PRX - Pieces for Topic: African-American

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Oly Via Sherkole
From: Robert Smith
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A boy's escape from war and the beginning of a new life in the United States.

  • Added: Apr 11, 2017
  • Length: 18:59
Helene Cooper & “Madame President: The Extraordinary Journey of Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk
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Pulitzer Prize-winning author describes the journey of Liberia’s Sirleaf, honors the amazingly resilient Liberian women who put her into office, an...

  • Added: Mar 26, 2017
  • Length: 09:48
Chef Marcus Samuelsson: building on tradition
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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Chef, restaurateur, and author Marcus Samuelsson’s dazzlingly creative approach to food and to hospitality is rooted in a deep appreciation of food...

Bought by WMUU-LP and WNJR


  • Added: Oct 25, 2016
  • Length: 26:45
  • Purchases: 2
In Maine, Southern Sudanese Celebrate Independence
From: Alyce Ornella
Caption: Veterans of the Second Sudanese Civil War stand under the new flag of South Sudan., Credit: Alyce Ornella
Portland, Maine is home to one of the largest Southern Sudanese refugee communities in the United States, many of whom settled in the city after fl...

Bought by WMPG and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 10, 2011
  • Length: 02:24
  • Purchases: 2
History's Tragic Irony with Teju Cole and Simon Schama
From: Open Source
Caption: Teju Cole
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
Bayunga Kialeuka on Little Haiti Anniversary Mural for Mosaic of Art
From: George Fishman
Series: LITTLE HAITI MURAL
Caption: Little Haiti Mural detail
Artist BAYUNGA KIALEUKA describes painting Haiti Earthquake Commemorative mural.

  • Added: Mar 04, 2011
  • Length: 05:39
The Quander Quality
From: Rebecca Sheir
Caption: Nellie Mae Quander (1880-1961), 1st international president of Alpha Kappa Alpha, the 1st Greek-lettered sorority established/incorporated by African-American college women., Credit: Quander Historical Society, Inc.
Meet the oldest African-American family in Washington, D.C. - and, perhaps, the United States.

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, Radio Catskill, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WABE, WAMC Northeast Public Radio and more


  • Added: Jan 19, 2011
  • Length: 05:17
  • Purchases: 6
Elephants - 6 Minutes of Fact and Story
From: Paul Messing
Series: For Kindred Spirits (and separate elements)
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Basic facts and about elephants from Carol Buckley, founder of The Elephant Sanctuary in Tennessee, plus a personal elephant story from NY Times be...

  • Added: Dec 03, 2008
  • Length: 07:06
Chasing the Crescent Moon: The Story of Dr. Frempong and Sickle Cell Disease
From: Aaron Schwartz
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A documentary exploring sickle cell disease and an extraordinary doctor who is fighting the illness in Philadelphia and West Africa.

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KCMJ Community Radio, WRGY, KUNM, KUNM and more


  • Added: Jul 26, 2008
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 14
Philosopher Kwame Anthony Appiah on "Cosmopolitanism" -- and psychologist Marc Hauser on "The Moral Mind."
From: Jenny Attiyeh
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ThoughtCast speaks with Princeton philosopher Kwame Anthony Appiah about his new book, "Cosmopolitanism: Ethics in a World of Strangers" -- followe...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Jul 09, 2007
  • Length: 57:01
  • Purchases: 1
Interview with singer and human rights activist SAMITE known as "the soul of Africa"
From: Tish Pearlman
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Singer/composer and human rights activist SAMITE talks about his life and work

  • Added: Jan 05, 2007
  • Length: 28:00
Sudanese in Kansas City Mourn VP John Garang
From: KCUR
Caption: PRX default Piece image
An audio postcard of the memorial service and an interview with niece Rebecca de Mabior.

  • Added: Aug 26, 2005
  • Length: 11:20
For My Children, For Myself
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Somali refugee Abdi Said, 11, narrates his mother's story of war, marriage, and escape.

Bought by WMPG, Arab American Radio, WETA, KUT, and WYSO


  • Added: Jan 10, 2005
  • Length: 07:16
  • Purchases: 5