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We begin our story–the story of Hazel Johnson, of Altgeld Gardens, of Environmental Justice, and of how we each fit into the fight to change our li...
- Added: May 14, 2024
- Length: 43:27
One of Thirteen (13) one-minute vignettes produced by Houston Public Media for "Black History Month".
- Added: Feb 08, 2024
- Length: 01:00
One of Thirteen (13) one-minute vignettes produced by Houston Public Media for "Black History Month".
- Added: Feb 08, 2024
- Length: 01:00
One of Thirteen (13) one-minute vignettes produced by Houston Public Media for "Black History Month".
- Added: Feb 08, 2024
- Length: 01:00
One of Thirteen (13) one-minute vignettes produced by Houston Public Media for "Black History Month".
- Added: Feb 08, 2024
- Length: 01:00
One of Thirteen (13) one-minute vignettes produced by Houston Public Media for "Black History Month".
- Added: Feb 08, 2024
- Length: 01:00
One of Thirteen (13) one-minute vignettes produced by Houston Public Media for "Black History Month".
- Added: Feb 08, 2024
- Length: 01:00
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
One of Thirteen (13) one-minute vignettes produced by Houston Public Media for "Black History Month".
- Added: Feb 08, 2024
- Length: 01:00
One of Thirteen (13) one-minute vignettes produced by Houston Public Media for "Black History Month".
- Added: Feb 08, 2024
- Length: 01:00
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
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
One of Thirteen (13) one-minute vignettes produced by Houston Public Media for "Black History Month".
- Added: Feb 08, 2024
- Length: 01:00
In 1969, a white journalist named Grace Halsell, published a book called Soul Sister. It was her account of living as a “black woman” in the United...
- Added: Oct 15, 2021
- Length: 12:18
Decades before our current debate over critical race theory, the 1968 Kerner Commission pointed the finger at structural racism for creating the co...
Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago and WXAV 88.3FM Chicago
- Added: Oct 05, 2021
- Length: 08:56
- Purchases: 2
Tribute to one of Blues music's great contributors, Memphis Minnie.
- Added: Sep 15, 2021
- Length: 58:54
A virtual trip back in time to November 21st, 1964 to Chicago's Regal Theater to hear B.B. King
- Added: Jul 14, 2020
- Length: 59:49
On May 13, 1862, Robert Smalls took command of a Confederate ship and liberated himself and his family from enslavement. His great-great-grandson, ...
- Added: Jun 24, 2020
- Length: 29:27
A career spanning 50 years, Robert Cray is a major mainstay in the world of Blues music.
- Added: May 28, 2020
- Length: 59:58
A great album from 1999. The album is "Double Shot" by Snooky Pryor and Mel Brown.
- Added: May 10, 2020
- Length: 59:06
“The police had surrounded the house. They had been there for quite a while. They didn’t want to try to rush the house because they thought he migh...
- Added: Apr 15, 2020
- Length: 29:07
During the summer of 1967, Plymouth Avenue in North Minneapolis went up in flames. This was during a period known as the Long, Hot Summer when frus...
Bought by KVSC and MPR News Stations
- Added: Jul 18, 2019
- Length: 52:58
- Purchases: 2
We may be in a period of historic closeness between Russia and the United States, but there was a time when hundreds of African-American scientists...
Bought by KENW, Radio Newark, New Hampshire Public Radio, and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio
- Added: Feb 10, 2017
- Length: 04:02
- Purchases: 4
We tend to remember Maya Angelou for her activism in the United States. But a recent tribute at James Madison University showed her poetry’s global...
Bought by KENW, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio
- Added: Dec 09, 2016
- Length: 03:12
- Purchases: 3
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
