Season 1: Episode 5 Summary

Ms. Frances Mary Albrier was born in 1898 in Tuskegee, Alabama, carrying the legacy of a grandmother who survived enslavement and helped found the Tuskegee Institute. Inside this episode, Ms. Albrier shares — through a rare oral history clip — one of the most enduring lessons her grandmother passed down: next to every poison is an antidote. She speaks candidly about bitterness, and why her elders understood that allowing the racism of oppressors to fester inside you wasn't just painful — it could kill.

Ms. Albrier went on to become a fearless civil rights organizer for over five decades — advocating for Berkeley's first Black teacher, becoming the first African American to run for Berkeley City Council, and organizing Don't Buy Where You Can't Work campaigns. She did it without bei ...