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THE EMERGENCE OF MARVIN GAYE - E1 of 2 - [1961 - 1971]

From: Paul Ingles

Music specials host Paul Ingles and a panel of music scholars recall and celebrate the career of Motown music legend Marvin Gaye. This first of 2 ...

Bought by Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), RadioStPete Florida, KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., KAZU Seaside, Calif., WXXI Rochester and more

CRUISIN' WITH SMOKEY ROBINSON: An Appreciation (Optional Hour #2)

From: Paul Ingles

Caption: Smokey Robinson & Stevie Wonder perform at the 2023 Grammy Awards

Hour 2 of CRUISIN’ WITH SMOKEY ROBINSON: AN APPRECIATION is hosted by music specials producer Paul Ingles and features a more music intensive colle...

Bought by Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), WUTC, North State Public Radio, WRVO Public Media, KUHF and more

Mavis Staples' Soul: A Celebration (Hour 2 of 2)

From: Paul Ingles

Caption: Mavis Staples, Credit: Michael Ochs Archives

Hour 2 of a music and talk celebration of the indomitable spirit and talent that Mavis Staples has shown over a career that tacks from the late 194...

Bought by KRVS, WDDE, WVIA, WPVM 103.7, WILL and more

Mavis Staples' Soul: A Celebration (Hour 1 of 2)

From: Paul Ingles

A music and talk celebration of the indomitable spirit and talent that Mavis Staples has shown over a career that tacks from the late 1940’s, into ...

Bought by KRVS, KNCT FM, WDDE, WVIA, WILL and more

Trailer to "MAVIS STAPLES' SOUL: AN APPRECIATION"

From: Paul Ingles

9 minute preview of the upcoming 1 or 2 hour special celebrating the musical journey of Mavis Staples, lead vocalist for the legendary Staples Sing...

Bought by KGLT

A Conversation with Ruby Bridges

From: Loki Mulholland
Series: The Uncomfortable Truth: Civil Rights Movement

The little girl who went to school with federal marshals as escorts has something to say about what she went through and what we are going through ...

Poets Laureate Rita Dove and Tracy K. Smith in Conversation

From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: NEA Audio Miscellany

Rita Dove and Tracy K. Smith share a few things in common beyond the fact that they are African-American female artists. They are also professors a...

Dr. Halle Tanner Dillon Johnson: Healthcare in 1894

From: My Account of It
Series: My Account of It

Caption: Dr. Halle Tanner Dillion Johnson was the first woman and the first black woman to practice medicine in Alabama. She was licensed in 1891.

Here's an account of healthcare in the rural Alabama. This account was written in 1894. Listen.

Unspun Honors Black History with Educator and Poet, Pamela Spoto

From: Doug Bennett
Series: Unspun: An Experiment in Truth-Telling

Unspun takes a look at Black History and current Civil Rights and equality issues in America with Pamela Spoto, local educator, activist and host o...

You Are How You Sound

From: Hold That Thought
Series: On Language

How may speech affect your perceived level of intelligence? Dr. John Baugh describes research that sheds light on linguistic profiling.

Bought by KRZA

Linguistic Insights

From: Hold That Thought
Series: On Language

In the late 1980s, a personal case of housing discrimination prompted Dr. John Baugh to launch decades of research into what he calls linguistic pr...

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The Taj Mahal Interview

From: Jake Feinberg
Series: In The Land of Giants

Interview conducted by radio journalist Jake Feinberg with Roots Music Icon Taj Mahal. A discussion about the genesis of roots music and the music ...

Confronting the Middle Passage

From: Hold That Thought
Series: American Identities

Caption: Brooks of Liverpool, 1789, Credit: Wikimedia Commons

Dr. Sowande' Mustakeem reveals the forgotten world of 18th century slave ships, sharing the story of one enslaved woman and discussing why it's so ...

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