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Living the Word with Reverend Patricia Gould-Champ, Part 3, Conclusion
From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand
Caption: Reverend Patricia Gould-, Credit: Charles McGuigan
Reverend Patricia Gould Champ, also known as the Queen Mother or simply Reverend Pat, began her career as a teacher, but ultimately received the ca...

  • Added: Jun 03, 2024
  • Length: 27:20
Buildings Speak: Stories of Pioneering Women Architects
From: The Kitchen Sisters
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Perfect for Women's History Month programming. "Buildings Speak: Stories of Pioneering Women Architects," a new special from The Kitchen Sisters, h...

Bought by WCUW 91.3 FM, WILL, KALW, WRGY, WKSU and more


  • Added: Jan 30, 2024
  • Length: 54:56
  • Purchases: 54
This Is My Home: Women whup petrochemical giant
From: Wendy Ring
Series: Cool Solutions
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The story of 2 successful battles against petrochemical pollution on the Gulf coast.

Bought by WFHB and KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Jul 08, 2023
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 2
The Hadley Park Line Dancers
From: David Condos
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Meet Joann Jones. She's 79 years old, and she loves to dance. So, she helped start a line dancing class for senior citizens at the Hadley Park Comm...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 15, 2020
  • Length: 15:57
  • Purchases: 1
Ericka Huggins: Spiritual Wellbeing & Social Change
From: Generation Justice Admin
Caption: Left: Erica Huggins Right:
How does historical wellness play out in race and gender? Tune in to learn about historical wellness and its relation to a Black student’s and Bla...

  • Added: Aug 14, 2020
  • Length: 59:01
Yolanda Franklin-Moore: I Have So Many Wishes Every Single Day
From: Shefik Macauley
Series: Shefik presents Invocation: The Journey Continues
Caption: Yolanda Franklin-Moore, Credit: Shefik
Wishes - Yolanda Franklin-Moore is Fashion Designer and Owner of Xande Fadee, an innovative fashion and accessories line. She is a highly skilled f...

  • Added: Jul 06, 2020
  • Length: 01:11
Peppermint: Owning Your Confidence
From: Shefik Macauley
Series: Shefik presents Invocation: The Journey Continues
Caption: Peppermint, Credit: Shefik
Identity - The hardest working woman in show business, drag queen and recording artist Peppermint has conquered the New York scene with her high-en...

  • Added: Jul 06, 2020
  • Length: 04:29
Melba Moore: Things Don't Always Happen When You Want Them To
From: Shefik Macauley
Series: Shefik presents Invocation: The Journey Continues
Caption: Melba Moore, Credit: Shefik
Perseverance - American R&B singer and actress Melba Moore is a 4-time Grammy Award nominee and the winner of the 1970 Tony Award for Best Performa...

  • Added: Jul 06, 2020
  • Length: :56
The Big Pond #09: A Singer’s Life
From: Goethe-Institut
Series: The Big Ponder – A Transatlantic Podcast
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Leigh Hamilton is a dramatic soprano who has been based in Germany for more than 17 years. This episode follows Leigh’s story, which takes her from...

  • Added: Dec 19, 2018
  • Length: 23:25
All Mixed Up with Aretha-The Queen of Soul
From: Peter Bochan
Series: All Mixed Up
Caption: The Queen of Soul
Soulful mix for one of best singers ever---Aretha Franklin

Bought by KCSM and KRZA


  • Added: Aug 16, 2018
  • Length: 59:16
  • Purchases: 2
NEA Jazz Master Moments with Vocalist, Dianne Reeves
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Jazz Masters Moments
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Dianne Reeves can effortlessly sing in whatever style she wants with her far-reaching range, whether it’s rhythm-and-blues, gospel, Latin or pop. B...

Bought by WKSU, Harford Community Radio, WRTI, KCSM, Delmarva Public Media and more


  • Added: Mar 27, 2018
  • Length: 02:28
  • Purchases: 13
Episode 3: Always Tomorrow
From: Criminal
Series: This is Love
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A woman becomes a best-selling novelist by writing 120 books about her first romance.

  • Added: Mar 27, 2018
  • Length: 24:49
The Jemima Code (Gravy Ep. 6)
From: Southern Foodways Alliance
Series: Gravy Podcast
Caption: Toni Tipton Martin making hot rolls.
There’s a whole lot more than recipes in Toni Tipton Martin’s cookbook collection… It contains a surprising culinary history of African Americans i...

Bought by KVLU, WBHM, WABE, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 29, 2015
  • Length: 22:28
  • Purchases: 4
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
A New Way of Life and the New Underground Railroad
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Susan Burton, A New Way of Life Re-Entry Project executive director and founder
After serving time, finding food, a job and a place to live with a criminal record can become an almost impossible task. On this edition, Women bu...

  • Added: Jul 18, 2013
  • Length: 28:56
Lucy Parsons
From: KSLU
Series: In Your Face Women
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Lucy Parsons fought tirelessly and effectively for the rights of political prisoners, people of color, workers, the homeless and women.

  • Added: Mar 01, 2013
  • Length: 02:33
Laura Smith Haviland
From: KSLU
Series: In Your Face Women
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After the Civil War, Haviland became a one-woman cyclone of activity, organizing refugee camps and establishing schools, volunteering as a teacher ...

Bought by Prairie Public


  • Added: Mar 01, 2013
  • Length: 02:26
  • Purchases: 1
Fannie Lou Hamer
From: KSLU
Series: In Your Face Women
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Older, overworked, frustrated and unwell, Hamer's famous line "I'm sick and tired of being sick and tired" appears on her tombstone. But she mainta...

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: Mar 01, 2013
  • Length: 02:41
  • Purchases: 1
Susie King Taylor
From: KSLU
Series: In Your Face Women
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Taylor made the cut as an in-your-face woman because she had the brass to go to secret schools as a child and then pass along what she learned as t...

  • Added: Nov 05, 2012
  • Length: 02:24
Mamie Till
From: KSLU
Series: In Your Face Women
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Till used the broken body of her only child to give an entire nation a much needed object lesson.

  • Added: Nov 05, 2012
  • Length: 02:30
Nzingha
From: KSLU
Series: In Your Face Women
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Nzingha formed an alliance with the Dutch and spent the rest of her days leading troops into battle against them.

  • Added: Nov 05, 2012
  • Length: 02:36
Florynce Kennedy
From: KSLU
Series: In Your Face Women
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After she became a lawyer, Kennedy missed no opportunity to push every envelope she could related to either race or gender.

  • Added: Oct 08, 2012
  • Length: 02:18
Moments in Black History: Rosa Parks
From: N Lorde
Caption: Rosa Parks, Credit: Mindfully.org
In 1955 one woman refused to give up her seat on a bus to a white man - in doing so she inspired a whole race to fight back against institutionaliz...

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, and KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: Jan 21, 2012
  • Length: 01:55
  • Purchases: 3
Portrait of the artist Wura-Natasha Ogunji
From: KUT
Series: Portrait of an Artist-a semi-regular series
Caption: Wura-Natasah Ogunji
Artist Wura-Natasha Ogunji sat down with producer Rebecca McInroy to discuss her inspirations, goals and life as an artist.

  • Added: Sep 03, 2010
  • Length: 08:12
The Black Experience
From: West Virginia Public Broadcasting
Caption: Dr. Della Taylor Hardman
Dr. Della Taylor Hardman made it her mission to talk to influential and promising African Americans inside and outside of West Virginia. Her interv...

Bought by High Plains Public Radio, WDDE, WJAB, KWMR, WEMU and more


  • Added: May 27, 2010
  • Length: 01:57:00
  • Purchases: 10