In Episode 7, Babette reconnects with EJ, and we hear her loud and clear. Babette talks with KQED’s Pendarvis Harshaw + former Oakland head librarian Dorothy Lazard about what makes Oakland soulful. NIAD artists Deatra Colbert and Halisi Noel-Johnson tell us about being Black and legendary. Featured: Deatra Colbert, Nan Collymore, Susan Goldman, Pendarvis Harshaw, Martha Jackson Jarvis, Halisi Noel-Johnson, Dorothy Lazard, Evangeline Montgomery, Stephany Neal, and Babette Thomas.Audio excerpt from Portfolios: E.J. Montgomery, ©Printmaking Legacy Project®, www.printmakinglegacyproject.org. Used with permission.Cover art: Evangeline's Garden by Jeanna Penn @jinamae