New Visions, New Voices

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New Visions, New Voices is a Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB)-funded initiative that produces a series of short -form programming aimed at bringing more diverse voices to public radio.  In the months ahead, New Visions, New Voices will also provide longer form programs that explore in- depth issues in education, technology, politics and more.  New Visions, New Voices will tap into some of the nation’s most important emerging voices to offer public radio the rich, varied voices that are necessary for public radio’s reach to its evolving diverse audiences. 

Series

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6 Pieces

This is American Achievers: Lovers of Freedom with Charles S. Dutton. They may have been revolutionaries from different stripes, but these men and women fought for equality for all who called America home.

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36 Pieces

Internationally renowned education professor Pedro Noguera, Ph.D. provides cogent, provocative analyses of the most pressing Education Matters. Both through commentaries and weekly three-to-five-minute vignettes, Noguera engages parents, teachers, school administrators, policymakers and other education stakeholders on the vital education issues facing the nation.

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8 Pieces

Latinos are the largest and fastest growing minority group in the country. Though many are recent immigrants, Hispanics have been living in America as far back as the 16th century, even before settlers from England. How has the the American narrative been shaped by Latinos, and how will they continue to shape it? We bring you stories of the Hispanic/Latino American experience, past, present, and future.

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19 Pieces

Widely revered as an expert in the fields of race, gender, politics, and policy, Avis Jones- DeWeever, Ph.D., merges her interests to examine how they intersect within the larger culture.

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19 Pieces

Highlights from the National Museum of African American History and Culture’s (NMAAHC) Civil Rights History Project, a joint effort of the Library of Congress and NMAAHC to collect video and audio recordings of personal histories and testimonials of individuals—many who are unheralded—who participated in the Civil Rights Movement during the 1950s and 1960s.

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10 Pieces

Georgetown University professor and social critic Michael Eric Dyson weighs in with searing commentary on the hottest issues of the day.

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24 Pieces

The Buck Series is a 24-part audio series narrated by award-winning filmmaker, author, and professor, MK Asante exploring themes addressed in his critically acclaimed memoir, Buck.


Pieces

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As a Howard University student, Courtland Cox served on the steering committee for the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom as a represent...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KFAI Minneapolis, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WVAS, KUT and more


  • Added: Aug 16, 2013
  • Length: 03:29
  • Purchases: 7
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The husband and wife team of David and Toko Ackerman represented the diversity of the Civil Rights Movement. David, a self-proclaimed product of a ...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KFAI Minneapolis, 90.5 WESA, WVAS and more


  • Added: Aug 16, 2013
  • Length: 03:29
  • Purchases: 7
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Young people played a key role in the civil rights movement. For some, their involvement came as an objection to their parents’ various fears. For...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KFAI Minneapolis, WVAS, PRX Remix, WTJU and more


  • Added: Aug 02, 2013
  • Length: 03:29
  • Purchases: 9
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Beginning in the 1960s as an interracial group advocating nonviolence, SNCC shifted its focus to political activism and later in the decade to blac...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KFAI Minneapolis, WVAS, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi) and more


  • Added: Aug 02, 2013
  • Length: 03:29
  • Purchases: 7
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The bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham was a turning point in the Civil Rights Movement. But for Freeman Hrabowski, now presid...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KFAI Minneapolis, WVAS, WTJU, WUTC and more


  • Added: Aug 02, 2013
  • Length: 03:29
  • Purchases: 9
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Birmingham native Freeman Hrabowski, who was trained to lead and protect younger children during civil rights protests, explains why many middle-cl...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KFAI Minneapolis, 90.5 WESA, WVAS, WEAA and more


  • Added: Aug 02, 2013
  • Length: 03:29
  • Purchases: 10
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SNCC (snick) found a committed worker in teenaged Carrie Young in 1960s Arkansas. But even Young’s devotion had not prepared her for the illiteracy...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KFAI Minneapolis, KWGS, WVAS, WEAA and more


  • Added: Aug 02, 2013
  • Length: 03:29
  • Purchases: 8
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Dr. Alfred Moldovan, a founding member of the Medical Committee for Human Rights, shares his experience of treating SNCC workers who were attacked ...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, PRX Remix, KFAI Minneapolis, WVAS, WEAA and more


  • Added: Aug 02, 2013
  • Length: 03:29
  • Purchases: 8
Caption: Education philanthropist Eli Broad, Credit: Philanthropy Magazine
Now that philanthropists have been playing an increasing role in education reform and helping under-resourced schools, a founder of an all-boys cha...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Jul 19, 2013
  • Length: 02:29
  • Purchases: 1
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Trends are showing that boys have been steadily falling behind girls in educational placement over the past several years, and now many schools are...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Jul 18, 2013
  • Length: 02:29
  • Purchases: 1