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BHM Vignette 13_HPM_William Lawson
From: KUHF
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One of Thirteen (13) one-minute vignettes produced by Houston Public Media for "Black History Month".

  • Added: Feb 08, 2024
  • Length: 01:00
BHM Vignette 12_HPM_Shotgun Houses
From: KUHF
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One of Thirteen (13) one-minute vignettes produced by Houston Public Media for "Black History Month".

  • Added: Feb 08, 2024
  • Length: 01:00
BHM Vignette 10_HPM_Nathaniel and Matilda Jackson
From: KUHF
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One of Thirteen (13) one-minute vignettes produced by Houston Public Media for "Black History Month".

  • Added: Feb 08, 2024
  • Length: 01:00
BHM Vignette 09_HPM_Freedom Colonies
From: KUHF
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One of Thirteen (13) one-minute vignettes produced by Houston Public Media for "Black History Month".

  • Added: Feb 08, 2024
  • Length: 01:00
BHM Vignette 08_HPM_Milton and William Holland
From: KUHF
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One of Thirteen (13) one-minute vignettes produced by Houston Public Media for "Black History Month".

  • Added: Feb 08, 2024
  • Length: 01:00
BHM Vignette 07_HPM_Richard Randolph Grovey
From: KUHF
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One of Thirteen (13) one-minute vignettes produced by Houston Public Media for "Black History Month".

  • Added: Feb 08, 2024
  • Length: 01:00
BHM Vignette 06_HPM_John Biggers
From: KUHF
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One of Thirteen (13) one-minute vignettes produced by Houston Public Media for "Black History Month". John Biggers

  • Added: Feb 08, 2024
  • Length: 01:00
BHM Vignette 05_HPM_Dr Merline Petri
From: KUHF
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One of Thirteen (13) one-minute vignettes produced by Houston Public Media for "Black History Month".

  • Added: Feb 08, 2024
  • Length: 01:00
BHM Vignette 04_HPM_Cora L Smith
From: KUHF
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One of Thirteen (13) one-minute vignettes produced by Houston Public Media for "Black History Month".

  • Added: Feb 08, 2024
  • Length: 01:00
BHM Vignette 03_HPM_Bessie Coleman
From: KUHF
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One of Thirteen (13) one-minute vignettes produced by Houston Public Media for "Black History Month". Bessie Coleman

  • Added: Feb 08, 2024
  • Length: 01:00
BHM Vignette 02_HPM_Barbara Jordan
From: KUHF
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One of Thirteen (13) one-minute vignettes produced by Houston Public Media for "Black History Month". Barbara Jordan

  • Added: Feb 08, 2024
  • Length: 01:00
BHM Vignette 01_HPM_African American Studies
From: KUHF
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One of Thirteen (13) one-minute vignettes produced by Houston Public Media for "Black History Month".

  • Added: Feb 08, 2024
  • Length: 01:00
"Divided States: Efforts to Pull Together When Things Fall Apart"
From: Shirley Jahad
Caption: PRX default Piece image
The theme of this special is a great fit for your programming needs in the days leading up to and the days following the July 4th holiday! This sel...

Bought by WRKF, KUAF Public Radio, KMXT, WABE, WJCT and more


  • Added: Jun 23, 2021
  • Length: 59:58
  • Purchases: 41
Contenders (Hour Special)
From: Radio Diaries
Series: Contenders
Caption: William Jennings Bryan
Portraits of some of America’s most groundbreaking and unusual presidential candidates...who never won the white house.

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KPIK-LP, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, WCQS, KALW and more


  • Added: Jul 19, 2016
  • Length: 53:25
  • Purchases: 22
Episode 8: CSPD Black -- The True Story of Colorado Springs' First African American Detective
From: KRCC-FM
Series: Wish We Were Here
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On this episode of Wish We Were Here, we bring you the story of Ron Stallworth. In the 1970s, he became the first black detective ever to serve in ...

Bought by Canadian Broadcasting Corporation


  • Added: Jan 29, 2016
  • Length: 45:08
  • Purchases: 1
King Stories: (Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.)
From: Dorothy Green Alcorn
Caption: King Poster, Credit: Nicolene DuToit
King Stories is a one hour documentary of captivating stories told by close friends and associates of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Host Julian Bond,...

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, KRWG, Mississippi Public Broadcasting, Radio Baha'i, WLGI, 90.5 WSNC and more


  • Added: Nov 16, 2015
  • Length: 54:26
  • Purchases: 88
Need to Know Rochester: Black Males at Risk
From: WXXI Rochester
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To be black and male in America carries with it a certain baggage. Two out of three black male students in Rochester are failing to graduate. "Need...

  • Added: Aug 15, 2012
  • Length: 27:10
Classical Composers & Musicians of African Descent Vol. I
From: Howard Burchette
Series: The Classics
Caption: Le Chevalier de Saint-Georges
This limited series of classical music will feature four composers of African descent and two musicians of African descent. On this program today...

Bought by KWAX, WNMU-FM, WMNR, 'The Sea', KPIP-LP and more


  • Added: Apr 26, 2012
  • Length: 53:05
  • Purchases: 7
Humankind: Rubin Carter's Hurricane
From: Humankind
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Memorialized in a Bob Dylan song and an Academy Award nominated Denzel Washington film, Rubin “Hurricane” Carter was a successful prize fighter, wh...

Bought by WEZU, WOUB, NPR Illinois, RadioFreePalmer, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi) and more


  • Added: Dec 28, 2011
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 28
Louis "Satchmo" Armstrong, July 6, 1971
From: Jonathan Thomas Stratman
Series: Who Died Today
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Armstrong was born in Storyville, a redlight district of New Orleans, 1901. His father left and his mother was probably a prostitute. He first lear...

  • Added: Jun 18, 2011
  • Length: 03:00
Mind the Gap: Why Good Schools are Failing Black Students (54:00 and 59:00)
From: Nancy Solomon
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This documentary won a 2010 Peabody Award. Nationwide, suburban schools are doing a good job educating white students, but those schools are not ge...

Bought by WNYC, WAER Syracuse, NY, KUER, WESM 91.3 FM, WITF and more


  • Added: Sep 26, 2009
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 40
Setting Katrina to Music - Spike Lee, Terence Blanchard and New Orleans
From: Reese Erlich
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Spend some time with Spike Lee and Terence Blanchard to hear how they score Spike's latest film about Hurricane Katrina and New Orleans.

  • Added: Aug 08, 2007
  • Length: 29:00
In Search of James Brown: An Appreciation (58:00 / 53:00 / 29:00 or 6:30 Feature)
From: Paul Ingles
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In 1999, radio producers Paul Ingles and Joe Warnes went in pursuit of an interview with the Godfather of Soul, James Brown at a tour stop in Albuq...

Bought by KRVS, KGLP, WCBE, Radio New Zealand, WYSO and more


  • Added: Dec 25, 2006
  • Length: 57:57
  • Purchases: 30