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52: Roz Hudnell of Intel on Gender & Racial Diversity in Tech; Amy Whitaker, Author of "Art Thinking"
From: KALW
Series: Inflection Point with Lauren Schiller
Caption: Roz Hudnell, Intel
Meet one woman leading the charge to quite literally change the face of technology--by bringing in more women and people of color to the industry, ...

Bought by KCSB-FM, KSJD, KWMR, WRIR, WMUU-LP and more


  • Added: Sep 08, 2016
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 6
Solidarity And Revolt Aboard The Slave Ship Creole
From: WWNO
Series: TriPod: New Orleans At 300
Caption: A 19th century map of Nassau, Bahamas., Credit: THE MECHANICAL CURATOR COLLECTION / THE BRITISH LIBRARY
In this episode of TriPod, Laine Kaplan-Levenson discusses the slave revolt on the Brig Creole with Harvard Professor Walter Johnson.

  • Added: Mar 01, 2016
  • Length: 10:23
32: Teresa Younger, CEO of The Ms. Foundation for Women & Jill Tietjen, Author of "Her Story. A Timeline of Women Who Changed America"
From: KALW
Series: Inflection Point with Lauren Schiller
Caption: Teresa Younger
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
Episode 9 - Live from Fall for the Book - Passenger on the Pearl
From: Kitty Felde
Series: Book Club for Kids
Caption: Kendall, Vibha, and Gareth with author Winifred Conkling
The largest attempted slave escape on U.S. soil happened in SouthWest Washington, DC. That's the tale in "Passenger on the Pearl." Young readers d...

  • Added: Feb 17, 2016
  • Length: 39:45
Celebrating Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. - Dreaming the DREAM
From: World Footprints LLC
Series: Celebrating Black History with World Footprints
Caption: The Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial, Credit: Tonya Fitzpatrick
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
Watch Owl Promotional Series: THE MESSAGE
From: New Jersey Radio Exchange Network
Series: American Black Male Leadership Institute Radio
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The message from Dr Kimbro, Brian Courtney Wilson, and Robert Ferguson to all that surrounds the American Black Male Leadership Institute

  • Added: Dec 06, 2015
  • Length: 12:11
Who Invented Modern Basketball?
From: Peter Johnson
Series: THE AUTHOR'S CORNER ON PUBLIC RADIO, DECEMBER 2015
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Teaser answer: He was a superb athlete but native to another country! Find out who as author Scott Ellsworth reads from The Secret Game: A Wartime ...

  • Added: Nov 25, 2015
  • Length: 01:40
Allan Wolper talks with Gregory Pardlo
From: Conversations with Allan Wolper
Series: Conversations with Allan Wolper, WBGO.ORG
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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
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
Full Moon Hacksaw # 1446 (Hour 1 & 2) - 10/16/2014
From: KRDP
Series: Full Moon Hacksaw
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Blues from alternate spaces provide opportunities for technical prowess, yet melodic & lyrical in touch. Never losing the idea of blues as a feelin...

Bought by WVBI-LP


  • Added: Oct 15, 2014
  • Length: 01:59:58
  • Purchases: 1
A Century before Rosa Parks !
From: Peter Johnson
Series: The Author's Corner on Public Radio daily show: OCTOBER 2014
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Author Sam Roberts reads about a civil rights pioneer indeed, from his new book. Another example of our daily 100-second show -- great for top-of-t...

  • Added: Oct 01, 2014
  • Length: 01:40
New Documentary on the Lost Girls of Sudan-"The Dawn Will Break"
From: Vero Balderas Iglesias
Caption: Sister Luise Radlmeier visiting South Sudanese women she mentored now living in the USA
The Dawn Will Break is a documentary that is currently in production. It tells the story of some South Sudanese young women, who after fleeing the ...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 07, 2014
  • Length: 06:47
  • Purchases: 1
Cissy Houston: A Sweet Inspiration
From: New Jersey Radio Exchange Network
Series: A. Curtis Farrow In Conversation With Another Great Performer
Caption: Ms. Cissy Houston
Emmy Award Winning Producer & Director, A. Curtis Farrow In Conversation With Another Great Performer, Ms. Cissy Houston.

  • Added: Jun 17, 2014
  • Length: 20:00
Hank Mobley
From: KUT
Series: KUTX Liner Notes
Caption: Hank Mobley
In this short feature Rabbi Neil Blumofe illuminates the importance of those who will not settle for a glory in mediocrity, but who urge others to ...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Jul 08, 2013
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 1
Reggie Richards Interview
From: Youth Spin - KOOP 91.7 FM
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Throwback to January! Makalah interviews Bassist Reggie Richards while he was on tour with B.B. King.

  • Added: Jun 11, 2013
  • Length: 07:02
The Price of Admission: A Musical Biography of Florence Beatrice Price
From: WQXR
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Florence Beatrice Price wrote more than 300 musical compositions. Some of her works have been lost, others are unpublished, and some of piano and v...

Bought by Georgia Public Broadcasting, WUGA (part of GPB), WFMT Station Account, Troy Public Radio, WVIA and more


  • Added: Jun 11, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 14
Charles Mingus
From: KUT
Series: KUTX Liner Notes
Caption: Charles Mingus
Charles Mingus is considered one of the most creative and original voices in American jazz. Uniquely sensitive to the plight of the dispossessed, h...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 05, 2013
  • Length: 02:38
  • Purchases: 2
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
(Ball & Chain)The Musical story of Big Mama Thornton
From: Howard Burchette
Series: D Natural BLUES
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Willie Mae "BIG MAMMA" THORNTON was a Blues singer, musician and songwriter. She had a short life and is best known for the songs "Hound Dog" and "...

Bought by KAZU Seaside, Calif., Radio New Zealand, and WVAS


  • Added: Jan 17, 2013
  • Length: 55:36
  • Purchases: 3
Ikey
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Banjo Ikey Robinson
Isaac L. “Banjo Ikey” Robinson was a multi instrumentalist jazz musician who specialized on banjo. Even when most musicians had stuffed their banjo...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Jan 15, 2013
  • Length: 58:56
  • Purchases: 1
Michelle Alexander on the New Jim Crow (ENCORE)
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Michelle Alexander, Associate Law Professor at Moritz School of Law and Author of "The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness." , Credit: http://moritzlaw.osu.edu/
Professor Michelle Alexander, author of ‘The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness’ makes the case that the US’ criminal ju...

Bought by WCSU-FM


  • Added: Dec 03, 2012
  • Length: 29:00
  • 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

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