EP 24: Tongues Untied: The Pioneering Voice of Marlon Riggs in African American and LGBTQ+ Communities

Marlon Riggs was a groundbreaking filmmaker and activist who was born on February 3, 1957, in Fort Worth, Texas. As the child of civilian military employees, Riggs spent much of his childhood moving between Texas, Georgia, and West Germany. His experience of ostracism and name-calling as a biracial student at Hephzibah Junior High School in Georgia would have a profound impact on his life and work. Despite these challenges, Riggs excelled academically and athletically, becoming student body p...