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From Out Of The Blues
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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A profile of a blues musician in Maine.

Bought by Connecticut Public (WNPR)


  • Added: Jun 22, 2009
  • Length: 06:18
  • Purchases: 1
Khadija's Dream Routine
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Khadija Hussein is fourteen, and a Somali refugee living in Lewiston, Maine.

Bought by WMPG


  • Added: Jun 22, 2009
  • Length: 08:12
  • Purchases: 1
More Than A Teacher
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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A woman who teaches English in African refugee camps finds her students sometimes need more than an English lesson.

Bought by PRX Remix, Marfa Public Radio, and KRUA


  • Added: Jan 20, 2009
  • Length: 07:20
  • Purchases: 3
Black and African
From: Making Contact
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African immigrants are the fastest growing segment of the black population in the U.S. On this edition, we meet Mauton Akran, a Nigerian immigrant ...

Bought by Radio Baha'i, WLGI, XRAY.fm, WCSU-FM, and WNCU


  • Added: Aug 08, 2008
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 4
Chasing the Crescent Moon: The Story of Dr. Frempong and Sickle Cell Disease
From: Aaron Schwartz
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A documentary exploring sickle cell disease and an extraordinary doctor who is fighting the illness in Philadelphia and West Africa.

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KCMJ Community Radio, WRGY, KUNM, KUNM and more


  • Added: Jul 26, 2008
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 14
WWOZ Street Talk- Yoga In The Lower Ninth Ward
From: David Weinberg
Series: WWOZ- Street Talk
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Michelle Baker wanted to bring yoga to the ninth ward but she wasnt sure how.

  • Added: Jul 08, 2008
  • Length: 05:48
Jump for Joy - Duke Ellington's Celebratory Musical
From: WFIU
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Perfect for Black History Month (February), this one-hour special tells the story of Duke Ellington's musical "Jump for Joy"

Bought by WVIK, High Plains Public Radio, Wyoming Public Radio, KSUT, KCSM and more


  • Added: Dec 19, 2007
  • Length: 59:05
  • Purchases: 37
Poems for Manhood
From: David Kates
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Activist poet discusses his work.

  • Added: Aug 07, 2007
  • Length: 04:06
Not Guilty: Life After Exoneration
From: Evan Roberts
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After spending almost 13 years in prison for a crime he did not commit, Rick Walker and his family adapt to life after exoneration.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis and Remix Radio


  • Added: Jul 15, 2007
  • Length: 15:05
  • Purchases: 2
WWOZ Street Talk-The American Dream
From: David Weinberg
Series: WWOZ- Street Talk
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This is the story of how, NHS a non-profit organization, helped the Venerable and other low income families become homeowners.

  • Added: Jul 09, 2007
  • Length: 07:56
Bayview: Urban Renewal or Utter Removal?
From: Jarrod Sport
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The Bayview community's apprehension to a proposed redevelopment plan.

  • Added: Jul 07, 2007
  • Length: 14:13
Nebraska's first Heisman Trophy winner honors another pioneer black Nebraska athlete.
From: Deborah Van Fleet
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Johnny, "The Jet" Rodgers, Heisman '72, honors another pioneer Nebraska athlete, Marion Hudson, and talks about the importance of black communities...

Bought by WTIP and KRCC-FM


  • Added: Feb 14, 2007
  • Length: 04:31
  • Purchases: 2
Peace Talks Radio: Ralph Bunche - Profile in Peace (59:00/54:00/29:00)[Black History Month Offering]
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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A conversational profile of Ralph Bunche - a sometimes overlooked African-American who excelled in the world of diplomacy. Bunche negotiated tire...

Bought by South Dakota Public Broadcasting - Radio, KUOW, Radio Baha'i, WLGI, Aspen Public Radio, Radio Baha'i, WLGI and more


  • Added: Jan 12, 2007
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 30
The Big Payback-A Tribute to James Brown
From: Peter Bochan
Series: Shortcuts
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Tribute to The Godfather of Soul!

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio, Radio Catskill, WYSO, KFAI Minneapolis, KGLT and more


  • Added: Dec 27, 2006
  • Length: 25:25
  • Purchases: 6
The Green Family
From: Sáša Woodruff
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Lifelong residents of New Orleans, the Green family shows the resilience and strength of those who lived through Hurricane Katrina.

Bought by WMNF, New Hampshire Public Radio, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 06, 2006
  • Length: 08:08
  • Purchases: 3
Kevin Goodman, Big Chief of the Flaming Arrows
From: Sarah Yahm
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the Big Chief of the Flaming Arrows mardi gras indian tribe talks about his new life post-katrina in Austin

  • Added: Sep 06, 2006
  • Length: 04:12
Kansas City Central Debate: Rules of the Game
From: KCUR
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Kansas City Central's debate squad is shaking up the national circuit, by rapping their arguments to music, and making the case that the activity i...

  • Added: Aug 29, 2006
  • Length: 20:51
Stories from the NYPD
From: jrudolph group
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An audio history of the New York Police Department

Bought by WNYC, WFUV, Connecticut Public (WNPR), WGBH Radio Boston, and WAMU


  • Added: Aug 25, 2006
  • Length: 59:45
  • Purchases: 5
Taxi Line
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Somali taxi drivers in Portland Maine sit with their frustrations, hopes, and memories.

Bought by WMPG


  • Added: May 24, 2006
  • Length: 06:44
  • Purchases: 1
The Ebony Hillbillies
From: Amber Edwards
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The Ebony Hillbillies prove you don?t have to be white and Southern to play authentic, down home country music...they are hip, urban, and black. A...

Bought by KXOT Public Radio, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., Public Interactive, WKMS, KCUR and more


  • Added: Mar 21, 2005
  • Length: 06:41
  • Purchases: 8
For My Children, For Myself
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Somali refugee Abdi Said, 11, narrates his mother's story of war, marriage, and escape.

Bought by WMPG, Arab American Radio, WETA, KUT, and WYSO


  • Added: Jan 10, 2005
  • Length: 07:16
  • Purchases: 5
Sweet Phil from Sugar Hill
From: Phyllis Fletcher
Caption: the producer with her parents
A man has 14 children with 13 different women, dies young, and leaves them to learn about him through each other, and through the letters he wrote ...

Bought by KUER, SpiritHouse Inc/Youth Noise Network, WYBC, KCUR, NPR Station Showcase with PRX and more


  • Added: Feb 10, 2004
  • Length: 28:57
  • Purchases: 10
The '63 March: The Aftermath
From: WGBH Radio Boston
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This is the fourth in a five-part radio series focusing on the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. Empowered by the march and stirring ...

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, WEAA, KRUA, WMNF, WJAB and more


  • Added: Oct 06, 2003
  • Length: 07:31
  • Purchases: 9
The '63 March: Forty Years Later
From: WGBH Radio Boston
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This is the fifth in a five-part radio series focusing on the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. For some who were there, memories of t...

Bought by WEAA, 90.5 WSNC, WJAB, KZYX, Connecticut Public (WNPR) and more


  • Added: Oct 06, 2003
  • Length: 07:42
  • Purchases: 6
The '63 March : Convergence on the Capitol
From: WGBH Radio Boston
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This is the second in a five-part radio series focusing on the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. The demonstrations were viewed suspi...

Bought by WABE, WEAA, WRST-FM Oshkosh, WJAB, WVAS and more


  • Added: Oct 05, 2003
  • Length: 07:17
  • Purchases: 7