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An Imperfect Revolution: Voices from the Desegregation Era
From: American Public Media
Series: American RadioWorks: Black History
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The 1970s saw a tidal change in American race relations: for the first time, large numbers of white, black and other children of color began attend...

Bought by WGTE Public Media, WUFT, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WBHM, Troy Public Radio and more


  • Added: Nov 19, 2009
  • Length: 59:59
  • Purchases: 20
From Death Row To A Doctorate
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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Consider spending time on death row and turning that experience into the drive to get a doctorate?

  • Added: Nov 16, 2009
  • Length: 29:00
Director Lee Daniels on his film PRECIOUS
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Director Lee Daniels talks to Andrea Chase about making the film, PRECIOUS: BASED ON THE NOVEL PUSH BY SAPPHIRE

  • Added: Nov 01, 2009
  • Length: 11:35
Water Music
From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand
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Richmond Virginia's Folk Festival led to the creation of a sister city relationship with Segou, Mali. In time, these two cities will be exchanging ...

  • Added: Oct 30, 2009
  • Length: 27:41
Barack Obama as Peacemaker (Updated for Nobel Prize) (59:00 / 54:00) -Peace Talks Radio
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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CONTENT DATED. NOT RECOMMENDED FOR BROADCAST. OK FOR ONLINE LISTENING. On this edition of Peace Talks Radio, a panel of guests explore Barack ...

Bought by KUOW and KXOT Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 09, 2009
  • Length: 58:44
  • Purchases: 2
The Time Traveler: a Man, a Dream, a Machine
From: Emily Corwin
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A boy's grief led him to an extraordinary discovery...

Bought by XRAY.fm, WJCT, KUT, KUOW, and Remix Radio


  • Added: Oct 05, 2009
  • Length: 09:35
  • Purchases: 5
Jazz Time Vol. 2 - The Best in Mainstream Jazz
From: Howard Burchette
Series: Jazz Time
Caption: Rahsaan Roland Kirk
One hour of classic Jazz in three segments. The show is hosted by Howard Burchette. The sets include vocals and instrumentals.

Bought by WTIP, Spokane Public Radio, and KSJD


  • Added: Sep 29, 2009
  • Length: 58:20
  • Purchases: 3
Breaking Through the Blue Wall of Silence
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Oakland protestors lay in the position Oscar Grant was in when he was killed, Credit: Andrew Stelzer
Who gets to decide when an officer has done something wrong—the police chief or the people? Cities across the country are creating civilian oversig...

Bought by KVSC


  • Added: Aug 05, 2009
  • Length: 28:56
  • Purchases: 1
VOICES4theSoul Show 731
From: Lori Holladay
Caption: Eric Bibb
AAA music show featuring songs expressing a more meaningful side of life. This hour features an intmate chat with Eric Bibb.

  • Added: Aug 04, 2009
  • Length: 59:00
Racial Profiling
From: Phil Mariage
Series: Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow
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The only generational discussion on Racial Profiling on radio.

  • Added: Aug 02, 2009
  • Length: 28:56
Memories Of Michael Jackson's Music
From: Youth Radio
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Young voices reflect on the late, great, King of Pop.

  • Added: Jul 15, 2009
  • Length: 02:39
From Out Of The Blues
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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A profile of a blues musician in Maine.

Bought by Connecticut Public (WNPR)


  • Added: Jun 22, 2009
  • Length: 06:18
  • Purchases: 1
From High School To High Security
From: Youth Radio
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Reginald Dwayne Betts went from the high school honor roll to the penitentiary. He spent nine years in prison beginning at age 16 for a carjacking ...

Bought by KUOW, Vocalo.org, and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 02, 2009
  • Length: 02:16
  • Purchases: 3
This I Believe - Russel Honoré
From: This I Believe
Series: This I Believe
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Retired Army Lt. Gen. Russel Honoré believes hard work can build character and promote freedom.

Bought by KPIK-LP, WEZU, KFOK-LPFM, WEZU, WCSU-FM and more


  • Added: May 05, 2009
  • Length: 04:03
  • Purchases: 6
Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow
From: Phil Mariage
Series: Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow
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Honoring the late John Hope Franklin

  • Added: Apr 05, 2009
  • Length: 29:00
Tia Fuller
From: Reese Erlich
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Tia Fuller plays sax with Biance's band and heads her own jazz group. She talks about problems women face as jazz artists.

Bought by Marfa Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 02, 2009
  • Length: 07:09
  • Purchases: 1
Bobby McFerrin talks to RADIJOJO
From: Radijojo World Children's Radio Network
Series: Across the Ocean - the first Transatlantic Radio for kids
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A while ago, Bobby McFerrin performed at the Berliner Philharmonic with the Munich Symphony Orchestra. Well, that was something we just couldn't m...

  • Added: Mar 24, 2009
  • Length: 09:29
Why is Barack Obama Black?
From: KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Whiteness and the co-creation of the ‘other’

  • Added: Mar 05, 2009
  • Length: 58:04
Call Me "Mister"
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
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The need for male African-American elementary teachers remains pressing.

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


  • Added: Feb 11, 2009
  • Length: 02:37
  • Purchases: 3
This I Believe - Majora Carter
From: This I Believe
Series: This I Believe
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Environmental activist Majora Carter believes in making the old neighborhood a better place to live.

Bought by WEZU, WEZU, and KSJD


  • Added: Feb 09, 2009
  • Length: 03:43
  • Purchases: 3
This I Believe - Michael Gabby
From: This I Believe
Series: This I Believe
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Michael Gabby wasn't too optimistic going into the election. Now he's proud to believe in America.

Bought by WEZU and WEZU


  • Added: Feb 09, 2009
  • Length: 03:14
  • Purchases: 2
The Beat is Tight but the Words ain't Right
From: TEMPO Radio Project
Series: TEMPO
Caption: PRX default Piece image
African American Women's Reflections on Hip-Hop

  • Added: Feb 08, 2009
  • Length: 27:10
More Than A Teacher
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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A woman who teaches English in African refugee camps finds her students sometimes need more than an English lesson.

Bought by PRX Remix, Marfa Public Radio, and KRUA


  • Added: Jan 20, 2009
  • Length: 07:20
  • Purchases: 3
Confronting the Warpland: Black Poets of Chicago
From: Ed Herrmann
Caption: Gwendolyn Brooks
Hear some of the great African American poets who have lived and worked in Chicago.

Bought by KPIP-LP, KZYX, WRGY, WLPR , KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio and more


  • Added: Jan 12, 2009
  • Length: 58:46
  • Purchases: 23
WTW Texts of Resistance
From: Modern Language Association
Series: What's the Word? Two half-hour programs celebrating Black History Month
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How did slaves resist their oppression? Three works explore what it means to resist and to survive.

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, KICI Iowa City, KUOW, KVNF, KBUT Crested Butte, Colo. and more


  • Added: Jan 07, 2009
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 24

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