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Historian Alison Rose Jefferson discusses her book ‘Living The California Dream: African American Leisure Sites During The Jim Crow Era’. She demon...

Bought by RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Feb 07, 2023
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 1
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In his book “An Afro-Indigenous History of the United States,” Kyle T. Mays argues that the foundations of the United States are rooted in Anti-Bla...

  • Added: Jul 18, 2022
  • Length: 58:00
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Five films from British director Steve McQueen, depicting the experiences of West Indian British families in London from the late 1960s through the...

  • Added: Feb 17, 2022
  • Length: 05:14
Caption: Mavis Staples
Hour 2 of a music and talk celebration of the indomitable spirit and talent that Mavis Staples has shown over a career that tacks from the late 194...

Bought by KFSK, KNCT FM, Capital Public Radio, WXXI Rochester, KSJE and more


  • Added: Feb 01, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 10
Caption: Mavis Staples
A music and talk celebration of the indomitable spirit and talent that Mavis Staples has shown over a career that tacks from the late 1940’s, into ...

Bought by KFSK, KUHF, WRVO Public Media, and KSJE


  • Added: Jan 30, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 4
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A film by Channing Godfrey Peoples tells of a single mother (Nicole Beharie) in an African American neighborhood in Fort Worth, Texas, who wants he...

  • Added: Nov 01, 2021
  • Length: 04:19
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This time on Peace Talks Radio, we’ll talk about ways that countries have addressed systematic human rights violations after they emerge from perio...

Bought by Radio Baha'i, WLGI and KUNM


  • Added: Apr 27, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: View of Table Mountain. Cape Town, South Africa, Credit: Unsplash
This week on World Ocean Radio we share the final episode of the five-part Slavery: Heritage and Identity series. In this broadcast we look at the ...

  • Added: Aug 04, 2020
  • Length: 05:18
Caption: Oil painting of La Amistad off the coast of Long Island , Credit: Courtesy of the New Haven Museum
This week on World Ocean Radio: part four of the five-part Slavery: Heritage and Identity series. In this episode we discuss the history of La Amis...

  • Added: Jul 28, 2020
  • Length: 05:30
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In this episode of World Ocean Radio, part three of the five-part Slavery: Heritage and Identity series, we introduce listeners to Diving with a Pu...

  • Added: Jul 20, 2020
  • Length: 05:25
Caption: UNESCO Slave Route: Resistance, Liberty, Heritage
In this episode of World Ocean Radio, part two of the four-part Slavery: Heritage and Identity series, we discuss trans-Atlantic slavery in the con...

  • Added: Jul 14, 2020
  • Length: 05:10
Caption: This pencil and watercolor by Lt. Francis Meynell shows Africans liberated by the British Navy. The Albanez (erroneously identified as Albaroz in the National Maritime Museum catalog) was a Brazilian vessel, captured by the Royal Navy ship, Albatross, off, Credit: Image is in the public domain. Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial 4.0 International.
What were thought to be the remains of America's last slave ship--the Clotilda--were unearthed on a muddy river bank in the Mobile-Tensaw Delta in ...

  • Added: Jul 06, 2020
  • Length: 04:51
Caption: Gian & Barry during Zoom Interview, Credit: Gina Baleria
In this episode. We explore America’s ongoing and persistent issues when it comes to race and social justice... in particular how race can be weapo...

  • Added: May 28, 2020
  • Length: 29:30
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On this edition of PEACE TALKS RADIO, Megan Kamerick interviews Layla Saad, the author of "Me and White Supremacy: Combat Racism, Change the World,...

Bought by WMPG and Radio Baha'i, WLGI


  • Added: Mar 31, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Pushout
Pushout: The Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools is an examination of the experiences of black girls across the country whose intricate lives...

Bought by WRIR


  • Added: Aug 25, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
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HOUR ONE: "Roadtrippin'"' - What makes a road trip something special? It's not the destination. HOUR 2: "Artificial Creativity" - Scientists are ...

  • Added: Jul 05, 2018
  • Length: 01:58:58
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A recent east coast storm unearthed the remains of America's last slave ship in Alabama: the Clotilda. These remains, and the artifacts from anothe...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Feb 06, 2018
  • Length: 05:12
  • Purchases: 1
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On today's episode of Bring It On, Dr. Amrita Myers and Jim Sims speak to Beth Applegate, president of Applegate Consulting Group, and resident anc...

  • Added: Jun 21, 2017
  • Length: 01:00:32
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William Hosea and Amrita Myers host a long-overdue discussion on current event happenings in the world of entertainment, politics and local events....

  • Added: Feb 13, 2017
  • Length: 01:00:09
Caption: Phil w/2013 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
Sitting on top of the world has been around a long time. The song was written by Walter Vinson and Sam Chatmon, members of the blues group, the Mis...

  • Added: Jan 10, 2017
  • Length: 05:55
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A conversation with Pulitzer Award-winning poet and former U.S. poet laureate Natasha Trethewey - Maya Angleou's global legacy - Highlights from Fu...

  • Added: Dec 09, 2016
  • Length: :30
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A conversation with Pulitzer Award-winning poet and former U.S. poet laureate Natasha Trethewey - Maya Angleou's global legacy - Highlights from Fu...

Bought by WCNY, WTJU, WMUU-LP, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 09, 2016
  • Length: 53:56
  • Purchases: 4
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A conversation with former U.S. poet laureate, Pulitzer Prize-winning Natasha Trethewey.

Bought by WJCT, Harford Community Radio, KRZA, KRDP, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash. and more


  • Added: Dec 09, 2016
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 10
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Dramatist Anna Deavere Smith discusses her technique of interviewing real people to use their stories on stage. She talks about the School to Priso...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and WNJR


  • Added: Dec 01, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2