PRX - Pieces for Topic: African-American
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Omar Ali is a hero in the eyes of his family. He embarked on a long journey that could have landed him nearly anywhere, fighting to find a safe spa...
Bought by KSFR
- Added: Sep 18, 2017
- Length: 05:47
- Purchases: 1
"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...
- Added: Sep 18, 2017
- Length: 05:40
- Purchases: 1
Who are helpers? Often it's people who know how much it means to be helped.
- Added: Sep 15, 2017
- Length: 05:12
- Purchases: 1
We all remember the influential teacher who made a difference in our lives. But for Drego Little, the teacher that changed his life was the one he ...
- Added: Sep 14, 2017
- Length: 05:56
- Purchases: 1
In the United States, we take the right to get an education for granted but that's not the case for many refugees. RadioActive's Faisa Muse brings ...
- Added: Sep 13, 2017
- Length: 05:12
This story explores Michelle Obama's early life, expectations surrounding her ascendency as First Lady, and the impact she will leave on the office...
Bought by WWNO, KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., WHCP-LP Cambridge, WTJU, CI Dolphin Radio and more
- Added: Mar 21, 2016
- Length: 06:33
- Purchases: 12
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
"I visualize the race. All I’m thinking about is just silence. Dead silence.
"Then the gun goes off. I'm just trying to get to the finish line as ...
Bought by Cards Against Humanity: The Good News Podcast, WESM 91.3 FM, and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio
- Added: Dec 31, 2015
- Length: 05:27
- Purchases: 3
Anelise Moon-Schruder, 24, is part of a movement of white people who are coming together to reflect on their privilege. As a young woman raised in ...
Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and PRX Remix
- Added: Dec 30, 2015
- Length: 04:29
- Purchases: 2
RadioActive Youth Media producer Krubel Amare breaks down the true essence of Hip Hop culture, and how it’s impacted himself and the people around ...
Bought by WDBM
- Added: Dec 29, 2015
- Length: 06:57
- Purchases: 1
Most young people don’t know what they want to do with their lives. This is a story about a high school student who was born into a calling – being...
- Added: Dec 24, 2015
- Length: 05:18
Gloria Rhoden hails from Saint Mary, Jamaica. She has traveled the United States, up and down the East Coast for years. She knew Bob Marley and san...
- Added: Aug 14, 2015
- Length: 24:17
Sam White saw potential in the drama of a struggling city — a perfect setting for Shakespeare's plays.
- Added: Jun 23, 2015
- Length: 19:51
A bell tower without a carillon is like a throat without a voice box. Utterly mute. This story could be called the mystery of the missing bells and...
- Added: May 01, 2015
- Length: 27:33
Every day of the week John stands near the corner of Laburnum Avenue and Brook Road in Richmond, Virginia’s Northside. He holds a sign that reads: ...
- Added: Mar 13, 2015
- Length: 27:05
Never one to shy away from controversial topics, Joyce’s latest novel is based on the true story of Tawana Brawley of upstate New York who made hea...
Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio
- Added: Mar 04, 2015
- Length: 09:58
- Purchases: 1
RadioActive Reporter Nia Price-Nascimento lives in a house built in the 1920s in the Central District, Seattle's historically African-American neig...
- Added: Jan 14, 2015
- Length: 06:23
This food-justice-related audio collage features the voices of Sir Charles Gardner and Carl Johnson, co-managers of Gardens United, a community gar...
- Added: Jan 02, 2015
- Length: 04:52
As dawn breaks, birds serenade Eric Jones, who crosses a church parking lot in his baggy jeans, jangling an oversized key ring. The plastic wheels ...
Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio
- Added: Jul 29, 2014
- Length: 04:18
- Purchases: 1
Documentary Theater artist Mike Wiley performs and discusses Dar He, his one-man play about the murdered teenager Emmett Till.
- Added: Jun 20, 2014
- Length: 13:22
- Purchases: 2
Song Story features songwriters telling the true stories behind their original songs. This pre-season sneak-peek features singer and songwriter, Ge...
- Added: May 12, 2014
- Length: 13:37
Whitley Newman, also known as Nabintu, isn’t who you’d expect to be teaching a Rwandan dance class. She’s a small, blonde woman from the Midwest.
Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and KLCC
- Added: Mar 26, 2013
- Length: 06:24
- Purchases: 2
In this montage of story and song, we hear Blues musicians speaking about their lives, the meaning of the Blues, growing up in hard times, and maki...
- Added: Mar 15, 2013
- Length: 59:00
Andrew White may very well be the most famous jazz legend... you've never heard of.
- Added: Sep 24, 2012
- Length: 07:00
