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Generation Justice celebrates MLK Day with a quote from Dr. Bernice King.
From: Generation Justice Admin
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Generation Justice celebrates Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day! We read some impactful words from Dr. Bernice King, his daughter, regarding the trage...

  • Added: Jan 30, 2024
  • Length: 04:14
Uncovering the History of the Massacre of Black Wall Street (Encore)
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: B.C. Franklin (right), I.H. Spears (left) and Effie Thompson (center) filing insurance claims for survivors of the 1921 Tulsa race massacre in a Red Cross tent. , Credit: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from Tulsa Friends and John W. and Karen R. Franklin
In the first of our 3 part series leading up to Black History Month, we focus in on how journalists and historians today are covering the Tulsa Rac...

Bought by KALW, RadioStPete Florida, RadioFreePalmer, and KMUN


  • Added: Jan 23, 2024
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 4
Black Maternal Mortality: How Do We Save Black Lives?
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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The United States has the highest maternal mortality rate of any high-income nation in the world — and it is Black mothers who are dying at the hig...

Bought by KWMR, Radio Catskill, KMUN, RadioFreePalmer, KDNK and more


  • Added: May 31, 2023
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 6
13-18: Bending Toward Justice: The Arc of Black Lives Matter , 2/8/2023
From: Bioneers
Series: Bioneers - Revolution From the Heart of Nature
Caption: Patrisse Cullors
There are periods when history comes to a boil – when powerful forces of both destruction and creation result in massive social change. In 2020, th...

  • Added: Jan 30, 2023
  • Length: 28:30
MOVE Demands Justice for Children and The Return of Stolen Remains
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: On April 28, 2021, MOVE and community members gathered in front of Penn Museum to protest and demand the remains be returned., Credit: Joe Piette
On Making Contact - Members of MOVE, a Black radical liberation group, demand that the University of Pennsylvania and Princeton University return t...

Bought by WXDU


  • Added: May 12, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Jonquilyn Hill/ Through The Cracks Podcast
From: Generation Justice Admin
Caption: Jonquilyn Hill
Long time GJ member Jonquilyn Hill speaks with us about her new podcast Through the Cracks.

  • Added: Mar 01, 2021
  • Length: 58:18
DISCUSSION WITH DR. FINNIE COLEMAN: BLM & RAISING A BLACK SON
From: Generation Justice Admin
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In the Summer of 2020, we revisit a discussion on police killings of Black people from 2016 after the murders of Alton Sterling and Philando Castil...

  • Added: Jul 02, 2020
  • Length: 59:03
Removing Colonizer Statues & Demands for Local Police
From: Generation Justice Admin
Caption: Left: Tweety Suazo; Right: Jim Harvey
Juan de Onate is responsible for brutalizing New Mexico’s Indigenous people...hear more about the history of the Spanish colonizer.

  • Added: Jul 02, 2020
  • Length: 59:02
Chattanooga to Karachi: Resilient Under Violence
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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A suspicious fire and a white power symbol at a legendary leadership school in the U.S. South. And a brutal backlash to a women's rights march in ...

Bought by KDNK


  • Added: May 02, 2019
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
Power 20 Countdown!
From: Garry Boast
Series: Power 20 Countdown!
Caption: Power 20 Countdown, Credit: Cerebral Radio CBRTalk
Celebrating Influential African American Albums From The Civil Rights Era To Present- Day

  • Added: Apr 21, 2018
  • Length: 01:07:12
Malacka Reed El
From: Out of the Blocks
Series: Out of the Blocks, Quick Hits
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Melanated people are here. We are thriving. Our businesses are thriving. The return to kings and queens is here. We are vibrating higher by the mil...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Sep 13, 2017
  • Length: 04:16
  • Purchases: 1
Seeking Justice for Quanice Hayes
From: John Shuck
Series: Progressive Spirit
Caption: (Left to Right): Venus Hayes, two of her children, Teressa Raiford
The family of 17 year-old Quanice Hayes, who was shot to death by Portland police, seeks justice from the city of Portland.

Bought by KPIP-LP and WETS


  • Added: Mar 22, 2017
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 2
Freedom in the Wings: Two short plays by Tanya Barfield and Kate T. Billingsley
From: Playing on Air
Series: Playing on Air Hour Length Episodes
Caption: John Douglas Thompson
Sam Waterston and John Douglas Thompson star in this offering from Playing on Air. It features two short plays about American Black History. In th...

Bought by KSKQ, KUNM, Connecticut Public (WNPR), New Hampshire Public Radio, Connecticut Public (WNPR) and more


  • Added: Feb 28, 2017
  • Length: 53:00
  • Purchases: 7
StoryCorps: Ellie Dahmer and Bettie Dahmer
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Vernon Dahmer was a successful farmer who fought for voting rights in the mid-1960s. His family recalls the night he was killed by the KKK.

Bought by Public Radio for All and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Jan 23, 2017
  • Length: 02:30
  • Purchases: 2
Couldn't Hear Nobody Pray
From: Nicki Stein
Caption: Mary D. Williams, Credit: ncstatecapitol.org
Throughout the summer of 2016, this country has been reeling in the wake of profound injustice. As racial tensions swell, is it possible that somet...

  • Added: Jul 25, 2016
  • Length: 06:45
Unitarian Church Embraces Black Lives Matter Movement
From: Katie Klocksin
Caption: The Black Lives Matter sign at the Unitarian Church of Evanston, Credit: Katie Klocksin
The story of how members of the mostly white Unitarian Church of Evanston decided to take a stand in the Black Lives Matter movement.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 16, 2016
  • Length: 09:02
  • Purchases: 2
James Hannaham discusses "Delicious Foods"
From: Steven Nester
Series: Poets of the Tabloid Murder
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James Hannaham is an author, part-time conceptual artist, journalist, and teacher.

  • Added: Mar 16, 2015
  • Length: 17:27
Louisville Marks 60th Anniversary of Civil Rights Flashpoint
From: Rick Howlett
Caption: PRX default Piece image
This year, Louisville, Kentucky has been marking the anniversary of a touchstone event of the Civil Rights era.

  • Added: Dec 02, 2014
  • Length: 05:49
Nadine Gordimer Memorial
From: New Letters on the Air
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We remember the Nobel Prize-winning South African writer Nadine Gordimer, who passed away on July 13, 2014. In this 1994 interview with former NEW ...

Bought by WNJR


  • Added: Aug 13, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Who Controls Black Women's Bodies?
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Pro-abortion rally, Credit: Flickr user: ProgressOhio
Reproductive health services for women are under attack, leaving poor women and women of color lacking access. But a broad coalition of women is st...

Bought by WCSU-FM and 90.5 WSNC


  • Added: Oct 25, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
William's Leap For Freedom
From: Sue Zizza
Caption: Portrait of William Wells Brown, Credit: Engraving from State Historical Society of Missouri
SueMedia Productions, in conjunction with the National Audio Theatre Festivals, (NATF) is offering "William’s Leap for Freedom" for Stations to bro...

Bought by KUNM, KFAI Minneapolis, KUNM, KFAI Minneapolis, WEMU and more


  • Added: Jan 02, 2011
  • Length: 52:57
  • Purchases: 21
The Inner Life of a Campaign Volunteer
From: Emily Corwin
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LaDarrell Hagans is something of a full-time volunteer for Deval Patrick's reelection campaign for Governor of Massachusetts. Although LaDarrell k...

Bought by KUT and PRX Remix


  • Added: Oct 27, 2010
  • Length: 04:44
  • Purchases: 2
Major Neill Frankin of LEAP - Deborah Jacobs ACLU-NJ
From: Chris Goldstein
Series: Active Voice Radio
Caption: Major Neill Franklin, Credit: C. David Freitag
Deborah Jacobs of the ACLU-NJ on privacy issues with teenagers. Major Neill Franklin of Law Enforcement Against Prohibition speaks at the NORML ...

Bought by KSFR


  • Added: Apr 22, 2009
  • Length: 29:36
  • Purchases: 1
Barack Obama-The Inauguration Mix
From: Peter Bochan
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Short modules for Inauguration Day

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Jan 15, 2009
  • Length: 22:53
  • Purchases: 1
We Remain by Keith Redman
From: WBEZ
Series: Louder Than a Bomb 2008
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His first year in the competition, Keith says this piece is about humanity. Keith Redman is 18 years old and a member of Kuumba Lynx, which was th...

  • Added: Apr 02, 2008
  • Length: 02:20