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In 1968, Black American athlete Tommie Smith set a new world record. He became a gold medalist when he raced to win the 200-meter event at the Summ...
- Added: Jan 14, 2021
- Length: 20:52
Bernard Kinsey met Shirley Pooler in 1963, when they were both students at Florida A&M University, after a protest to integrate the movie theaters ...
- Added: Jan 05, 2021
- Length: 31:58
When Drew Lanham was a child, he used to lie down in a field and play dead, just so he could get a glimpse of vultures flying over him. He made bin...
- Added: Jun 26, 2020
- Length: 37:14
This show highlights the Delta Blues Museum in Clarksdale, Mississippi. I had the opportunity to interview the Active Executive Director, Shelley R...
- Added: Apr 18, 2020
- Length: 58:40
In November 2019, Houston-based artist Trenton Doyle Hancock brings his mythological “Moundverse” to Miami. Locust Projects gives over the entire s...
- Added: Nov 12, 2019
- Length: 18:03
We meet Los Angeles based artist Mark Bradford—known for connecting art with the real world—when he represents the United States in the 57th Venice...
- Added: Sep 24, 2018
- Length: 09:01
What does it mean to be Black in 21st century America? The expression of Blackness in art has a history of intricate connections to civil rights an...
Bought by Interlochen Public Radio
- Added: Sep 14, 2018
- Length: 56:29
- Purchases: 1
A woman becomes a best-selling novelist by writing 120 books about her first romance.
- Added: Mar 27, 2018
- Length: 24:49
Lenzy R. Wallace Jr., PH.D., an African American, has had three successful careers, succeeding despite the odds. At 90 years old and actively retir...
- Added: May 18, 2017
- Length: 39:01
The Black Panther Party combined Black Power’s militancy with socialist ideology, and infused funk music with Franz Fanon’s writings. Their impact...
- Added: Dec 03, 2016
- Length: 29:00
Togo, a tiny country in Africa, is one of the world's poorest countries.
Despite clear evidence that educating girls and young women is the surest...
- Added: Sep 29, 2014
- Length: 50:58
Drummer along San Francisco Embarcadero plays his homemade drum kit everyday for amazed crowds.
Bought by WILL
- Added: Jun 02, 2008
- Length: 05:33
- Purchases: 1
Athletes are often role models, as are some politicians and teachers. And musicians, like pianist Awadagin Pratt, can be considered role models as...
Bought by WITF
- Added: May 01, 2007
- Length: :28
- Purchases: 1
