Two Sisters Remember Their Mother and Her Legacy

Sisters Shanita Baraka Akintonde and Danielle Tavon Bishop grew up in Chicago in the 1980s. 

They came to StoryCorps to remember their mother, Mary Catherine Bishop, known to friends and family as Cat.

Role: Sole Producer (found tape in StoryCorps Archive, cut for final broadcast)

Aired On: NPR’s Weekend Edition, StoryCorps.org

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