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StoryCorps Griot: Lana Cooper-Jones and Marla Cooper
From: StoryCorps
Caption: Lana Cooper-Jones and Marla Cooper at their StoryCorps interview in San Diego, CA on May 11, 2022., Credit: StoryCorps.
Lana Cooper-Jones and Marla Cooper sit down at StoryCorps to remember their dad and his commitment to celebrating Juneteenth.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Jun 20, 2022
  • Length: 02:45
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps Griot: Libby Stroik
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Libby Stroik talks about finding a kindred spirit in her grandfather, Harry Golomski, and about her treasured memories of their quiet mornings in r...

  • Added: Aug 16, 2021
  • Length: 02:29
The Lower Flight of Sparrows
From: Ralph Patterson
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A lonely, guarded black man falls into a relationship with a Latina who is desperate to leave the home in which she is made to feel inferior. Regin...

  • Added: Jun 25, 2021
  • Length: 08:45
Hibaaq Ibrahim: Everyone Is A Maker
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
Caption: Muralist Hibaaq Ibrahim , Credit: Zaraia Fabunmi
Hibaaq Ibrahim is a painter whose recent work includes creating murals for commercial businesses. Whether commercial or community-based projects, H...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: Jun 12, 2021
  • Length: 06:48
  • Purchases: 1
Austin Musician Jonathan 'Chaka' Mahone
From: Stories from Deep in the Heart, a project of Texas Folklife
Series: Akins High School Spring 2021
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As one-half of Austin's 'Band of the Year,' (RAS) Riders Against the Storm, Jonathan 'Chaka' Mahone is a born musician. Knowing that it's truly 'bi...

  • Added: May 28, 2021
  • Length: 07:04
The Write Question - Khadijah Queen
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Poet Khadijah Queen discusses her new collection of poetry, "Anodyne."

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio, Spokane Public Radio, Spokane Public Radio, Yellowstone Public Radio, WYAP and more


  • Added: Mar 24, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 6
StoryCorps Griot: Jeanne Satterfield
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Old friends Jeanne Satterfield and Barbara Parham talk about how their unexpected reunion in a shelter led them closer to home.

  • Added: Mar 28, 2019
  • Length: 01:47
Celebrating Black History Month with Poet Gwendolyn Brooks
From: New Letters on the Air
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The late Gwendolyn Brooks shaped countless writers following her long poetic career. This episode looks back on her life as the first African-Amer...

Bought by Wyoming Public Radio, WDCB, WNMU-FM, KUNM, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago and more


  • Added: Feb 13, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 9
StoryCorps: Brandy Carpenter and De'Marchoe Carpenter
From: StoryCorps
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De’Marchoe Carpenter and his wife Brandy Carpenter talk about the impact of his wrongful conviction on their relationship.

Bought by WVBI-LP


  • Added: Jul 23, 2018
  • Length: 02:39
  • Purchases: 1
My dad's Cinderella story: Finding love in Somalia
From: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media
Series: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media Features
Caption: The author's parents, Fetiha Omer and Abdul-Basit Hassan, in Somalia., Credit: Courtesy of Zubeyda Ahmed
"My dad's life story is kind of like Cinderella’s. He grew up without a mom, worked for an evil relative and found his princess in the least expect...

Bought by Cards Against Humanity: The Good News Podcast


  • Added: Sep 18, 2017
  • Length: 05:40
  • Purchases: 1
My mom was once single and homeless. That's why she does this job
From: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media
Series: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media Features
Caption: The mother of RadioActive producer Hanad Jama, Nimo Husien with her niece Ardo Hersi. (Also a RadioActive producer.), Credit: Courtesy of Hanad Jama
Who are helpers? Often it's people who know how much it means to be helped.

Bought by Cards Against Humanity: The Good News Podcast


  • Added: Sep 15, 2017
  • Length: 05:12
  • Purchases: 1
Listening to Ladies: Dolores White
From: Elisabeth Blair
Series: Listening to Ladies
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Composer Dolores White talks about some of her experiences of segregation, the importance of having access to a broad cultural education, and why e...

  • Added: May 08, 2017
  • Length: 30:20
StoryCorps Griot: Alice Mitchell and Ibukun Owolabi
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Alice and Ibukun Owolabi
Alice Mitchell and her 10-year-old brother, Ibukun, came to StoryCorps to talk for the first time about their mother who died just weeks after his ...

Bought by WRIR


  • Added: Jul 11, 2016
  • Length: 02:45
  • Purchases: 1
Creating a Home: Ballet Afrique
From: Stories from Deep in the Heart, a project of Texas Folklife
Series: 2015 O Henry Middle School Stories
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China Smith and her students share their perspectives on the dance world, and describe how they created their own world in Ballet Afrique.

  • Added: Jan 23, 2016
  • Length: 04:42
Fallen Heroes of 2015
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Juan Evans
Thousands of local social justice organizers passed away this year. People doing crucial work in their communities, whose deaths didn t make the he...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and WRIR


  • Added: Dec 10, 2015
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Coming Out Meatless (Gravy Ep. 21)
From: Southern Foodways Alliance
Series: Gravy Podcast
Caption: Choya Webb and his father, Choya Webb Sr.
What does *not* eating meat say about you? In one young biracial man’s family, his dietary change was construed as white, elite, even feminine. In ...

Bought by KVLU, WABE, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Sep 10, 2015
  • Length: 24:40
  • Purchases: 3
StoryCorps: Roy Wilkins and Keith Melick
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Command Sergeant Major Roy Wilkins and Retired Army 1st Sergeant Keith Melick, who first crossed paths at war in 2004, talk about reuniting in a VA...

Bought by Blue Mountain Radio , WEZU, and WTJU


  • Added: Dec 09, 2014
  • Length: 03:44
  • Purchases: 3
Michael Jackson on Godliness
From: Blank on Blank
Series: Blank on Blank
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"My singing… I’ll just say it simple as possible: it’s just godly." - Michael Jackson at 21. We uncovered a rare interview MJ gave in 1980 before h...

Bought by Troy Public Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Sep 19, 2014
  • Length: 07:28
  • Purchases: 2
StoryCorps: Dekalb Walcott Jr. and Dekalb Walcott III
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Dekalb Walcott III talks to his dad, retired Chicago Fire Chief Dekalb Walcott Jr., about...

Bought by WEZU, WTJU, and KMUD


  • Added: Jul 08, 2014
  • Length: 02:04
  • Purchases: 3
Place + Memory: Remembering Dreamland
From: Jesse Dukes
Caption: The high dive at Dreamland., Credit: Courtesy Dr. Reginal Shareef.
Memories of an African-American swimming pool and dance club in the Jim Crow south.

Bought by KALW and WABE


  • Added: Jun 16, 2014
  • Length: 06:51
  • Purchases: 2
Irma Thomas: The Soul Queen of New Orleans
From: Music Inside Out
Series: Music Inside Out
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More than six billion people live on the planet, and yet relatively few human voices are recognizable to the naked ear. Irma Thomas has one of tho...

Bought by Prairie Public


  • Added: Apr 03, 2014
  • Length: 51:59
  • Purchases: 1
Florida Highwayman, James Gibson
From: George Fishman
Caption: James Gibson
Artist JAMES GIBSON is one of the original Florida Highwaymen, a loosely-organized group of African-American painters renowned for their depictions...

  • Added: Mar 18, 2013
  • Length: 04:58
StoryCorps: Bonnie and Myra Brown
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Bonnie Brown (L) and Myra Brown (R)
Myra Brown speaks with her mother, Bonnie Mae Brown, who has an intellectual disability.

Bought by WMUU-LP, WEZU, and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 08, 2013
  • Length: 02:29
  • Purchases: 3
StoryCorps Griot: Andrea and Jay McKnight
From: StoryCorps
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Andrea McKnight and her husband, Jay, remember meeting as teenagers in the 1950s.

Bought by WEZU


  • Added: Aug 10, 2011
  • Length: 02:19
  • 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