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Diversifying Higher Education
From: Loki Mulholland
Series: The Uncomfortable Truth
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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
Black & Blue: Policing and Blacks Lives in America
From: Loki Mulholland
Series: The Uncomfortable Truth
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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
Racial Battle Fatigue: A Discussion with Dr. William A. Smith
From: Loki Mulholland
Series: The Uncomfortable Truth
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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
Bringing the Klan to Justice: A Discussion with Jerry Mitchell
From: Loki Mulholland
Series: The Uncomfortable Truth
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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
The Talk
From: Loki Mulholland
Series: The Uncomfortable Truth
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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
Episode Two: Recovering History
From: Dan Gediman
Series: The Reckoning: Facing the Legacy of Slavery in America
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Due to prohibitions against enslaved people learning to read and write, there are only a few written records left behind by formerly enslaved Kentu...

Bought by Morehead State Public Radio, WHCP-LP Cambridge, KUOW, KGOU, WKMS and more


  • Added: Oct 01, 2020
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 22
How Sweet It Is - The Music of Marvin Gaye
From: Howard Burchette
Series: Music Lecture
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A musical history of the "Prince of Motown Marvin" Gaye is the subject of this program.

Bought by KAZU Seaside, Calif.


  • Added: Aug 21, 2020
  • Length: 56:04
  • Purchases: 1
The Reckoning: Facing the Legacy of Slavery in America, Demo
From: Dan Gediman
Series: The Reckoning: Facing the Legacy of Slavery in America
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The Reckoning traces the history and lasting impact of slavery in America by looking at the experience of Kentucky, a slave state which stayed in t...

Bought by KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., Morehead State Public Radio, KTEP, WCPN, Tri States Public Radio and more


  • Added: Jul 08, 2020
  • Length: 10:44
  • Purchases: 9
Reset (episode 7)
From: Growing Old Project
Series: Growing Old: Tales from an Urban Canopy
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Explore what it looks like to fragment a forest, to drain a river, and to make a city unsafe for the humans that live there. Travel from the Black ...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.


  • Added: Jun 18, 2020
  • Length: 44:41
  • Purchases: 2
Mapping Asthma: The Geography of Inequality
From: Hold That Thought
Series: Health & Healing
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A doctoral student in education seeks to discover solutions to health inequities in the St. Louis region and beyond.

  • Added: Mar 12, 2018
  • Length: 12:15
The SOUL of Lennon and McCartney
From: Howard Burchette
Series: Soul Roots
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The SOUL of Lennon and McCartney is a mix of Funk and Soul interpretations of the compositions of John Lennon, Paul McCartney. This program include...

Bought by WUFT, Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota, and WVAS


  • Added: Jan 13, 2018
  • Length: 01:01:01
  • Purchases: 3
Part 3: Green movement pivots toward minorities
From: Great Lakes Today
Series: New Faces, New Issues
Caption: A few members of Outdoor Afro Cleveland, including Smith-Woodford (holding sign), Credit: Elizabeth Miller/ideastream
Part 3 of series -- The Great Lakes region is home to millions of people of different races and ethnicities. But diverse backgrounds – and issues ...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio, WBFO, WXXI Rochester, WCPN, WOSU and more


  • Added: Sep 19, 2017
  • Length: 03:31
  • Purchases: 7
Part 2: Flint water crisis a turning point for Green movement
From: Great Lakes Today
Series: New Faces, New Issues
Caption: WT Stevens replaces a pipe under a Flint street, Credit: Elizabeth Miller/ideastream
Part 2 of series -- Historically, the environmental movement hasn’t always been welcoming to people of color – and issues that are important to the...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio, WXXI Rochester, WCPN, WBFO, WDET Detroit Public Radio and more


  • Added: Sep 19, 2017
  • Length: 03:46
  • Purchases: 8
Part 1: Environmental groups slow to seek out minorities
From: Great Lakes Today
Series: New Faces, New Issues
Caption: Theodore Roosevelt and John Muir at Yosemite in 1903, Credit: Library of Congress
Part 1 of series -- When you think of the environmental movement, what comes to mind. Preserving the wilderness in national parks? Or guaranteeing ...

Bought by WDET Detroit Public Radio, WCPN, WXXI Rochester, WBFO, North Country Public Radio and more


  • Added: Sep 19, 2017
  • Length: 03:36
  • Purchases: 8
Black History Matters: Racial Propaganda
From: c j armentano
Series: Black History Matters
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Harvard Professor Emertus, Psychiatrist Alvin Poussaint discusses the long history of efforts to undermine the self-esteem and well-being of black ...

Bought by WBST, RadioStPete Florida, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, and KPIP-LP


  • Added: Jan 26, 2017
  • Length: 03:58
  • Purchases: 4
Black History Matters: Profiling (Long Version)
From: c j armentano
Series: Black History Matters
Caption: Harvard Professor Emeritus Alvin Poussaint MD
Racial profiling has a little understood yet profound impact on race relations, and remains a source of fear and humiliation for blacks and other p...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and KPIP-LP


  • Added: Jul 16, 2016
  • Length: 05:46
  • Purchases: 2
Muhammad Ali (He Is The Greatest!)
From: Howard Burchette
Series: Soul Roots
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Muhammad Ali (Cassius Clay) (January 17, 1942 – June 3, 2016) was referred to by everyone as the “Greatest” and the “Champ”. This one hour program ...

Bought by KUPR low power FM, KISA Digital Studios, KPIP-LP, WVAS, WJSU and more


  • Added: Jun 04, 2016
  • Length: 57:01
  • Purchases: 6
Classical Composers & Musicians of African Descent Vol. II
From: Howard Burchette
Series: The Classics
Caption: Florence Price, Credit: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florence_Price
This is a classical music program highlighting composers and musicians of African descent. This is one part of a limited music series.

Bought by KWAX and WNMU-FM


  • Added: May 17, 2016
  • Length: 01:02:29
  • Purchases: 2
What is Soul? (A Definition of a Music)
From: Howard Burchette
Series: Soul Roots
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SOUL is a feeling. SOUL is from the root. SOUL is Free. SOUL is Ray Charles. SOUL is James Brown. SOUL is Aretha Franklin. SOUL is Nina Simone. SOU...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, WUFT, KISA Digital Studios, KPIP-LP, and WTIP


  • Added: May 01, 2016
  • Length: 59:59
  • Purchases: 5
Apprentice Finalist Liza Wisner Shares Secrets To Community Building
From: D. Grant Smith
Series: The DIY Artist Route
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The past finalist on NBC's The Apprentice shares insights into community building with nonprofits in Austin, Tx, lessons learned working with Donal...

  • Added: Apr 29, 2016
  • Length: 21:42
The King of the Blues: The Music of B.B. King
From: Howard Burchette
Series: D Natural BLUES
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The great B.B. King passed away on May 14, 2015. He was one of the greatest Blues entertainers of all time. B.B. King’s recording career began in 1...

Bought by WJAB


  • Added: May 30, 2015
  • Length: 57:58
  • Purchases: 1
Jazz and Film (Ep. 25)
From: Jeff Haas
Caption: Sidney Poitier and Paul Newman in the 1961 movie, "Paris Blues"
In this hour of The New Jazz Archive, we explore the shared history of jazz and film—from the role race played in shaping jazz's place at the movie...

Bought by WCPN, KHNS, KMUN, WVPE, KCPW Salt Lake City and more


  • Added: Feb 09, 2015
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 29
Madame C. J. Walker
From: Brian Hawkins
Series: Heroes in Black History
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America's first African American female millionaire.

Bought by 90.5 WSNC, KBEM, KSKA, RadioStPete Florida, KETR-FM and more


  • Added: Jan 29, 2015
  • Length: 02:02
  • Purchases: 8
Life in Public Housing: Perception vs. Reality
From: Youth Express
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Diamen, Rosa and Javon interview Nate Brown (Family Resources) and Jason Harris, Taymar Fields, Tramell Perry and Aaqila Youngblood (public housing...

  • Added: Jan 14, 2015
  • Length: 03:16
African American Voices
From: Daniel Gilliam
Caption: Leontyne Price, Credit: Carl Van Vechten
Fifteen, 3-minute vignettes celebrating the contributions of African Americans in classical music.

Bought by Texas Public Radio, BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM, Texas Public Radio, Vermont Public, BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM and more


  • Added: Mar 04, 2014
  • Length: 45:00
  • Purchases: 10