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In 1968, Barbara Ann Teer founded the National Black Theatre Company in Harlem. It was the first revenue-generating black arts institution in the city, and this year, it celebrates its 50th anniversary. Teer's daughter and the company's CEO, Sade Lythcott, join us to talk about the role the National Black Theatre played in the fight for civil rights and its legacy today. Then, female musicians like trombonist Melba Liston, saxophonist Vi Redd, and guitarist Emily Remler didn't get the recognition they deserved in their day. But here to talk about female jazz pioneers and place of women in the genre, and trumpet some of their own work, are saxophonist, educator and bandleader Lakecia Benjamin and flutist and saxophonist Gabrielle Garo, who's participating on The Central Brooklyn Jazz Consortium's panel on women in jazz later this month.