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Vocalo contributor Alex Thibodeau talks about growing up biracial outside of Detroit… without the benefit of knowing his Jamaican father. He shares...
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- Added: Sep 16, 2014
- Length: 10:55
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Ray has been an activist most of his life. He organized lunch counter sit-ins and participated in the March on Washington. When he was drafted to f...
- Added: Sep 15, 2014
- Length: 23:59
What are the origins of this dance? How did it begin? Who are the rising talents of this subculture based on the West Side of Chicago? And how has ...
- Added: Aug 12, 2014
- Length: 11:57
Joshua Sirotiak seeks out the history of Second Line Jazz culture in New Orleans. Along the way, he finds a few answers to questions about his own ...
- Added: Aug 12, 2014
- Length: 10:04
- Purchases: 2
When Radio Rookie Danielle Motindabeka came to the United States at age 13, she didn’t speak English. By the time she was in high school, Danielle ...
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- Added: Jul 23, 2014
- Length: 07:15
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N’MPower participant, Marquell Hicks, interviews quilt artists Sharon Wirtz and Jane Gabaldon, in a community engagement project between the Museum...
- Added: Apr 09, 2014
- Length: 10:00
Julia R. Masterman High School Student Nuwar Ahmed introduces us to her classmates and teachers—all of whom are struggling to keep education a prio...
- Added: Feb 17, 2014
- Length: 07:10
Daquan, a student at Harrison High School in Minneapolis laments losing a best friend.
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- Added: Jan 13, 2014
- Length: 02:01
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Dayquan, a student at Harrison High School in Minneapolis, writes about moving forward despite having to struggle
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- Added: Jan 13, 2014
- Length: 01:39
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- Added: Jan 13, 2014
- Length: 01:39
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- Added: Jan 13, 2014
- Length: 02:27
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Dayquan, a student at Harrison High School, tells about the experiences that hade him what he is. A good deal of pathos is included.
- Added: Jan 13, 2014
- Length: 01:35
- Purchases: 2
Patrice, a student at Harrison High School in Minneapolis, writes and reads a powerfully descriptive poem about a first love, told from her point o...
- Added: Jan 13, 2014
- Length: 05:40
The historic 1963 March on Washington with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech featured a number of other speakers -- all male. Or...
- Added: Aug 19, 2013
- Length: 02:30
- 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
Melvin talks about what it's like being from New Orleans.
- Added: Jul 12, 2013
- Length: 01:20
In this short feature Rabbi Neil Blumofe talks about the revolutionary life and work of Lena Horne.
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- Added: Jul 08, 2013
- Length: 03:03
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Sandip Roy believes that Nelson Mandela has yet one more lesson to teach the world.
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- Added: Jul 02, 2013
- Length: 04:30
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On Tuesday, January 22nd 2013 at Winona State University, Charles McDew, former chairman of The Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (from 19...
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- Added: Jun 11, 2013
- Length: 50:57
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This month's Tin Roof Project features Simeon Wright, author of Simeon Speaks, the first eyewitness account of the kidnapping and murder of his cou...
- Added: Apr 24, 2013
- Length: 42:00
Jazz trumpeter Clifford Brown is known for his precise and captivatingly smooth technique yet his life was tragically cut short in a car accident w...
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- Added: Apr 23, 2013
- Length: 02:35
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As we recognize Bud Powell as one of the most influential jazz pianists of the 20th century, we must also acknowledge how much of his greatness and...
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- Added: Apr 10, 2013
- Length: 02:29
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Aaron J. Brown is an author and community college instructor from the Iron Range. He writes MinnesotaBrown.com and hosts Northern Community Radio's...
- Added: Feb 26, 2013
- Length: 03:36
- Purchases: 2
- Added: Feb 22, 2013
- Length: 02:15
Many songs, books, and movies focus on love and romance, but what happens when they become one’s only source for learning? Philly Youth Radio’s Jay...
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- Added: Feb 12, 2013
- Length: 04:23
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