On Thursday’s show: We reflect on the life and legacy of labor activist Dolores Huerta, who died this week at the age of 96. Huerta co-founded the United Farm Workers union to improve working conditions in the nation’s fruit and vegetable fields and coined the phrase “Sí, se puede!” that became a widespread rallying cry.
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Also this hour: Are political parties less respectful than they used to be? We discuss the increasingly difficult task of maintaining decorum in politics.
Then, we learn about Jasper, 1940: A Sound Installation at the Houston Museum for African American Culture, which is on view through Dec. 10, featuring archival recordings, oral histories, and contemporary voices. The recordings include Billy McCray, a formerly enslaved man from Jasper, Texas, who was interviewed by folklorist John Lomax. His account is mixed with recent recordings of his descendants.
And we chat with William Martinez, who stars in a one-man musical at Stages Houston next week called SIGNing the Song. Martinez grew up as a hearing child in a deaf household, and the show features Broadway and popular standards…and sign language.