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A New Way of Life and the New Underground Railroad

From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact

Caption: Susan Burton, A New Way of Life Re-Entry Project executive director and founder

After serving time, finding food, a job and a place to live with a criminal record can become an almost impossible task. On this edition, Women bu...

Added: Jul 18, 2013
Length: 28:56

Christi & Christopher: A Mother and Son Story

From: University of Montana Journalism

Christi was a pregnant teenager who gave up her baby for adoption and then changed her mind. The story from there goes places no one saw coming. Pr...

Added: Apr 29, 2013
Length: 07:28

Moving Closer

From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies

Whitley Newman, also known as Nabintu, isn’t who you’d expect to be teaching a Rwandan dance class. She’s a small, blonde woman from the Midwest.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and KLCC

Added: Mar 26, 2013
Length: 06:24
Purchases: 2

A Blues Unlimited Special: In Their Own Words - A Conversation with the Blues

From: Steve c/o Ernest Franz
Series: Blues Unlimited

In this montage of story and song, we hear Blues musicians speaking about their lives, the meaning of the Blues, growing up in hard times, and maki...

Added: Mar 15, 2013
Length: 59:00

Part 2 - Hip-hop Artist One Be Lo: What Does it Mean to be "American"

From: Noah Chandler
Series: Imagine 2050 Podcast

Interview with indie hip-hop artist, One Be Lo.

Added: Feb 22, 2013
Length: 02:15

I'm Not A Drag Queen! I'm Sylvester!

From: Sarah Danson

A bio of the single best disco artist, who changed performance forever, Sylvester.

Added: May 26, 2012
Length: 18:13

Diane Watkins Voice of Virginia Union

From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand

A bell tower that has been mute for 70 years at Virginia Union University in Richmond, Virginia is about to get a voice thanks to Diane Watkins.

Added: Feb 16, 2012
Length: 55:55

Civil Rights Activist Edward Harden Peeples, V: Born To Be A Racist

From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand

Edward Harden Peeples V was a racist practically from birth. But once out of the orbit of Richmond, Virginia, he went through a transformation whic...

Added: Feb 15, 2012
Length: 55:38

Artist FAITH RINGGOLD interview for the Mosaic of Art

From: George Fishman

Caption: Thom Collins, Faith Ringgold and Tracy Fitzpatrick

Artist FAITH RINGGOLD speaks with Mosaic of Art host George Fishman about her exhibition at the Miami Art Museum, entitled "American People, Black ...

Added: Dec 16, 2011
Length: 04:43

Lady E: Two Times A Child

From: Charles McGuigan

Lady E tells me that some nights when she’s finished singing and returns to her apartment and is having trouble with the zipper on her dress, she’l...

Added: Oct 15, 2011
Length: 56:36

The Dietitian on Feeding Bob Marley Before He Died of Cancer

From: Blank on Blank
Series: Blank on Blank

Caption: Bob Marley on Tour in Dublin July 6, 1980, Credit: Eddie Mallin via Flickr

Rona Steinberg recalls the time a cancer-stricken Bob Marley came into her hospital and her life.

Bought by PRX Remix

Added: Sep 22, 2011
Length: 05:05
Purchases: 1

In Maine, Southern Sudanese Celebrate Independence

From: Alyce Ornella

Caption: Veterans of the Second Sudanese Civil War stand under the new flag of South Sudan., Credit: Alyce Ornella

Portland, Maine is home to one of the largest Southern Sudanese refugee communities in the United States, many of whom settled in the city after fl...

Bought by WMPG and New Hampshire Public Radio

Added: Jul 10, 2011
Length: 02:24
Purchases: 2

The Length and Breadth of a Troublesome Word in Maine

From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies

I was once told that the 1960s didn’t reach Maine until the 1980s. I learned that it took longer.

Bought by WMPG and PRX Remix

Added: Jun 01, 2011
Length: 07:45
Purchases: 2

Colored Musicians Club

From: The Recollective
Series: Sounds and Echoes: A Musical Portrait of Buffalo, New York

The Colored Musicians Club is one of Buffalo’s oldest music venues. Jazz giants from Count Basie to Billie Holiday played there, but even with the ...

Added: Apr 03, 2011
Length: 07:24

Gail & Emile

From: The Recollective
Series: Sounds and Echoes: A Musical Portrait of Buffalo, New York

In the 1970?s, dancer Gail Lyons and drummer Emile Latimer discovered love in Buffalo, New York through West African music. After all these years,...

Bought by PRX Remix

Added: Apr 03, 2011
Length: 02:45
Purchases: 1

Thanksgiving

From: Stories from Deep in the Heart, a project of Texas Folklife

Youth producer Rochelle Smith gets to the real meaning of Thanksgiving with her family. Produced at LBJ High School in Austin, Texas, as a part of...

Bought by PRX Remix and KUT

Added: Mar 02, 2011
Length: 02:31
Purchases: 2

Donna's Bar and Grill

From: Jamie Dell'Apa

Caption: Charlie and Donna In The Kitchen At Donna's

An internationally acclaimed jazz bar in New Orleans where the entertainment on the musical stage was often rivaled by the entertainment behind the...

Added: Jan 18, 2011
Length: 12:53

G Wani

From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies

Geoffrey is a guy with his feet in a couple places. He attends school full time, works two jobs, takes care of six siblings and a daughter, and ha...

Bought by WMPG and PRX Remix

Added: Jan 11, 2011
Length: 05:50
Purchases: 2

John Marshall Alexander Jr, (Johnny Ace) December 25, 1954

From: Jonathan Thomas Stratman
Series: Who Died Today

He was America's first rock star ... and we knew him as Johnny Ace

Added: Nov 18, 2010
Length: 03:00

Crescent City Blues

From: Richard Ziglar
Series: Still Singing the Blues

Caption: Patrons at Young at Heart Club in New Orleans' Pigeontown neighborhood., Credit: Barry Yeoman

Crescent City Blues takes listeners to the hidden world of New Orleans corner joints—bars far from the French Quarter, in neighborhoods like Centra...

Bought by Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), KCMJ Community Radio, Radio New Zealand, WRST-FM Oshkosh and more

Added: Sep 24, 2010
Length: 55:00
Purchases: 19

Oscar Grant and Police Accountability

From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact

We take a look at the Police killing of Oscar Grant in Oakland, and the debate over who gets to decide when an officer has done something wrong.

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio

Added: Jul 15, 2010
Length: 29:00
Purchases: 1

Still Singing the Blues: New Orleans and South Louisiana

From: Richard Ziglar
Series: Still Singing the Blues

Caption: Louisiana blues diva Carol Fran performs at her 76th birthday party., Credit: Photo by Barry Yeoman

Still Singing the Blues: New Orleans and South Louisiana features musicians in New Orleans and South Louisiana who continue to perform the blues—of...

Bought by Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), KMUW, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), KZMU Moab Community Radio, KCMJ Community Radio and more

Added: May 11, 2010
Length: 55:00
Purchases: 25

Breaking Through the Blue Wall of Silence

From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact

Caption: Oakland protestors lay in the position Oscar Grant was in when he was killed, Credit: Andrew Stelzer

Who gets to decide when an officer has done something wrong—the police chief or the people? Cities across the country are creating civilian oversig...

Bought by KVSC