Cynthia Erivo
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
Why would she continue after that heartbreak?
Well, because she couldn't rest.
The reason she continued is because she didn't feel like she actually had obtained freedom until other people were free.
She didn't feel like she had obtained freedom until she could share it with her family.
I actually think she might have had epilepsy.
But those episodes would bring visions.
She led a women's suffrage movement at a time when really no one wanted any suffrage for black women specifically.
All after she had had her run through the Underground Railroad, that sort of was done by the time she was 30 something, which we sort of think of as what was happening until she was in her older age.
But actually, by the time she was 45, she was a general.
Were there any surprises you learned about Aretha?