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Slaves Waiting For Sale (Half Hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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How one particular painting of slaves waiting for sale changed things at the outbreak of the American Civil War; What was the real reason many Unio...

Bought by WJCT, WFHB, KRZA, WLPR , KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash. and more


  • Added: Jun 17, 2016
  • Length: 28:56
  • Purchases: 12
Pulitzer 100: Encounters at the Heart of the World (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: WGR Special Series
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-In her Pulitzer Prize-winning book Encounters at the Heart of the World, historian Elizabeth Fenn recounts the story of the Plains Mandan tribe as...

Bought by WLPR and KEDT


  • Added: Jun 10, 2016
  • Length: 53:57
  • Purchases: 2
Witches, Slaves, and Heroines (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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-Demystifying the legend of Pocahontas. -The stories of three remarkable enslaved women in Canada who fought back. And more…..

Bought by WCNY, KTSW 89.9, WTJU, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 10, 2016
  • Length: 53:57
  • Purchases: 5
Witches, Slaves, and Heroines (half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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-The myths and truths behind the lives of two native women—Pocahontas and Tituba. -The stories of three remarkable enslaved women in Canada who fou...

Bought by WJCT, WABE, KRZA, WLIW, WUGA (part of GPB) and more


  • Added: Jun 10, 2016
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 9
Pulitzer 100 Encounters at the Heart of the World (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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-In her Pulitzer Prize-winning book Encounters at the Heart of the World, historian Elizabeth Fenn recounts the story of the Plains Mandan tribe as...

Bought by WCNY, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., WMUU-LP, and WTJU


  • Added: Jun 10, 2016
  • Length: 53:57
  • Purchases: 5
Monument Avenue (news feature)
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
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We’re approaching the one year anniversary of the Charleston shooting, which left nine people dead and sparked controversy over Confederate monumen...

Bought by KENW


  • Added: Jun 10, 2016
  • Length: 03:37
  • Purchases: 1
Lana on Lana
From: renee wilde
Series: Women's Voices From The Dayton Correctional Institution
Caption: Dayton Correctional Institution, Credit: renee wilde
Lana Williams is serving life without parole. Here she describes a typical day.

  • Added: May 19, 2016
  • Length: 03:39
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
"The Black Presidency Barack Obama and the Politics of Race in America" with Michael Eric Dyson. Recorded at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
From: Dred-Scott Keyes
Series: The Schomburg tapes
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Michael Eric Dyson's new book, "The Black Presidency Barack Obama and the Politics of Race in America", explores the powerful, surprising way the p...

  • Added: Unknown
  • Length: 01:00:14
Where Game of Thrones Begins (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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-The medieval roots of "Game of Thrones" -Shakespeare and the Muslim characters in his play. -The question of "highbrow" vs. "lowbrow" in art and l...

Bought by WCNY, KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle, WRST-FM Oshkosh, WMUU-LP, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash. and more


  • Added: Apr 07, 2016
  • Length: 53:57
  • Purchases: 9
Where Game of Thrones Begins (half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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-The medieval roots of "Game of Thrones" -Shakespeare and the Muslim characters in this plays. And more….

Bought by WJCT, Harford Community Radio, WABE, WYAP, KVSC and more


  • Added: Apr 07, 2016
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 10
Dr. Halle Tanner Dillon Johnson: Healthcare in 1894
From: My Account of It
Series: My Account of It
Caption: Dr. Halle Tanner Dillion Johnson was the first woman and the first black woman to practice medicine in Alabama. She was licensed in 1891.
Here's an account of healthcare in the rural Alabama. This account was written in 1894. Listen.

  • Added: Mar 01, 2016
  • Length: 06:39
Equal Time (feature)
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
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Last week Beyonce used the massive television platform of the Super Bowl to promote her new single, “Formation,” which made reference--among other ...

Bought by KENW, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and WABE


  • Added: Feb 12, 2016
  • Length: 03:21
  • Purchases: 3
"The Symphony," an African-American poetry collective
From: New Letters on the Air
Caption: R. Dwayne Betts of The Symphony Poets
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
J. California Cooper
From: Facts About Fiction
Caption: J. California Cooper, Credit: Ellen Banner / The New York Times
J. California Cooper loved playing with paper dolls--even as an adult.

  • Added: Feb 08, 2016
  • Length: 01:00
Rock and Roll in Black and White (feature)
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
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These days, rock and roll is dominated by white musicians but Slate’s pop critic Jack Hamilton says that many early rock stars were black. Allison ...

Bought by KENW, WABE, and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Feb 05, 2016
  • Length: 03:28
  • Purchases: 3
Rock and Roll in Black and White (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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-Rock and Roll started out as an interracial forum, but Slate’s pop critic Jack Hamilton says rock turned into a predominantly white music genre, a...

Bought by WCNY, WXDU, KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), KMUD and more


  • Added: Feb 05, 2016
  • Length: 53:56
  • Purchases: 10
Rock and Roll in Black and White (half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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-Rock and roll tarted out as an interracial forum, but Slate’s pop critic Jack Hamilton says rock turned into a predominantly white music genre. -I...

Bought by WJCT, WABE, KRZA, KVSC, WLIW and more


  • Added: Feb 05, 2016
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 7
Episode 8: CSPD Black -- The True Story of Colorado Springs' First African American Detective
From: KRCC-FM
Series: Wish We Were Here
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On this episode of Wish We Were Here, we bring you the story of Ron Stallworth. In the 1970s, he became the first black detective ever to serve in ...

Bought by Canadian Broadcasting Corporation


  • Added: Jan 29, 2016
  • Length: 45:08
  • Purchases: 1
WorldCanvass: Research to Real Life (Part 2)
From: Joan Kjaer
Series: WorldCanvass
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What does it mean to be a ‘research university?’ WorldCanvass guests answer that question from multiple perspectives on this program called “Resea...

  • Added: Jan 29, 2016
  • Length: 34:47
Sheer Good Fortune: Celebrating Toni Morrison
From: With Good Reason
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Renowned writers, singers, and poets, including Maya Angelou and Nikki Giovanni, paid tribute to Nobel Laureate Toni Morrison with an extravaganza ...

Bought by Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), WNSB, KISA Digital Studios, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, KWIT and more


  • Added: Jan 27, 2016
  • Length: 53:57
  • Purchases: 7
Furious Flower: Rita Dove and Sonia Sanchez
From: With Good Reason
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Conversations with celebrated American poets Rita Dove and Sonia Sanchez.

Bought by Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), WNSB, Morehead State Public Radio, WRIR, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle and more


  • Added: Jan 21, 2016
  • Length: 53:55
  • Purchases: 7
Sheer Good Fortune: Celebrating Toni Morrison
From: With Good Reason
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Renowned writers, singers, and poets, including Maya Angelou and Nikki Giovanni, paid tribute to Nobel Laureate Toni Morrison with an extravaganza ...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting, KAAD-LP, WRIR, KUAF Public Radio and more


  • Added: Jan 21, 2016
  • Length: 53:52
  • Purchases: 9
The Legacy of Massive Resistance
From: With Good Reason
Series: Black History Month specials
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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

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