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Booktalk: National Book Award winner James McBride’s THE HEAVEN & EARTH GROCERY STORE
From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk
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James McBride’s newest book is THE HEAVEN & EARTH GROCERY STORE, a novel about small-town secrets and the people who keep them. As the s...

  • Added: Aug 18, 2023
  • Length: 10:05
The Importance of Expanding America’s Hidden Historical Narratives
From: World Footprints LLC
Caption: Rotterdam Slavery Memorial, Credit: Courtesy of Pixabay
We discuss why preserving and expanding historical narratives is important to protecting our future with Cordell Reaves from the New York State Off...

  • Added: Feb 09, 2021
  • Length: 34:38
Blues America 126 - Billy Preston
From: Drew Verbis
Series: Blues America
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Despite his amazing legacy, Billy Preston is nearly forgotten in the mainstream and is not in the Rock-N-Roll Hall of Fame. Author Steve Bergsman d...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), Raven Radio, GCR (Global Community Radio), RadioFreePalmer, Public Radio East and more


  • Added: Feb 09, 2018
  • Length: 57:59
  • Purchases: 10
The Capitalized Womb: The Slave-Breeding Industry in America
From: WFHB
Series: Interchange
Caption: Slave Auction, Virginia, by LeFevre Cranstone, c. 1860s
The American Slave Coast: A History of the Slave-Breeding Industry, by Constance and Ned Sublet, is an extensive accounting of American slavery, do...

Bought by WESM 91.3 FM


  • Added: Jan 24, 2017
  • Length: 58:11
  • Purchases: 1
The Wages of Whiteness: W. E. B. Du Bois and the Color Line
From: WFHB
Series: Interchange
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He straddles the more essential American Century, from the failure of Reconstruction to the March on Washington, not demarcated by round numbers an...

Bought by KICI Iowa City and WCPN


  • Added: Dec 01, 2016
  • Length: 58:03
  • Purchases: 2
Traveling the Underground Railroad from Virginia to Buxton, Ontario
From: World Footprints LLC
Series: Celebrating Black History with World Footprints
Caption: Unmarked graves on Yellow Hill, Credit: Tonya Fitzpatrick
World Footprints travels along one path of the Underground Railroad starting in Norfolk, Virginia and finishing in Buxton, Ontario. We will also s...

  • Added: Feb 04, 2016
  • Length: 59:55
The Matter of Black Lives on Interchange in 2015
From: WFHB
Series: Interchange
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Interchange reviews 2015 with a specific look at the programs which detailed the history and present moment of Black lives in the United States of ...

Bought by Radio Baha'i, WLGI and KPIP-LP


  • Added: Dec 29, 2015
  • Length: 58:51
  • Purchases: 2
Blues America 20 - Bob Corritore
From: Drew Verbis
Series: Blues America
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Bob Corritore is an internationally renowned Chicago blues harmonica master and critically acclaimed producer.

Bought by WEAA, Public Radio East, GCR (Global Community Radio), Spokane Public Radio, WEAA and more


  • Added: Oct 02, 2015
  • Length: 54:13
  • Purchases: 7
The Story of Race, with Gary Pomerantz
From: Sidewalk Radio
Series: Sidewalk Radio with Gene Kansas
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Journalist and nonfiction author Gary Pomerantz conducted over 500 interviews to pen Where Peachtree Meets Sweet Auburn, a New York Times notable e...

  • Added: Oct 28, 2014
  • Length: 14:31
Crime novelist Neely Tucker and "The Ways of the Dead"
From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk
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This first in a new mystery series is written by a veteran Washington Post reporter and is based on a true crime, the Princeton Place Murders, that...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio and KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: Aug 18, 2014
  • Length: 09:53
  • Purchases: 2
Freedom - From Civil War to Civil Rights
From: Sidewalk Radio
Series: Sidewalk Radio with Gene Kansas
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Freedom is a very large and very important concept. Our country is built on it. Our civic and personal identity tied to it. Our physical landscape ...

  • Added: May 01, 2014
  • Length: 28:28
Slavery: The Rise of American Capitalism (Hour Long Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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The tribulations of Solomon Northup, a free black man from upstate New York, are depicted in the popular film 12 Years a Slave. A soon to be publis...

Bought by WCNY


  • Added: Mar 07, 2014
  • Length: 53:54
  • Purchases: 1
Slavery: The Rise of American Capitalism (Half Hour Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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The tribulations of Solomon Northup, a free black man from upstate New York, are depicted in the popular film 12 Years a Slave. A soon to be publis...

Bought by WJCT, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., and WLIW


  • Added: Mar 07, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
The Taj Mahal Interview
From: Jake Feinberg
Series: In The Land of Giants
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Interview conducted by radio journalist Jake Feinberg with Roots Music Icon Taj Mahal. A discussion about the genesis of roots music and the music ...

  • Added: Dec 18, 2013
  • Length: 11:13
12 YEARS A SLAVE -- Lupita Nyong'o Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
Caption: Lupita Nyong'o, San Francisco, CA 10/12/13, Credit: Andrea Chase
Lupita Nyong’o talks honoring the characters, giving voice to the voiceless, and meeting Solomon Northup’s descendants.

Bought by Georgia Public Broadcasting


  • Added: Dec 01, 2013
  • Length: 07:30
  • Purchases: 1
Freedom Rider "Rip" Patton Tells His Story
From: Candice Ludlow
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Freedom Rider "Rip" Patton tells his story about taking that eerie ride to Jackson, Mississippi.

  • Added: May 18, 2012
  • Length: 04:47
Bob Marley - Marley
From: Joyride Media
Series: Black History Month Specials
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The official radio companion to the MARLEY documentary film in theatres and homes on April 20, 2012.

Bought by KAZU Seaside, Calif., KPSQ-LP, Prairie Public, WNMU-FM, KMUW and more


  • Added: Apr 13, 2012
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 12
Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow
From: Phil Mariage
Series: Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow
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Honoring the late John Hope Franklin

  • Added: Apr 05, 2009
  • Length: 29:00
Love is the Message: The Story of Philadelphia International Records
From: Joyride Media
Series: Black History Month Specials
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One-hour radio special looks back on Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff's influence on the music and culture of Philadelphia

Bought by KPSQ-LP, Harford Community Radio, Radio New Zealand, KGLT, KIDE Hoopa Tribal Radio 91.3fm and more


  • Added: Jan 11, 2008
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 18
SLY & THE FAMILY STONE: FAMILY AFFAIR
From: Joyride Media
Series: Black History Month Specials
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One-hour music intensive radio documentary about Sly & the Family Stone, their music, their turbulent history, and the indelible marks they left be...

Bought by Harford Community Radio, KPSQ-LP, Harford Community Radio, WSGE, KMXT and more


  • Added: May 15, 2007
  • Length: 59:05
  • Purchases: 40
Buddy Guy: Can't Quit the Blues
From: Joyride Media
Series: Black History Month Specials
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Brand new one-hour music intensive radio special features legendary bluesman Buddy Guy in his own words and music.

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KCNP, KNKX, Harford Community Radio, KPSQ-LP and more


  • Added: Nov 20, 2006
  • Length: 59:05
  • Purchases: 46
Fats Waller: If You Gotta Ask
From: Joyride Media
Series: Black History Month Specials
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One-hour music intensive documentary about Fats Waller, one of America's great composers and performers of the 20th century.

Bought by WICR, KNKX, KPSQ-LP, Prairie Public, WVIA and more


  • Added: Sep 22, 2006
  • Length: 59:05
  • Purchases: 37