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Music of the Brass Angel: John Coltrane
From: Howard Burchette
Series: Jazz Time
Caption: John Coltrane with Alice Coltrane
This musical introduction to the music of JOHN COLTRANE contains six songs and is one hour in length. It is divided into three segments which allow...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, KSRQ, and KREV-LP


  • Added: Jun 29, 2012
  • Length: 50:03
  • Purchases: 3
Mental Calisthenics for Teenagers
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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Until recently, most researchers believed the brain stopped developing cognitive ability after a certain age. But a new study suggests otherwise.

Bought by WJCT and Harford Community Radio


  • Added: Jun 11, 2012
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
FIRST POSITION -- Filmmaker Bess Kargman interview.
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
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Bess Kargman talks balance, commitment, and synchronicity.

  • Added: Jun 07, 2012
  • Length: 26:24
The Mathis Twins Tell Their Story About Their Journey In and Out of Gang Life
From: Candice Ludlow
Series: Gangs in the City
Caption: Mathis twins show high school students that gang life is a oneway ticket to a coffin or a jail cell., Credit: Candice Ludlow
Bryan and Brandon Mathis got involved in the world of gangs and running drugs when they were very young. They tell their story about how they got ...

  • Added: May 17, 2012
  • Length: 09:07
Myrlie Evers-Williams - Civil Rights Activist
From: Dawn Newton
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Myrlie Evers-Williams, widow of slain civil rights leader, Medgar Evers, talks about the legacy of Medgar, shares her thoughts about civil rights t...

  • Added: May 09, 2012
  • Length: 21:51
Two Hands, A Guitar & Genius = Wes Montgomery
From: Howard Burchette
Series: Jazz Time
Caption: John Leslie "Wes" Montgomery (March 6, 1923 – June 15, 1968)
TWO HANDS, A GUITAR & GENIUS = WES MONTGOMERY is a one hour program that looks at the musical life of Jazz guitarist WES MONTGOMERY. The ten record...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, Radio New Zealand, and KSRQ


  • Added: May 02, 2012
  • Length: 52:35
  • Purchases: 3
Classical Composers & Musicians of African Descent Vol. I
From: Howard Burchette
Series: The Classics
Caption: Le Chevalier de Saint-Georges
This limited series of classical music will feature four composers of African descent and two musicians of African descent. On this program today...

Bought by KWAX, WNMU-FM, WMNR, 'The Sea', KPIP-LP and more


  • Added: Apr 26, 2012
  • Length: 53:05
  • Purchases: 7
Bobby Hutcherson: Master of the vibes
From: KALW
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For nearly 50 years now, a jazz artist who now resides in Northern California has enjoyed a career as one of the great performers on the vibraphone...

  • Added: Apr 23, 2012
  • Length: 14:07
Deep River: The African-American Choral Spiritual
From: WFIU
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From the days of slavery 150 years ago, the African-American spiritual grew out of the earliest days of Black America. Over time, spirituals sprea...

Bought by WXXI Rochester, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, and WJSU


  • Added: Apr 17, 2012
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 3
A Story of the Black Soldier
From: Howard Burchette
Series: Holiday Classics
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This is a music program honoring the history of the African American soldier through song. The program includes three individual sets, and includ...

Bought by WCVE, WEMU, WJAB, WJSU, WNMU-FM and more


  • Added: Feb 05, 2012
  • Length: 50:18
  • Purchases: 8
A Beautiful Symphony of Brotherhood: A Musical Journey in the Life of Martin Luther King, Jr.
From: WQXR
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In this hour-long special from WQXR and WNYC, host Terrance McKnight interweaves musical examples with Dr. King's own speeches and sermons to illus...

Bought by WVIK, WXPR, New Hampshire Public Radio, WFIU, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and more


  • Added: Feb 02, 2012
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 187
Black Women Make History/ Coretta Scott King & Carol Moseley Braun
From: KSFR
Series: Equal Time with Martha Burk
Caption: Coretta Scott King, Credit: NNDB
Equal Time Series Host Martha Burk explores the life of Coretta Scott King with biographer Barbara Reynolds, a founding editor of USA Today. Burk...

Bought by Talking Information Center, KRPS, 90.5 WSNC, WAMU, and KAZU Seaside, Calif.


  • Added: Jan 26, 2012
  • Length: 56:48
  • Purchases: 5
They Don’t Call Her Mother Earth for Nothing: Women Re-imagining the World-Hour Long Version
From: Bioneers
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Transformational women leaders are restoring societal balance by showing us how to reconnect relationships - not only among people - but between pe...

Bought by WJCT, WRVO Public Media, KUER, WUFT, KUNM and more


  • Added: Jan 23, 2012
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 26
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
Encore Presentation of Broadway Star Lawrence Hamilton
From: Paula Morell
Series: Tin Roof Project Encore Presentations
Caption: Lawrence Hamilton
Broadway star Lawrence Hamilton tells his own true story of his childhood in racially-divided south Arkansas. These encore presentations of our Tin...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Nov 27, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps Griot: A.P. Tureaud Jr. and Steven Walkley
From: StoryCorps
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A.P. Tureaud Jr. tells his friend Steven Walkley about becoming the first African-American undergraduate at Louisiana State University in 1953.

Bought by WEZU, KUOW, and Vocalo.org


  • Added: Nov 18, 2011
  • Length: 01:58
  • Purchases: 3
STAIRSTEPS Stories! VOL. 2 (Cubie Burke): The Untold Story of the Five Stairsteps
From: Howard Burchette
Series: The Funk Show
Caption: Cubie Burke (with Christina Johnson with the Dance Theatre of Harlem), Credit: http://www.dancephotolibrary.com/dance.php
The "FIVE STAIRSTEPS and CUBIE" was a family pop act who released hit records from 1968 to 1969 on both Curtom and Buddha Records. CUBIE BURKE was ...

  • Added: Oct 16, 2011
  • Length: 48:54
The Ashford & Simpson Story (Celebrating the Life of Nick Ashford) Part #3
From: Howard Burchette
Series: The Funk Show
Caption: Ashford & Simpson
The musical story of "ASHFORD & SIMPSON", today plus the celebration of the life of NICHOLAS ASHFORD (May 4, 1941 – August 22, 2011). ASHFORD & SIM...

Bought by WJAB


  • Added: Sep 26, 2011
  • Length: 55:34
  • Purchases: 1
Forgiving the Unforgivable: Community Reconciliation in Sierra Leone
From: A World of Possibilities
Caption: A Fambul Tok fire., Credit: Sara Terry
A look at a new Reconciliation process in Sierra Leone.

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: Sep 05, 2011
  • Length: 54:56
  • Purchases: 1
From Slavery to Stardust: What Would Healing Look Like?
From: Bioneers
Series: Bioneers Radio Series 11
Caption: Thomas DeWolf and Ghanaian Man
What’s it like to be in someone else’s skin? What if the color of the skin is different – say, black and white? What might happen when the descenda...

Bought by KKRN


  • Added: Aug 29, 2011
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 1
A Conversation with Valerie Boyd
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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Biographer Valerie Boyd talks about the life and work of Zora Neale Hurston.

Bought by WCSU-FM


  • Added: Aug 05, 2011
  • Length: 28:17
  • Purchases: 1
A Conversation with NEA Heritage Fellow, Mary Jackson
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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NEA National Heritage fellow Mary Jackson talks about the art and tradition of sweetgrass basketmaking.

Bought by KPIP-LP


  • Added: Aug 05, 2011
  • Length: 22:53
  • Purchases: 1
A Conversation with NEA Jazz Master, Ron Carter
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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NEA Jazz Master Ron Carter, bassist/cellist/educator extraordinaire, talks about his career playing jazz and classical music.

Bought by KMUW and KPIP-LP


  • Added: Aug 05, 2011
  • Length: 25:22
  • Purchases: 2
THE HELP -- Writer/director Tate Taylor and co-star Octavia Spencer
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
Caption: Tate Taylor and Octavia Spencer, San Francisco, CA 7/11/11, Credit: Andrea Chase
THE HELP -- Writer/director Tate Taylor and co-star Octavia Spencer talk history, inspiration, and book reports.

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh


  • Added: Aug 03, 2011
  • Length: 09:54
  • Purchases: 1
A Conversation with Chuck Brown
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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Do you feel like busting loose? NEA Heritage Fellow Chuck Brown talks about his career, from honing his chops in prison in Lorton, Virginia, to dev...

  • Added: Aug 02, 2011
  • Length: 28:49

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