Lesser, But Not Least

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This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

A white plastic audiocassette tape with a recording of the radio program "Lesser But Not Least." The cassette tape has a beige label on which typewritten text on one side reads [TRY OUT RADIO / 2/1/81 / "LESSER BUT NOT LEAST" WHA / RADIO]. The radio show was produced by Dr. Brooks Robinson for a "Tryout Radio," and focuses on "lesser-known" individuals in American history and is divided into three segments. The first segment discusses the life of Kateri Tekakwitha, the first Native American Catholic saint. In this segment, there is also a fictional dramatization of a conversation between Saint Kateri story and one of her suitors. In the second segment, the narrator moves to a discussion of David Walker's life and the impact of his essay "Appeal to The Colored Peoples of The World.

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