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Longtime WCPN Cleveland/ideastream jazz programmer Dan Polletta has created "Songs for the Struggle- Jazz and the Civil Rights Movement." This is ...

Bought by WAER Syracuse, NY, KBEM, Wyoming Public Radio, WCPN, WDCB and more


  • Added: Jan 05, 2021
  • Length: 58:25
  • Purchases: 6
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Longtime WCPN Cleveland/ideastream jazz programmer Dan Polletta has created "Songs for the Struggle- Jazz and the Civil Rights Movement." This is ...

Bought by WAER Syracuse, NY, KBEM, Wyoming Public Radio, WCPN, WDCB and more


  • Added: Jan 05, 2021
  • Length: 58:25
  • Purchases: 6
Caption: Dominique Morisseau
WITNESS IN THE DARK, features two plays by Dominique Morisseau, a MacArthur Genius Grant recipient and Tony Award nominee for Ain't Too Proud: The ...

Bought by Prairie Public, KUNM, and Connecticut Public (WNPR)


  • Added: Dec 24, 2020
  • Length: 53:00
  • Purchases: 3
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Join us today as we celebrate the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., and we share stories and songs, bringing focus to the Civil Rights Movement.

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, KTXK, WVPE, KSJE, Radio Catskill and more


  • Added: Dec 21, 2020
  • Length: 54:58
  • Purchases: 7
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In this episode, two young Black artists revisit memories to grapple with how they are seen by others, and how they see themselves.

Bought by WXXI Rochester, Prairie Public, WBEZ, WRVO Public Media, New England Public Media and more


  • Added: Nov 17, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 37
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When it comes to racism, many white Americans can intellectualize it and some can personalize it through the experience of others but the real chan...

  • Added: Nov 13, 2020
  • Length: 01:59:05
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His lynching was said to have propelled the Civil Rights Movement but what really happened to the 14 year old boy from Chicago and what can we lear...

  • Added: Nov 13, 2020
  • Length: 01:47:41
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Her book is back on the NYT Best Seller list and for a very good reason. “White Rage: The Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide” as been called both ...

  • Added: Nov 12, 2020
  • Length: 02:17:15
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Who should own the narrative when it comes to talking about slavery and Jim Crow? Lance Wheeler, is the former Curator of Exhibition & Interpreters...

  • Added: Nov 12, 2020
  • Length: 53:24
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The n-word is loaded with a history of hate and death. Today, the word's meaning has transformed but the echoes of its past remain. Who's word is i...

  • Added: Nov 12, 2020
  • Length: 01:33:06
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Is there a subconscious belief amongst whites that only they can "save" people of color? Have they been conditioned by society to see themselves as...

  • Added: Nov 12, 2020
  • Length: 01:34:42
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When white people are called out on their racism a response one often hears is, "Well, Black people are just as racist again me." Is racism the exc...

  • Added: Nov 12, 2020
  • Length: 01:08:24
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Whites too often see themselves as the real victims of racism and they might have point but it’s not the one they thought they were making. Are whi...

  • Added: Nov 12, 2020
  • Length: 01:00:32
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Many of us want to help change the narrative and be anti-racist partners in the good fight. This was true of civil rights activists coming to Missi...

  • Added: Nov 12, 2020
  • Length: 01:14:23
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Education is the gateway to the future in America. Our system is built around it but major colleges and universities continue to be predominantly w...

  • Added: Nov 12, 2020
  • Length: 01:16:43
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Harvest season is especially hard this year, as the pandemic strains farmers and food systems, highlighting a deeply divided and often unjust Ameri...

Bought by Maine Public Radio, WDSE, WMUU-LP, KSQD Santa Cruz, KICI Iowa City and more


  • Added: Nov 12, 2020
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 9
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Harvest season is especially hard this year, as the pandemic strains farmers and food systems, highlighting a deeply divided and often unjust Ameri...

  • Added: Nov 12, 2020
  • Length: 58:58
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Don Carter is a former police officer who spent nearly 10 years on the beat. He knows how the system works. He's also African American.

  • Added: Nov 12, 2020
  • Length: 01:29:21
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Being black in America is exhausting and even deadly. Racial Battle Fatigue (RBF) is real and impacts the health and well-being of millions. What i...

  • Added: Nov 12, 2020
  • Length: 01:06:39
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His work helped close four of the most infamous cold cases of the Civil Right Movement. Jerry Mitchell is one of the most celebrated investigative ...

  • Added: Nov 12, 2020
  • Length: 48:16
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When we say the words, “the talk”, it probably conjures up the awkward conversation one has with their children about the birds and the bees. Howev...

  • Added: Nov 12, 2020
  • Length: 58:43
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The United States government has a history of paying reparations to those who have been wronged but with one very striking exception: slavery. Shou...

  • Added: Nov 12, 2020
  • Length: 46:41
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Black History Month was official recognized in 1976 by President Gerald Ford and ever since then whites have asked why it is necessary. Today, do w...

  • Added: Nov 12, 2020
  • Length: 42:41
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What is the role of power in deciding the fate of a planet? 2020 has seen a reckoning with various forms of power embedded in racial, gender, and g...

Bought by KZUM, KTSW 89.9, WDSE, WMUU-LP, KSQD Santa Cruz and more


  • Added: Oct 29, 2020
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 9
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What is the role of power in deciding the fate of a planet? 2020 has seen a reckoning with various forms of power embedded in racial, gender, and g...

  • Added: Oct 29, 2020
  • Length: 58:59