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Thanksgiving
From: Stories from Deep in the Heart, a project of Texas Folklife
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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
John Marshall Alexander Jr, (Johnny Ace) December 25, 1954
From: Jonathan Thomas Stratman
Series: Who Died Today
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He was America's first rock star ... and we knew him as Johnny Ace

  • Added: Nov 18, 2010
  • Length: 03:00
Incarcerated Parents
From: Radio Rookies
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15-year-old Keith Tingman remembers his tenth birthday better than any other birthday before or since. That was the day he watched his mom get arre...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., Vocalo.org, KUOW, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Apr 01, 2010
  • Length: 07:43
  • Purchases: 4
The King of Love: A Short History of the Civil Rights Movement
From: Dred-Scott Keyes
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An audio collage of the struggle for civil rights, focusing on the role of Dr. Martin Luther King.

Bought by Radio Catskill, Prairie Public, KVMR, Prairie Public, Prairie Public and more


  • Added: Jan 19, 2010
  • Length: 01:30:13
  • Purchases: 10
Remembering Jim Crow
From: American Public Media
Series: American RadioWorks: Black History
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For much of the 20th Century, African Americans in the South were barred from the voting booth, sent to the back of the bus, and walled off from ma...

Bought by Nevada Public Radio, WFAE, WGTE Public Media, RadioFreePalmer, WBHM and more


  • Added: Nov 19, 2009
  • Length: 59:56
  • Purchases: 15
King's Last March
From: American Public Media
Series: American RadioWorks: Black History
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Although it was one of the most challenging and controversial chapters of his career, the final year of King's life has not been the focus of signi...

Bought by KANW, KUAT, WABE, WWNO, RadioStPete Florida and more


  • Added: Nov 19, 2009
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 249
James Carroll Booker the Third: The Life, Music, and Mystique of the Bayou Maharajah Part 1
From: David Kunian
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Part 1 of 2 part radio documentary about the legendary New Orleans pianist James Booker

Bought by Prairie Public, NPR Illinois, and WNCU


  • Added: Jun 27, 2008
  • Length: 56:29
  • Purchases: 3
What Role Should Charter Schools Play in Education Reform?
From: David Weinberg
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This is an in depth look at one of the many charter schools opening this fall in New Orleans

  • Added: Sep 04, 2007
  • Length: 12:59
To Dream an Anarchist's Dream...
From: Mary Rose Madden
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Anarchists in Baltimore try to open and run a totally free store

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis and KUOW


  • Added: Jul 17, 2007
  • Length: 12:00
  • Purchases: 2
Not All Bad things
From: [redacted] [redacted]
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A twelve year-old's audio diary about life with a mom in prison.

Bought by The Story, KGLT, KLCC, and Marfa Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 12, 2007
  • Length: 09:55
  • Purchases: 4
Mandy Carter
From: SpiritHouse Inc/Youth Noise Network
Series: Passionate Citizens
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Social justice activists Mandy Carter organizes to connect struggles

Bought by WXLV-FM


  • Added: Feb 19, 2007
  • Length: 08:36
  • Purchases: 1
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
Story Time
From: amara hark-weber
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This is a sound piece using fragments of stories that children wrote and told in Kumasi, Ghana.

  • Added: Nov 28, 2006
  • Length: 02:04
Homeless Veterans
From: Philip Graitcer
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One-quarter of the homeless are Veterans

Bought by KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., KKWE Niijii Radio, KZSC, WSCS-FM, and KTNA


  • Added: Sep 25, 2006
  • Length: 04:41
  • Purchases: 5
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
The Art of Spitting: a radio portrait of Slick Vic Low
From: Aaron Henkin
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Baltimore poet and MC Slick Vic Low reflects on his childhood and his longterm relationship with the microphone

Bought by KUCB


  • Added: Feb 17, 2006
  • Length: 07:59
  • Purchases: 1
RN Documentary: Faceless – Dire Times for Illegal Immigrants in the Netherlands
From: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Series: RN Documentaries
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Due to economic recession and strict government policy the illegal immigrants face dire times in the Netherlands.

Bought by KICI Iowa City and KRZA


  • Added: Oct 11, 2005
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 2
Redeveloping Oakland
From: Nathanael Johnson
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A history of redevelopment in Oakland, California.

Bought by KZSC


  • Added: Jul 26, 2005
  • Length: 16:06
  • Purchases: 1