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Syracuse Community Leaders Fight to End Poverty
From: Syracuse University Broadcast Journalism - 2
Caption: These are the six components of the Anti Poverty Initiative. Each component is designed to help people in the community more efficiently by targeting their specific needs.
This is a story about how leaders of charities and organizations that help people in poverty, are joining together to help lower poverty. A couple ...

  • Added: Dec 16, 2015
  • Length: 03:42
StoryCorps: William Watford and Deidre Robinson
From: StoryCorps
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Many families with LGBTQ members across generations are personally familiar with the “coming out” conversation. Deidra Robinson and her father, Wi...

  • Added: May 08, 2015
  • Length: 02:02
A Pepper for Dinner
From: Carla Seidl
Caption: Sir Charles Gardner and Carl Johnson, Credit: Earth Flavors
This food-justice-related audio collage features the voices of Sir Charles Gardner and Carl Johnson, co-managers of Gardens United, a community gar...

  • Added: Jan 02, 2015
  • Length: 04:52
StoryCorps: Franklin and Sherry Gilliard
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Franklin Gilliard and his wife, Sherry, reflect upon their time in a homeless shelter after...

Bought by WMUU-LP, Blue Mountain Radio , and WTJU


  • Added: Dec 09, 2014
  • Length: 02:51
  • Purchases: 3
Reenacting The Last Mass Lynching in the U.S.
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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The last mass lynching in the U.S. took place back in 1946 in Monroe, Georgia. The case remains open, but one group stages an annual re-enactment i...

Bought by WNJR


  • Added: Oct 14, 2014
  • Length: 08:59
  • Purchases: 1
Grandmaster Flash on the History of DJ Scratching
From: WBEZ
Series: Vocalo Presents
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According to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, "Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five fomented the musical revolution known as hip-hop. Theirs was a p...

Bought by WFHB and WETD


  • Added: Oct 14, 2014
  • Length: 02:34
  • Purchases: 2
Market on LaSalle Brings New Life to Central City Commercial Corridor
From: Nina Feldman
Caption: Market on Lasalle Pods
A mobile market aims to revitalize a formerly thriving commercial district in New Orleans' historic Central City neighborhood.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Sep 04, 2014
  • Length: 04:37
  • Purchases: 1
Bopping: Art in the Making from the West Side of Chicago by Tariq Weaver
From: WBEZ
Series: Vocalo Presents
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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
Eric Jones, Custodian
From: Bending Borders
Series: 24 Hours: A Day in the Working Life
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As dawn breaks, birds serenade Eric Jones, who crosses a church parking lot in his baggy jeans, jangling an oversized key ring. The plastic wheels ...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Jul 29, 2014
  • Length: 04:18
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps: Dekalb Walcott Jr. and Dekalb Walcott III
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Dekalb Walcott III talks to his dad, retired Chicago Fire Chief Dekalb Walcott Jr., about...

Bought by WEZU, WTJU, and KMUD


  • Added: Jul 08, 2014
  • Length: 02:04
  • Purchases: 3
StoryCorps: J.T. Johnson and Al Lingo
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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J.T. Johnson and Al Lingo remember having acid thrown on them after jumping into a whites-only swimming pool in St. Augustine, Florida in June of 1...

Bought by WEZU, KERA, KMUD, and KFOK-LPFM


  • Added: Jun 13, 2014
  • Length: 02:04
  • Purchases: 4
08: Goldmines & Gum Boots (Standard Length)
From: Everything Sounds
Series: Everything Sounds (Standard Length)
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Everything Sounds explores the the origins and sounds of South African gumboot dancing.

  • Added: Apr 22, 2014
  • Length: 04:30
Stronghold
From: From Block2Block
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As whites fled Washington D.C. to live in the suburbs in the 1950s, Stronghold was born. This piece reveals how residents gave the neighborhood its...

  • Added: Feb 23, 2014
  • Length: 14:07
Afrika Bambaataa: Renegade of Funk
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: NEA Audio Miscellany
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Musician and legendary innovator, Afrika Bambaataa, discusses the origin and legacy of hip-hop. [13:35]

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago


  • Added: Feb 20, 2014
  • Length: 13:35
  • Purchases: 1
I Am From
From: KBEM
Series: Minneapolis Freestyle
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In this piece, a middle school poet from Minneapolis tells of his background, including slavery and citizenship.

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Feb 19, 2014
  • Length: 01:25
  • Purchases: 1
I Am From
From: KBEM
Series: Minneapolis Freestyle
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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.

Bought by KSRQ and KSRQ


  • Added: Jan 13, 2014
  • Length: 01:35
  • Purchases: 2
Waiting for Food
From: Sarah P. Reynolds
Caption: in line for food on Mission St. in San Francisco, Credit: Sarah P. Reynolds
What does it feel like to wait in line for food?

Bought by XRAY.fm and PRX Remix


  • Added: May 17, 2013
  • Length: 07:51
  • Purchases: 2
StoryCorps: Reginald Mason
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Reginald Mason remembers growing up in Harlem with his mother during the 1970s.

Bought by WDBM, WVBI-LP, WEZU, and WTJU


  • Added: Mar 18, 2013
  • Length: 01:57
  • Purchases: 4
StoryCorps: Bonnie and Myra Brown
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Bonnie Brown (L) and Myra Brown (R)
Myra Brown speaks with her mother, Bonnie Mae Brown, who has an intellectual disability.

Bought by WMUU-LP, WEZU, and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 08, 2013
  • Length: 02:29
  • Purchases: 3
08: Gold Mines & Gum Boots
From: Everything Sounds
Series: Everything Sounds
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Everything Sounds explores the the origins and sounds of South African gumboot dancing.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Dec 20, 2012
  • Length: 12:53
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps NTI: Tyrese Graham
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Tyrese Graham remembers his first day as a teacher at John Marshall Metropolitan High School in Chicago, IL.

Bought by WEZU and KUOW


  • Added: May 29, 2012
  • Length: 02:16
  • Purchases: 2
StoryCorps Griot: Karen Slade, Eric "Rico" Reed and Arthur "Sonny" Williams
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Karen Slade
Karen Slade, Eric "Rico" Reed, and Arthur "Sonny" Williams of radio station KJLH remember the 1992 Los Angeles Riots.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WEZU, and KMUD


  • Added: Apr 16, 2012
  • Length: 02:28
  • Purchases: 3
Remembering a legendary Bay Area jazz club
From: KALW
Caption: “Keystone Korner: Portrait of a Jazz Club” by Kathy Sloane is published by Indiana University Press.
It was a special time for jazz in the Bay Area. For most of the ‘70s and the early ‘80s, a small club called Keystone Korner presented a dazzling a...

Bought by WCSU-FM


  • Added: Jan 16, 2012
  • Length: 10:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Sounds of Gentrification
From: Dan Gordon
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Washington D.C.'s Petworth neighborhood has been a historically black, working-class community. Now, as property values in D.C. are climbing, a wa...

Bought by WCSU-FM, New Hampshire Public Radio, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 20, 2011
  • Length: 04:11
  • Purchases: 3
StoryCorps Griot: Queen Jackson and Debra MacKillop
From: StoryCorps
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Queen Jackson tells her case manager, Debra MacKillop, how she became homeless.

Bought by WEZU, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, and KUOW


  • Added: Dec 19, 2011
  • Length: 02:16
  • Purchases: 3