The Sisterhood of Radcliffe

In Episode 4 of “The Sisterhood of Radcliffe” podcast series, the women discuss the challenges that came with competing with their fellow classmates for top academic standing in order to gain entry into the top graduate schools. 

This episode also highlights the importance of the support they received from Black upper class students; the pressure they faced to succeed at Harvard; the weight of expectation and competition; and the sw...

In Episode 2 of “The Sisterhood of Radcliffe” podcast series, the ladies discuss the educational pathways created by their parents and teachers that allowed them to earn the academic credentials necessary to be considered for admission by the nation’s top universities. 

This podcast also highlights the influences behind their academic decisions, and the joy that came with receiving their acceptance letters.

This series is presented b...

"The Sisterhood of Radcliffe" podcast series highlights the lives and careers of 8 amazing, Black women who forged a lifelong bond after meeting as freshmen students at Harvard University's Radcliffe College in 1975, a turbulent period for race relations in America.

These young women, who were part of a group of about 130 Black students in a total incoming freshman class at Harvard of more than 1500 students, would all g...

In Episode 3 of “The Sisterhood of Radcliffe” podcast series, the women discuss their arrivals in Cambridge to attend Harvard’s Radcliffe College; the anti-busing protests and other racially charged events taking place in Boston at the time; and stories about how the incoming Black freshmen students, both male and female, met and forged inseparable bonds at what they called “a Historically Black College located in the middle of a m...

"The Sisterhood of Radcliffe" is a 5-episode podcast series that features the inspirational stories of a group of extraordinary Black women who forged an inseparable bond more than 40 years ago that began as incoming freshmen at Harvard University’s Radcliffe College in 1975. Hosted by India Carney, a multi-talented singer and entertainer, whose outstanding performances on the hit show, “The Voice” have earned her global re...