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A Jazz-Age Murder That Toppled Gotham’s Mayor

From: Francesca Rheannon

We talk with Michael Wolraich about his book, The Bishop And The Butterfly: Murder, Politics, And The End Of The Jazz Age. Then, we re-air part of ...

Constant Wonder - From Emancipation to the Great Migration: A Family Journey

From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder

History is made by the daily decisions of regular people. One family's story of the Great Migration.

StoryCorps Military Voices: Estel Roberts, Mariann Roberts, William Pickens, Benjamin Jenkins, Candice Francis and Sidney Francis

From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps

Caption: Sidney Francis and Candice Francis at their StoryCorps interview in New York, New York on November 29, 2005., Credit: Justina Mejias for StoryCorps

Sidney Francis and his daughter, Candice Francis, reflect on his time as one of the first Black Marines to serve at Montford Point during World War...

Bought by KALW

Black Soldiers of Utah

From: KRCL

Black Soldiers of Utah was an exhibit on display in Utah showcasing and exploring the often untold history of black soldiers and veterans and how t...

Bought by WTJU

Looking Back: Isabel Wilkerson and the Cultural Impact of the Great Migration

From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works

Caption: Isabel Wilkerson, Credit: Joe Henson

Author and 2015 National Humanities Medalist Isabel Wilkerson discusses her acclaimed first book “The Warmth of Other Suns,” and the profound impac...

Bought by KMUN, WMPG, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., KECG, KZUM and more

EE 24-07: Author Jori Lewis on the natural and human history of the peanut , 2/16/2024

From: WFIU
Series: Earth Eats

While peanut butter is one of my favorite foods, I can’t say that I have given much thought to the peanut as a crop, or paid any attention to its r...

Building Back Black Wall Street

From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact

Caption: Jenkin Lloyd Jones Press, All Souls' book publishing imprint, 2021 , Credit: Jenkin Lloyd Jones Press, All Souls' book publishing imprint, 2021

Tulsa Tri-City Collective leaders Carlos Moreno and Bracken Klar talk about the history of Greenwood, a Tulsa neighborhood founded by and for Black...

Bought by WXDU, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, RadioFreePalmer, KMUN, and KALW

"Black History Month Special" with Tracy K. Smith, Saeed Jones, and Meklit

From: Live Wire! Radio
Series: Live Wire Specials

This Black History Month special episode features the 22nd U.S. Poet Laureate Tracy K. Smith, writer and poet Saeed Jones, and music from singer-so...

Bought by KUT, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, WLPR , WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KUPR low power FM and more

SPECIAL ISeeU EPISODE: The Gay Black Civil Rights Financier

From: I See U with Eddie Robinson
Series: I SEE U with Eddie Robinson Specials

I SEE U examines the mystique behind the late millionaire, Norris Herndon, as a disappearing family legacy looms and the public knows little about ...

Bought by KUHF

Civics 101: The True Story Of Reconstruction

From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Civics 101

Reconstruction has long been taught as a lost cause narrative. We talk about what that narrative leaves out.

The Write Question - D.M. Bradford

From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question

Poet and translator D.M. (Darby) Bradford discusses their sophomore collection "Bottom Rail on Top."

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., Yellowstone Public Radio, and Spokane Public Radio

Henrietta Lacks' Immortal Cells

From: David Kattenburg

Caption: Henrietta Lacks, Credit: Courtesy: Lacks family & Estate

David Kattenburg speaks about Henrietta Lacks and medical racism in America with Dorothy Roberts. Roberts is Professor of Law and Sociology at the ...

Constant Wonder - Freedom House

From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder

Freedom House is on the way!

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio) and RadioStPete Florida

Booktalk: National Book Award winner James McBride’s THE HEAVEN & EARTH GROCERY STORE

From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk

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...

National Writers Series: Geraldine Brooks

From: Interlochen Public Radio
Series: National Writers Series: Season Four

Anne-Marie Oomen talks with writer Geraldine Brooks.

Bought by WKAR and Michigan Radio

Meet the Step Artist and the Founder of Step Afrika!: C. Brian Williams

From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works

Caption: C. Brian Williams, Credit: Jim Saah

Step Artist and Producer and 2022 National Heritage Fellow C. Brian Williams discusses the rich cultural history of stepping and his work bringing ...

Bought by RADIOLEX, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., and KZUM

NL 23-25: On A Turquoise Cloud: Duke Ellington After The War, 1945-47, 6/12/2023

From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights

Ellington kept his orchestra together in a changing economic landscape, continuing to create memorable music and expanding his compositional horizons.

National Writers Series: Alvin Hall

From: Interlochen Public Radio
Series: National Writers Series: Season Four

WDET's Jerome Vaughn talks with financial advisor and author Alvin Hall.

Bought by WNMU-FM, Michigan Radio, and WKAR

StoryCorps: Shirley Duhart and Dale Strasser

From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps

Caption: Shirley Duhart and Dale Strasser at their StoryCorps in Atlanta, Georgia on January 17, 2023

Polio survivor Shirley Duhart tells her longtime friend and doctor, Dale Strasser, about why wearing stylish shoes has been so empowering.

Bought by Allegheny Mountain Radio

Heritage Scraps from Heritage Hands: African-American Vintage Quilts

From: Stories from Deep in the Heart, a project of Texas Folklife
Series: The Folklorist Next Door

Caption: The Folklorist Next Door, Credit: Jeannelle Ramirez

African American women have created beautiful works of art with quilting. Are you holding on to a piece of family history? Laura Casmore talks to...

EE 23-11: Jori Lewis on the complex story of the peanut, 3/10/2023

From: WFIU
Series: Earth Eats

While peanut butter is one of my favorite foods, I can’t say that I have given much thought to the peanut as a crop, or paid any attention to its r...

Gail Myers, Ph.D,, creator and director of the multimedia documentary film project, Rhythms of the Land: A Love Story of Land and Family

From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio

Did you know that Black farmers faced grave injustices, racist policies and land loss while attempting to feed their families and communities? Join...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer

Right to Recreation: The History of African American Leisure Sites

From: Jack Eidt
Series: EcoJustice Radio

Historian Alison Rose Jefferson discusses her book ‘Living The California Dream: African American Leisure Sites During The Jim Crow Era’. She demon...

Bought by RadioStPete Florida

MN Reads: "The Stories Whiteness Tells Itself" by David Mura

From: WDSE
Series: MN Reads

Author David Mura talks about his new book "The Stories Whiteness Tells Itself"

StoryCorps Griot: Monica Mickle and Rev. Harry Blake

From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps

Rev. Harry Blake came to StoryCorps to speak with his daughter Monica Mickle about how his experiences growing up the son of a sharecropper in Loui...

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