Rebecca Carroll

Billie Was a Black Woman is a four-part podcast series that refracts Black womanhood through the prism of legendary jazz singer Billie Holiday - widely considered to be one of the most innovative artists of all time....

Jazz legend Billie Holiday meant a lot of things to a lot of people....

The bodies of Black women have always been deified and dismissed; sexualized and commodified - and Billie Holiday was no exception....

Celebrating Billie’s In this special encore episode, host Rebecca Carroll looks back on the series, reflecting on the many lessons Billie Holiday left behind during the course of her extraordinary life....

For Billie Holiday, music extended far beyond the performance - it was who she was, what she became, and how she navigated an often hostile world....

Before the Strong Black Woman stereotype ever existed, there were strong Black women like Billie Holiday who dared to live on their own terms....

Billie Was a Black Woman is a four-part podcast series that refracts Black womanhood through the prism of legendary jazz singer Billie Holiday - widely considered to be one of the most innovative artists of all time....