Queen of the Yard

Queen of the Yard

Queen of the Yard Podcast is dedicated to the HBCU Baddies who’ve been HBCU Campus Queens, competed for the crown, and/or those who are HBCU Campus Queen historians.

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May 30, 2025 87 mins

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This week, Stacey L. Holman and Tracee Loran sit down with royalty—literal and legacy. We’re talking to living legend Ms. Gwendolyn G. Johnson, Miss Fisk 1951–52, and her powerhouse granddaughter Devon Johnson, Miss Maroon & White 2015–16. 

From Devon’s strategic, boots-on-the-yard campaign hustle to Ms. Gwendolyn’s firsthand account of navigating Jim Crow laws—and casually being connected to a Harlem Renaissance i...

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Vinét Bryant discusses her journey from Compton to reigning The Yard at Howard University to solving cold case murders as an Assistant U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia.

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February 14, 2025 71 mins

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Following the incredible interview with Dr. Vivian Bradley-Johnson and her beautiful daughters Michelle and Erika, Stacey catches up with Dr. Vivian and her hubby Frederick Johnson, Sr. 

They discuss their 40-year marriage, rich family history, FAMU days, and Dr. Vivian’s successful Miss FAMU campaign.

 

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Dr. Desirée Williams talks about her journey from a predominantly white education in Peachtree City, Georgia where her beauty was questioned to Hampton University where her beauty was affirmed to winning "The Challenge: USA" where her beauty took a backseat to strength, endurance, and grit. Along the way she made a pitstop on “Survivor" where she was floored by Jeff Probst’s supreme research and mad adl...

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Dr. Vivian Bradley-Johnson was crowned Miss FAMU 1981 and built an unexpected royal dynasty!

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Tracee follows up with Roz to answer burning questions from listeners. WARNING: This episode deals with abortion and unwanted sexual advances/sexual harassment.  crowdfundr.com/queenoftheyard

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Former Miss Howard University, Roz White, discusses her reign and how life changed once she won the title.

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