PRX - Pieces for Topic: African-American

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Juan "Jan" Rodrigues, the First Free African in the Hudson Valley (1612-1614)

Bought by WRPI and WNYC


  • Added: Jan 25, 2008
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2

  • Added: Jan 25, 2008
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 3
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Trumpeter and composer Terence Blanchard talks about his latest work: "A Tale of God's Will: Requiem for Katrina"

Bought by WTJU


  • Added: Nov 02, 2007
  • Length: 05:56
  • Purchases: 1
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6 minute radio piece with interviews and music about the New Orleans keyboadist, singer, and producer Willie Tee

  • Added: Oct 19, 2007
  • Length: 05:57
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After spending almost 13 years in prison for a crime he did not commit, Rick Walker and his family adapt to life after exoneration.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis and Remix Radio


  • Added: Jul 15, 2007
  • Length: 15:05
  • Purchases: 2
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This is the story of how, NHS a non-profit organization, helped the Venerable and other low income families become homeowners.

  • Added: Jul 09, 2007
  • Length: 07:56
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The Bayview community's apprehension to a proposed redevelopment plan.

  • Added: Jul 07, 2007
  • Length: 14:13
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This piece focuses on memories of South Rome Park, a formerly racially segregated park and pool located in historically black neighborhood of South...

  • Added: Jun 08, 2007
  • Length: 07:04
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This piece focuses on memories of businesses located in the historically black neighborhood of South Rome (Rome, Floyd County, Georgia), a communit...

  • Added: Jun 08, 2007
  • Length: 02:35
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A compilation of memories of the historically black neighborhood of South Rome (Rome, Floyd County, Georgia), a community currently undergoing "red...

  • Added: Jun 08, 2007
  • Length: 06:31
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Explorations on the non-violence philosophies shared by King and Gandhi

Bought by KZYX, KUT, KPIK-LP, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), WRGY and more


  • Added: Jan 09, 2007
  • Length: 59:02
  • Purchases: 48
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Bob Marley' birth Anniversary is February 6th

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Dec 13, 2006
  • Length: 09:26
  • Purchases: 1
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Vietnam Veteran and drug therapist Woody Curry returns to Vietnam forty years later.

Bought by WRVO Public Media, KUOW, WNYC, New England Public Media, KSUT and more


  • Added: Sep 14, 2006
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 9
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the Big Chief of the Flaming Arrows mardi gras indian tribe talks about his new life post-katrina in Austin

  • Added: Sep 06, 2006
  • Length: 04:12
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The history of a black church on an antebellum plantation and how it was saved from destruction.

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, KVNF, KUT, KDUR, WJAB and more


  • Added: Feb 01, 2006
  • Length: 29:33
  • Purchases: 7
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Respecting Diversity looks at the influence of culture, race and religion on dying; how the assumptions behind "good end-of-life care" do not nece...

Bought by KMXT, WETA, Audible, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., and KALW


  • Added: Jul 28, 2005
  • Length: 01:00:45
  • Purchases: 5
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A year in the life of Catherine "Coco" Means, as she leaves her long-time home in a Chicago public housing development and moves to her first priva...

Bought by 90.5 WSNC, KGNU Community Radio, Vocalo.org, PRX Remix, PRX to iTunes and more


  • Added: Sep 03, 2004
  • Length: 27:46
  • Purchases: 8
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The audio diaries of LeAlan Jones and Lloyd Newman, two young boys living in one of the most notorious public housing projects in America.

Bought by HowSound, KFAI Minneapolis, SALTcast Podcast, Remix Radio, KUER and more


  • Added: Jun 09, 2004
  • Length: 31:06
  • Purchases: 8
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A profile of life on the streets for homeless youth told through the experiences of 21-year-old Miracle Draven.

Bought by KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Jun 01, 2004
  • Length: 17:35
  • Purchases: 1
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This is the fifth in a five-part radio series focusing on the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. For some who were there, memories of t...

Bought by WEAA, 90.5 WSNC, WJAB, KZYX, Connecticut Public (WNPR) and more


  • Added: Oct 06, 2003
  • Length: 07:42
  • Purchases: 6
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This is the second in a five-part radio series focusing on the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. The demonstrations were viewed suspi...

Bought by WABE, WEAA, WRST-FM Oshkosh, WJAB, WVAS and more


  • Added: Oct 05, 2003
  • Length: 07:17
  • Purchases: 7