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Between Civil War and Civil Rights -3: Democracy's Denial: Revolutions in Wilmington (1898 --
From: Alan Lipke
Series: Between Civil War and Civil Rights
Caption: Wilmington's black newspaper--after the "riot" and coup
In 1898, White Supremacist Democrats in North Carolina overthrew Wilmington's integrated administration. The plotters killed dozens of African Amer...

Bought by WCPN and KUNM


  • Added: May 05, 2009
  • Length: 59:25
  • Purchases: 2
How European Immigrants Became White
From: Phillip Martin
Series: The Color Initiative
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How some immigrants once considered non-white became white

  • Added: Feb 13, 2008
  • Length: 06:02
Between Civil War and Civil Rights -7a: Lynching's End?: A Texas Whydunnit Murder Mystery (1930)
From: Alan Lipke
Series: Between Civil War and Civil Rights
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Mob madness leads to a pivotal feminist protest during the dark days of Jim Crow racism.

Bought by KGNU Community Radio, KUER, WCPN, KFAI Minneapolis, WMNF and more


  • Added: Feb 07, 2008
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 6
In the Spirit of Martin Luther King Jr. in Europe
From: Phillip Martin
Series: Standing Up To Hate in Europe
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A German activist describes how MLK influenced her life and her life-long struggle against right-wing extremism.

Bought by KRCB 104.9, WHFR, Radio Catskill, WGHC-LP 98.3 FM Chicago, KUFM - Montana Public Radio and more


  • Added: Jan 12, 2008
  • Length: 07:20
  • Purchases: 19
Our American Generations - Race- This I Believe essays
From: Phil Mariage
Series: Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow
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5 generations share essays on Race from This I Believe archive

  • Added: Nov 10, 2007
  • Length: 24:40
The Tristan Mysteries: The Five Hour Mysteries
From: WNYC
Series: The Tristan Mysteries
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Wagner's classic love story "Tristan und Isolde" revealed.

Bought by Remix Radio and WBEZ


  • Added: Jun 06, 2007
  • Length: 16:37
  • Purchases: 2
Tejidos Culturales #7: Who Chained the Road up, y quien es Jack Taylor?
From: KRZA
Caption: PRX default Piece image
In this program we look at the closing off of a Land Grant easment by Jack Taylor, the decision in this will set precedent for land rights all over...

Bought by KCEI 90.1 FM Red River/Taos, NM


  • Added: Oct 22, 2006
  • Length: 29:05
  • Purchases: 1
Crossing East: New Waves, New Storms - Program Eight
From: Dmae Lo Roberts
Series: Crossing East - Asian American History series
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Recently, Asian Americans have faced discrimination, but remained strong. THE ACTUAL SHOW LENGTH IS 59 MINUTES. THERE ARE SEVERAL VERSIONS OF THIS ...

Bought by KRCB 104.9, WCPN, WCPN, KQED, Connecticut Public (WNPR) and more


  • Added: Apr 18, 2006
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 21
In Love with the Mob
From: Helen Borten
Series: A Sense of Place: Third Season
Caption: PRX default Piece image
One hundred years of mob rule in Youngstown, Ohio.

Bought by Audible


  • Added: May 24, 2005
  • Length: 29:28
  • Purchases: 1
Hollister
From: Helen Borten
Series: A Sense of Place
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On July 4, 1947 thousands of bikers roared into a small California town and changed our assumptions about America. A new investigation raises prov...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer, WRPI, KUT, PRX Remix, KALW and more


  • Added: May 28, 2004
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 7
Mme. Blavatsky and The Colonel Part One
From: Helen Borten
Series: A Sense of Place
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The story of the woman responsible for America's love afair with spiritualism and her modern-day descendants.

Bought by KUT, PRX Remix, Audible, KSFR, WFIU and more


  • Added: Nov 24, 2003
  • Length: 30:01
  • Purchases: 6
Mme. Blavatsky and The Colonel Part Two
From: Helen Borten
Series: A Sense of Place
Caption: PRX default Piece image
The story of the woman responsible for America's love afair with spiritualism and her modern-day descendants.

Bought by KUT, PRX Remix, Audible, WFIU, and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Nov 24, 2003
  • Length: 28:56
  • Purchases: 5