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Who we are and where we come from is a crucial question that now we are more able to answer than ever before. The examination and analysis of our i...
- Added: Mar 15, 2016
- Length: 29:00
Laine Kaplan-Levenson returns with a new story about an indigenous sport that became popular before the Civil War.
- Added: Mar 10, 2016
- Length: 10:19
In this episode, Laine Kaplan-Levenson discusses the first integrated high school sports contest in Louisiana between St. Aug and Jesuit--and talks...
Bought by WAER Syracuse, NY
- Added: Mar 08, 2016
- Length: 11:26
- Purchases: 1
David Dinkins made political history in 1990 when he was sworn in as the first African American mayor of New York City. Dinkins, now a professor at...
- Added: Feb 29, 2016
- Length: 29:01
It's been over 40 years since the Ms. Foundation for women was formed to help women and girls. Yet many groups still feel excluded from the feminis...
Bought by KUT, KUNM, KSJD, WMUU-LP, KCMJ Community Radio and more
- Added: Feb 25, 2016
- Length: 53:59
- Purchases: 6
Though he first emerged in the public consciousness as a world-class athlete, Arthur Ashe’s subsequent contributions as an author, activist, humani...
- Added: Feb 19, 2016
- Length: 28:58
- Purchases: 4
Though he first emerged in the public consciousness as a world-class athlete, Arthur Ashe’s subsequent contributions as an author, activist, humani...
Bought by WCNY, KEDT, WRST-FM Oshkosh, WMUU-LP, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash. and more
- Added: Feb 19, 2016
- Length: 53:56
- Purchases: 7
The Symphony is a group of African-American poets originally comprised of John Murillo, R. Reginald Dwayne Betts, Randall Horton, and Marcus Jackso...
Bought by WNJR and KUFM - Montana Public Radio
- Added: Feb 11, 2016
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 2
World Footprints travels along one path of the Underground Railroad starting in Norfolk, Virginia and finishing in Buxton, Ontario. We will also s...
- Added: Feb 04, 2016
- Length: 59:55
This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews: 'Utter Contempt for Will of the Haitian People,' Provokes Cancellation of ...
- Added: Jan 27, 2016
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 2
When faced with a court order to integrate, Prince Edward County in Virginia closed its entire school system in 1959 rather than integrate. Now, fo...
Bought by WGTE Public Media, KPSQ-LP, WLPR , WNSB, Morehead State Public Radio and more
- Added: Jan 21, 2016
- Length: 52:53
- Purchases: 12
The little-known story of how black actors and entertainers in Hollywood contributed their money, connections, and fame to aid the civil rights mov...
Bought by WLPR , WNSB, Morehead State Public Radio, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, Spokane Public Radio and more
- Added: Jan 21, 2016
- Length: 53:34
- Purchases: 10
This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews: Sanders: Single-Payer is Only System that Can Achieve Universal Health Car...
- Added: Jan 20, 2016
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 2
Celebrate and relive the MLK Memorial dedications as we remember the life, legacy and dreams of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. with celebrity and news...
- Added: Jan 17, 2016
- Length: 59:55
Author and CEO of A Diet Free Life, Robert Ferguson provides information on how you can maintain your three meals a day and still lose weight.
- Added: Dec 01, 2015
- Length: 15:46
Michele Bratcher Goodwin's investigative research in human trafficking, the black market for body parts, reproductive rights, the politics of organ...
Bought by KSKA
- Added: Nov 18, 2015
- Length: 29:06
- Purchases: 1
Gregory Pardlo, the winner of the 2015 Pulitzer Prize for poetry, debunks the theory that African American fathers are disinterested parents. Pardl...
Bought by KPIP-LP
- Added: Nov 17, 2015
- Length: 29:08
- Purchases: 1
Michael Honey discusses non-violent theorist and organizer James Lawson, and John Handcox, the Great Depression-era tenant farmer and union advocate.
Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio
- Added: Nov 11, 2015
- Length: 25:20
- Purchases: 1
Radio Curious revisits a conversation with Annie Barnes author of "Everyday Racism, A Book for All Americans.” Barnes describes the effects of rac...
- Added: Oct 20, 2015
- Length: 29:01
This hour features tributes to Smokin' Joe Kubek, Dave Lyons, and great new release Blues music.
- Added: Oct 14, 2015
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 2
Stanley Nelson talks history, irony, and delivering the unexpected.
- Added: Oct 03, 2015
- Length: 15:03
Companies are now paying consultants to increase the diversity of their workforce with an eye on innovation and the bottom line. But shouldn't it b...
- Added: Sep 23, 2015
- Length: 53:59
- Purchases: 3
This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews: Aided by Flawed Journalism, Iran Nuclear Deal Opponents Spread Disinformat...
- Added: Sep 03, 2015
- Length: 29:01
- Purchases: 2
This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews: AT&T's Unique Relationship with NSA Comes Under Scrutiny After Release of ...
- Added: Aug 26, 2015
- Length: 29:01
- Purchases: 2
Burnell Cotlon owns and operates the only grocery store in the Lower Ninth Ward. When it opened in 2014, it was the first grocery store to serve th...
- Added: Aug 21, 2015
- Length: 02:11
- Purchases: 2
