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Right to Recreation: The History of African American Leisure Sites
From: Jack Eidt
Series: EcoJustice Radio
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Historian Alison Rose Jefferson discusses her book ‘Living The California Dream: African American Leisure Sites During The Jim Crow Era’. She demon...

Bought by RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Feb 07, 2023
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 1
Shades of Beauty
From: Ariel Mejia
Series: ASM Youth Radio Summer 2020
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A piece by Lael Saphir. My piece is about what it feels like to be a P.O.C. dancer in a community that excludes you.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 18, 2020
  • Length: 06:47
  • Purchases: 1
Black Student Voices Matter
From: Ariel Mejia
Series: ASM Youth Radio Summer 2020
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I'm Shawn Hughes and a student from Walter Payton College Prep. This project details, despite the success, the complications and struggles that our...

  • Added: Aug 18, 2020
  • Length: 07:15
August 2020 – Black Lives Matter protest
From: Media for the Public Good, Inc. - OutCasting Media
Series: OutCasting Overtime
Caption: Woman holding a rainbow flag with BLM, Credit: OutCaster Justin
Gay teenager attends a Black Lives Matter protest in a suburb of NYC.

  • Added: Jul 31, 2020
  • Length: 08:15
Neddy Smith: Evangelize the Truth of My Heart
From: Shefik Macauley
Series: Shefik presents Invocation: The Journey Continues
Caption: Neddy Smith, Credit: Shefik
Faith - Neddy Smith is a professional musician and CEO at NedGJean International. He composes and writes his music, not only in a traditional style...

  • Added: Jul 13, 2020
  • Length: 02:40
The Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
Caption: This pencil and watercolor by Lt. Francis Meynell shows Africans liberated by the British Navy. The Albanez (erroneously identified as Albaroz in the National Maritime Museum catalog) was a Brazilian vessel, captured by the Royal Navy ship, Albatross, off, Credit: Image is in the public domain. Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial 4.0 International.
What were thought to be the remains of America's last slave ship--the Clotilda--were unearthed on a muddy river bank in the Mobile-Tensaw Delta in ...

  • Added: Jul 06, 2020
  • Length: 04:51
Yolanda Franklin-Moore: The Environment Is Full of Happiness
From: Shefik Macauley
Series: Shefik presents Invocation: The Journey Continues
Caption: Yolanda Franklin-Moore, Credit: Shefik
Happiness - Yolanda Franklin-Moore is Fashion Designer and Owner of Xande Fadee, an innovative fashion and accessories line. Yolanda is a highly sk...

  • Added: Jul 06, 2020
  • Length: 01:36
287: Roadtrippin' / 288: Artificial Creativity, 7/7/2018
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: "Roadtrippin'"' - What makes a road trip something special? It's not the destination. HOUR 2: "Artificial Creativity" - Scientists are ...

  • Added: Jul 05, 2018
  • Length: 01:58:58
What Can Schools And Students Learn From Each Other?
From: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media
Series: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media Podcasts
Caption: RadioActive hosts Paul Kiefer and Hassan Abdi., Credit: KUOW PHOTO/JENNY ASARNOW
RadioActive youth producers take a look at one of the most important things in their lives: school.

  • Added: Sep 14, 2017
  • Length: 12:12
For one teen, Ferguson made anxiety around police more severe
From: Anne Hoffman
Series: Generation Voice
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Since last August, the cultural conversation has centered on #blacklivesmatter, Ferguson and the death of Eric Garner. But it’s less common to hear...

  • Added: Apr 08, 2015
  • Length: 02:43
The Economic Trauma of the Great Recession
From: Judy Lubow
Series: Planet Warning
Caption: PRX default Piece image
The Great Recession officially ended in Jun 2009 but the American workforce is still suffering from its traumatic effects.

  • Added: Feb 16, 2011
  • Length: 02:00