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Rita Dove and Tracy K. Smith share a few things in common beyond the fact that they are African-American female artists. They are also professors a...
- Added: Mar 30, 2018
- Length: 28:16
Melody William's spent the first 18 months of her life sentence in lock-down.
- Added: May 19, 2016
- Length: 03:55
Here's an account of healthcare in the rural Alabama. This account was written in 1894. Listen.
- Added: Mar 01, 2016
- Length: 06:39
Monica Hand visits the unmarked slave graves of Jewell Cemetery in Columbia, Missouri, together with geneaologist Traci Wilson-Kleekamp.
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Nov 17, 2015
- Length: 07:22
- Purchases: 1
Teen radio journalist, Lilli Carlsen, traces how her journey to become a feminist directly corresponds to musical artist Beyonce’s lyrics. For many...
Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio
- Added: Jan 27, 2015
- Length: 06:41
- Purchases: 1
This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews: Ferguson Streets Explode in Anger After Grand Jury Opts Not to Indict Darr...
- Added: Nov 28, 2014
- Length: 29:00
This week, Ayana Contreras brings us vintage music from women whose careers were overshadowed by their associations with megastars. From the ex-wif...
Bought by WDBM
- Added: Oct 14, 2014
- Length: 13:30
- Purchases: 1
A new band out of Duluth, Southwire, while drawing from some well established musical traditions, are operating in the realm of invention. When you...
- Added: Sep 05, 2013
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 2
Two and one half minute commentary by series host Martha Burk on discrimination at Muirfield, the golf club hosting the 2013 British Open.
- Added: Jul 16, 2013
- Length: 02:30
Although the rest of the nation is on its way to a slow recovery, unemployment among black women remains stubbornly high. Jones-DeWeever explores t...
Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio
- Added: May 16, 2013
- Length: 01:59
- Purchases: 1
Poet Mia Harris, 17, is a junior at Gwendolyn Brooks College Preparatory Academy and participated in Louder Than a Bomb for the second time this ye...
Bought by KGNU Community Radio
- Added: Apr 12, 2013
- Length: 02:06
- Purchases: 1
Poet Kush Thompson, 18, participated in Louder Than a Bomb for the fourth time this year. Her piece "The Blind Side (Live!) or When White Women Rai...
Bought by KGNU Community Radio
- Added: Apr 12, 2013
- Length: 02:30
- Purchases: 1
Poet Chelsea Dixon, 16, is a sophomore at Oak Park and River Forest High School and participated in Louder Than a Bomb for the first time this year...
- Added: Apr 12, 2013
- Length: 02:45
Poet Savia Gordon, 18, is a senior at Gwendolyn Brooks College Preparatory Academy and participated in Louder Than a Bomb for the fourth time this ...
Bought by KSFR
- Added: Apr 12, 2013
- Length: 02:52
- Purchases: 1
Sex Sells is a team piece about the objectifying stereotypes of women, performed by the poets of Lyrikally Xplicit from Gwendolyn Brooks College Pr...
- Added: Apr 12, 2013
- Length: 02:57
Poet Antwon Funches, 15, is a freshman at Simeon Career Academy and participated in Louder Than a Bomb for the first time this year. His piece "You...
- Added: Apr 12, 2013
- Length: 02:47
Poet Asha Ransby-Sporn, 17, is a senior at University of Chicago Laboratory High School. This is her first year participating in Louder Than a Bom...
- Added: Mar 27, 2012
- Length: 02:43
Poet Kush Thompson, 17, is a senior at Orr Academy High School, but she was representing YOUmedia Chicago in this year's competition. This is her ...
- Added: Mar 27, 2012
- Length: 03:14
In 1955 one woman refused to give up her seat on a bus to a white man - in doing so she inspired a whole race to fight back against institutionaliz...
Bought by RadioStPete Florida, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, and KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio
- Added: Jan 21, 2012
- Length: 01:55
- Purchases: 3
Artist Wura-Natasha Ogunji sat down with producer Rebecca McInroy to discuss her inspirations, goals and life as an artist.
- Added: Sep 03, 2010
- Length: 08:12
The history of the musical group, the THREE DEGREES with special guest and long time member Helen Scott. Parts A, B and C are separate hours and c...
Bought by WVAS, NPR Illinois, and WEFT
- Added: Sep 23, 2009
- Length: 56:35
- Purchases: 3
The Dalai Lama visits a women's homeless shelter in WASHINGTON DC
- Added: Jun 11, 2008
- Length: 05:43
Her fouth year in the competition, Dianna says this piece is about Emmett Till's mother. Dianna Harris is 17 years old and was an individual final...
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Apr 02, 2008
- Length: 02:55
- Purchases: 1
Her first year in the competition, Esther says this piece is about being made fun of for talking "white". Esther Ikoro is 18 years old and was an ...
- Added: Apr 02, 2008
- Length: 01:48
Her fifth year in the competition, Supreme says this piece is about a longing for home (Chicago) and feeling displaced after heading off to college...
- Added: Apr 02, 2008
- Length: 02:52
