com/)
Executive Producer - Emily Norweg
Producer - Ronald Young Jr. of ohitsBigRon Studios (https://www.ohitsbigronstudios.com/).
Editor - Nichole Hill of Cocohill Productions (https://thesecretadventuresofblackpeople.com/aboutme),
Mixing and Sound design - Cedric Wilson (https://www.cedricwilsonmedia.com/).
Show Art - Heather Wilder
How Bright the Path Grows: The Untold Story of the Women Who Made the March on Washington (https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/721032/how-bright-the-path-grows-by-marcia-chatelain/) from Pantheon Books is available everywhere you purchase books. Or you can visit this link (https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/721032/how-bright-the-path-grows-by-marcia-chatelain/)
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28 Oct 2026
Verda Freeman Welcome (feat. Leah Wright Riguer)
Verda Freeman Welcome was a teacher and the second black woman to be elected to a state senate in the US and she attended the 1963 March on Washington. We learn a little bit about her life through conversation with Dr. Dr. Leah Wright Riguer
Learn more about Dr. Leah Wright Riguer (https://snfagora.jhu.edu/directory/leah-wright/)
Check out her most recent book The Lonliness of the Black Republican (https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-loneliness-of-the-black-republican-pragmatic-politics-and-the-pursuit-of-power-leah-wright-rigueur/0dbeb288ae944f05) and her podcast Reclaimed: The Story of Mamie Till- Mobley (https://abcaudio.com/podcasts/reclaimed-mamie/)
The Walking the Path podcast is written and hosted Dr. Marcia Chatelain (https://www.marciachatelain.com/)
Executive Producer - Emily Norweg
Producer - Ronald Young Jr. of ohitsBigRon Studios (https://www.ohitsbigronstudios.com/).
Editor - Nichole Hill of Cocohill Productions (https://thesecretadventuresofblackpeople.com/aboutme),
Mixing and Sound design - Cedric Wilson (https://www.cedricwilsonmedia.com/).
Show Art - Heather Wilder
How Bright the Path Grows: The Untold Story of the Women Who Made the March on Washington (https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/721032/how-bright-the-path-grows-by-marcia-chatelain/) from Pantheon Books is available everywhere you purchase books. Or you can visit this link (https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/721032/how-bright-the-path-grows-by-marcia-chatelain/)
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20 Oct 2026
Rosa Slade Gragg (feat. Tanisha Ford)
Rosa Slade Gragg was an organizer and fundraiser, dubbed one of the "First Ladies of Colored America" in Crisis magazine, and she attended the 1963 March on Washington. We learn a little bit about her life through conversation with Dr. Tanisha Ford
Learn more about Dr. Tanisha Ford (https://tanishacford.com/)
Check out her most recent book Our Secret Society: Millie Moon and the Glamour, Money, and Power behind the Civil Rights Movement (https://bookshop.org/p/books/our-secret-society-mollie-moon-and-the-glamour-money-and-power-behind-the-civil-rights-movement-tanisha-ford/c99ffdb44b14ae29?ean=9780063115712)
The Walking the Path podcast is written and hosted Dr. Marcia Chatelain (https://www.marciachatelain.com/)
Executive Producer - Emily Norweg
Producer - Ronald Young Jr. of ohitsBigRon Studios (https://www.ohitsbigronstudios.com/).
Editor - Nichole Hill of Cocohill Productions (https://thesecretadventuresofblackpeople.com/aboutme),
Mixing and Sound design - Cedric Wilson (https://www.cedricwilsonmedia.com/).
Show Art - Heather Wilder
Music from Epidemic Sounds
How Bright the Path Grows: The Untold Story of the Women Who Made the March on Washington (https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/721032/how-bright-the-path-grows-by-marcia-chatelain/) from Pantheon Books is available everywhere you purchase books. Or you can visit this link (https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/721032/how-bright-the-path-grows-by-marcia-chatelain/)
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13 Oct 2026
Catherine Basie (feat. Nicole Ivy)
Catherine Basie was an ardent champion for disability justice, and she attended the 1963 March on Washington. We learn a little bit about her life through conversation with Dr. Nicole Ivy
Learn more about Dr. Nicole Ivy (https://americanstudies.columbian.gwu.edu/nicole-ivy)
Check out her forthcoming book Materia Medica: Black Women, White Doctors, and Spectacular Gynecology (https://www.dukeupress.edu/materia-medica)
The Walking the Path podcast is written and hosted Dr. Marcia Chatelain (https://www.marciachatelain.com/)
Executive Producer - Emily Norweg
Producer - Ronald Young Jr. of ohitsBigRon Studios (https://www.ohitsbigronstudios.com/).
Editor - Nichole Hill of Cocohill Productions (https://thesecretadventuresofblackpeople.com/aboutme),
Mixing and Sound design - Cedric Wilson (https://www.cedricwilsonmedia.com/).
Show Art - Heather Wilder
Music from Epidemic Sounds
How Bright the Path Grows: The Untold Story of the Women Who Made the March on Washington (https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/721032/how-bright-the-path-grows-by-marcia-chatelain/) from Pantheon Books is available everywhere you purchase books. Or you can visit this link (https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/721032/how-bright-the-path-grows-by-marcia-chatelain/)
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6 Oct 2026
Juanita Jackson Mitchell (feat. Ashley D. Farmer)
Juanita Jackson Mitchell was the first Black woman to practice law in Maryland and she attended the 1963 March on Washington. We learn a little bit about her life through conversation with Dr. Ashley D. Farmer.
Learn more about Dr. Ashley D. Farmer (https://www.ashleydfarmer.com/)
The Walking the Path podcast is written and hosted Dr. Marcia Chatelain (https://www.marciachatelain.com/)
Executive Producer - Emily Norweg
Producer - Ronald Young Jr. of ohitsBigRon Studios (https://www.ohitsbigronstudios.com/).
Editor - Nichole Hill of Cocohill Productions (https://thesecretadventuresofblackpeople.com/aboutme),
Mixing and Sound design - Cedric Wilson (https://www.cedricwilsonmedia.com/).
Show Art - Heather Wilder
Music from Epidemic Sounds
How Bright the Path Grows: The Untold Story of the Women Who Made the March on Washington (https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/721032/how-bright-the-path-grows-by-marcia-chatelain/) from Pantheon Books is available everywhere you purchase books. Or you can visit this link (https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/721032/how-bright-the-path-grows-by-marcia-chatelain/)
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29 Sept 2026
Ruth Carol Taylor (feat. Mia Bay)
Ruth Carol Taylor was a trailblazer in the airline industry and she attended the 1963 March on Washington. We learn a little bit about her life through conversation with Dr. Mia Bay of Cambridge University.
Learn more about Dr. Mia Bay (https://www.hist.cam.ac.uk/people/professor-mia-bay)
The Walking the Path podcast is written and hosted Dr. Marcia Chatelain (https://www.marciachatelain.com/)
Executive Producer - Emily Norweg
Producer - Ronald Young Jr. of ohitsBigRon Studios (https://www.ohitsbigronstudios.com/).
Editor - Nichole Hill of Cocohill Productions (https://thesecretadventuresofblackpeople.com/aboutme),
Mixing and Sound design - Cedric Wilson (https://www.cedricwilsonmedia.com/).
Show Art - Heather Wilder
Music from Epidemic Sounds
How Bright the Path Grows: The Untold Story of the Women Who Made the March on Washington (https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/721032/how-bright-the-path-grows-by-marcia-chatelain/) from Pantheon Books is available everywhere you purchase books. Or you can visit this link (https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/721032/how-bright-the-path-grows-by-marcia-chatelain/)
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