PRX - Pieces for Topic: African-American
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Dwayne Ratleff grew up Black, poor and gay in 1960s Baltimore. As a youngster, his loving grandma taught him: “Don’t explain yourself, be yourself....
- Added: Oct 21, 2022
- Length: 29:30
Before Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech, he had to announce the death of W.E.B. Du Bois. The crowd fell into tears.
Bought by KCBX
- Added: Jan 20, 2016
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 1
This debut novel opens up in west Africa with a death and is a portrait of a modern family. Listen in for Taiye’s timely comments on the biggest m...
Bought by KCMJ Community Radio
- Added: May 03, 2013
- Length: 09:56
- Purchases: 1
Nigerian-American writer Teju Cole is our idea of a post-imperial global mind in motion. His celebrated first novel, "Open City," is about a solita...
Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.
- Added: May 20, 2011
- Length: 58:59
- Purchases: 2
![Caption: Alan Lomax with unidentified man. [Library of Congress photo]](https://s3.amazonaws.com/production.mediajoint.prx.org/public/piece_images/125825/lomax1_square.jpg)
Open Source "Shorties" are 7 to 8 minute cuts of our best timely and evergreen material. Today, we're joining biographer John Szwed in thanking the...
Bought by PRX Remix, KPIP-LP, KMXT, and Louisville Public Media
- Added: Mar 25, 2011
- Length: 07:47
- Purchases: 4
Four-part series that profiles opera star Denyce Graves, with interview excerpts
- Added: Feb 21, 2006
- Length: 20:01
- Purchases: 2
