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Correcting Race
From: Distillations
Series: Innate
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"Race correction" is a practice based on the premise that Black bodies are inherently different from White bodies. Medical students are trying to c...

  • Added: May 15, 2023
  • Length: 48:57
Ebony Classics - The Language of Music
From: Howard Burchette
Series: The Classics
Caption: Eleanor Alberga, Credit: www.navonarecords.com
"Ebony Classics - The Language of Music" features the music of people of color in the Classical music industry.

  • Added: Aug 15, 2021
  • Length: 56:45
Defying the Odds, This Young Woman Recovers From a Childhood Police Trauma
From: Eve Abrams
Series: Unprisoned
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Season 1.5, Episode 1 Being mistreated by the police, or seeing a family member mistreated by the police is traumatic, and it can cause lasting pr...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Jul 29, 2020
  • Length: 10:59
  • Purchases: 1
As New Orleans Incarcerates More People, More Children Have a Parent Behind Bars
From: Eve Abrams
Series: Unprisoned
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Season 1, Episode 12 Over the last forty years, as incarceration has surged across the nation, so has the number of children with a family member...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 29, 2020
  • Length: 09:20
  • Purchases: 1
This Louisiana mother waits, and paints, and strives to free her son
From: Eve Abrams
Series: Unprisoned
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Season 1, Episode 6 What do you do when a member of your family is locked up for a crime you are sure he didn’t commit? Sheila Phipps paints. She...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 28, 2020
  • Length: 09:20
  • Purchases: 1
The Uncomfortable Truth About Race in America
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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“The Uncomfortable Truth” is a film produced by Loki Mulholland. It is a journey to understand how being white has benefited his family across gene...

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, KSTK, KMUN, KOWS, and RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Jul 14, 2020
  • Length: 50:07
  • Purchases: 5
Life of the Law #132: Death by Police - A Mother's (audio) Diary
From: Life of the Law
Series: Life of the Law
Caption: Andrea Irwin and boyfriend Jeff Jackson following the shooting death of Tony Robinson, Andrea's 19 year old son., Credit: Nate Royko Maurer
"What we don’t know is what happened in the 18 seconds that the police officer that was in the hallway. He ended up shooting my son seven times in ...

  • Added: Apr 09, 2018
  • Length: 36:29
Seeking Justice for Quanice Hayes
From: John Shuck
Series: Progressive Spirit
Caption: (Left to Right): Venus Hayes, two of her children, Teressa Raiford
The family of 17 year-old Quanice Hayes, who was shot to death by Portland police, seeks justice from the city of Portland.

Bought by KPIP-LP and WETS


  • Added: Mar 22, 2017
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 2
The Heart and Soul Of Community
From: Steven Scher
Series: On The Bus
Caption: On The Bus
For all the ways we devise to pull communities apart, people find ways to rebuild.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Feb 25, 2016
  • Length: 04:59
  • Purchases: 1
Selma 50th Anniversary Postcard
From: WUAL
Caption: 70,000 people gathered in Selma, Alabama on March 7, 2015 to remember the 50th anniversary of "bloody Sunday", Credit: Alabama Pubic Radio
On 2/24/2016 President Obama will present the Selma voting rights marchers the Congressional Gold Medal. On March 7, 1965, the marchers were attack...

  • Added: Feb 22, 2016
  • Length: 03:57
Episode 32: It Looked Like Fire
From: Criminal
Series: Criminal
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Ed Crawford had never been to a protest until he heard about the shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri. Robert Cohen, a staff photographe...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Dec 17, 2015
  • Length: 17:28
  • Purchases: 1
I Am Somebody! An interview with Det. Cookie
From: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media
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Officer Denise Cookie Boulden is a Detective for the Seattle Police Department. She’s well known for her work with youth and the elderly. Detecti...

  • Added: Jan 15, 2015
  • Length: 06:31
Cardinal Glass Employs Immigrants: Each One Has a Story
From: Erika Lorentzsen
Series: New American Stories
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A young boy's father is killed in Somalia, as he makes his way to a camp in Kenya. After a long journey, now in the US, he doesn't feel discriminat...

  • Added: Jun 14, 2013
  • Length: 08:51
Children of Refugees
From: Seattle Globalist
Series: Refugees in Puget Sound
Caption: Liz Peter takes her siblings swimming in Seattle., Credit: Chantal Anderson
Once a refugee family has been here for a while, the children often become ambassadors to the outside world. It's the kids who have to translate fo...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: May 23, 2012
  • Length: 07:54
  • Purchases: 1
Etta James 1938-2012
From: John Luttrell
Caption: Etta James "At Last!" 1960, Credit: Argo Records
We remember the remarkable life and amazing career of one of the greatest female performers in music history, the legendary Miss Etta James, who pa...

Bought by Mississippi Public Broadcasting and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Jan 24, 2012
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 2
Bullying Forces One Student Into Homeschooling
From: Georgia Public Broadcasting
Series: Bullying in Georgia Schools
Caption: Jaheem Herrera
: Public school students and parents are seeing some changes this year in the way their schools handle bullying. That’s because of a law passed by...

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh


  • Added: Jan 24, 2012
  • Length: 07:30
  • Purchases: 1
Angry Black and White in South Africa
From: Anton Foek
Caption: Cobi teaching some of her 200 orphans, Credit: Anton Foek.
Cobi is a Dutch nurse liiving and working in a South African township. She helps orphans getting over their Aids HIV stigma and against the violenc...

  • Added: Jan 11, 2012
  • Length: 10:38
Who Controls Black Women's Bodies?
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Pro-abortion rally, Credit: Flickr user: ProgressOhio
Reproductive health services for women are under attack, leaving poor women and women of color lacking access. But a broad coalition of women is st...

Bought by WCSU-FM and 90.5 WSNC


  • Added: Oct 25, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
"Death Be Not Proud: The Execution of Troy Davis"
From: Dred-Scott Keyes
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This special edition of "The Cutting Edge", looks at the trial, resistance and execution of Troy Davis, who was convicted of the killing of an off-...

  • Added: Sep 29, 2011
  • Length: 56:30
Civil Rights Photographer Spider Martin - His Life and Legacy
From: Stacey Torch
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An in-depth look at famed civil rights photographer Spider Martin - his work represents one of the most historically significant collections of the...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 27, 2006
  • Length: 09:35
  • Purchases: 1
Karsumo's Story
From: Hana Baba
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How one man went from an African war zone to performing on the stages of California.

Bought by KUSP and KVMR


  • Added: Feb 02, 2006
  • Length: 16:55
  • Purchases: 2
Black Tension
From: Hana Baba
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A look at the sometimes tension-filled relationship between African immigrants and Black Americans.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KISU, WRST-FM Oshkosh, KFAI Minneapolis, WMNF and more


  • Added: Apr 14, 2005
  • Length: 07:41
  • Purchases: 10
Miracle On The Streets
From: Dmae Lo Roberts
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A profile of life on the streets for homeless youth told through the experiences of 21-year-old Miracle Draven.

Bought by KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Jun 01, 2004
  • Length: 17:35
  • Purchases: 1
Grand Old Flag
From: Georgia Public Broadcasting
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Should Georgians vote on whether to return the confederate battle emblem to the state flag?

Bought by WUAL


  • Added: Sep 18, 2003
  • Length: 06:41
  • Purchases: 1