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Chris Calloway: A Jazz Life of Her Own (29:00 / 21:30 / 9:33 / 7:20)
From: Paul Ingles
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Jazz singer Chris Calloway, daughter to the legendary singer and band leader Cab Calloway, died August 7, 2008. Chris recalls her father's legacy ...

Bought by KRCB 104.9, KGLT, and WVRU


  • Added: Dec 23, 2007
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 3
Poems for Manhood
From: David Kates
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Activist poet discusses his work.

  • Added: Aug 07, 2007
  • Length: 04:06
Being Black
From: Radio Rookies
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Allison Jones excels academically, but struggles with how her peers in her Brooklyn neighborhood pressure her for ?talking white.?

Bought by The Story, KUOW, NPR Station Showcase with PRX, KFAI Minneapolis, WMPG and more


  • Added: Dec 18, 2006
  • Length: 05:23
  • Purchases: 6
Thembi's AIDS Diary
From: Radio Diaries
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A year in the life of a South African teenager.

Bought by WUTC, Remix Radio, PRX to iTunes, WRNC-LP, KPFA and more


  • Added: May 30, 2006
  • Length: 27:09
  • Purchases: 17
The Art of Spitting: a radio portrait of Slick Vic Low
From: Aaron Henkin
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Baltimore poet and MC Slick Vic Low reflects on his childhood and his longterm relationship with the microphone

Bought by KUCB


  • Added: Feb 17, 2006
  • Length: 07:59
  • Purchases: 1
The Black Ghosts of Paris
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: CBC Radio's Outfront
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Julia Browne lives in Canada but she feels a strong, even eerie connection to Paris - a feeling that the black writers, intellectuals and performer...

Bought by WTIP, KCUR, WBEZ, and WYSO


  • Added: Jul 12, 2005
  • Length: 13:24
  • Purchases: 4
Movin' Out the Bricks
From: Long Haul Productions
Series: Homeplace Series
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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
House of Pain
From: Long Haul Productions
Series: Homeplace Series
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Public housing residents scramble to figure out where to go next when their Chicago public housing high-rise is slated for demolition. It's all p...

Bought by PRX Remix and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Sep 03, 2004
  • Length: 29:03
  • Purchases: 2
Learning to Live: James' Story
From: Long Haul Productions
Series: Waiting it Out Series
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The story of an ex-felon's transition from prison to the free world. James, who narrates, is 38 and has been in and out of prison all his adult lif...

Bought by 90.5 WSNC, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KUER, RadioFreePalmer, PRX Remix and more


  • Added: Sep 03, 2004
  • Length: 28:47
  • Purchases: 11
Living Flag
From: Dmae Lo Roberts
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Street performance piece with Artist damali ayo as she panhandles around the country to create dialogue about reparations for slavery.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KFAI Minneapolis, KRUA, WBHM and more


  • Added: Jul 20, 2004
  • Length: 04:02
  • Purchases: 10
paintmixers
From: Dmae Lo Roberts
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artist damali ayo's search through paint stores to match paint to her skin tones.

  • Added: Mar 28, 2004
  • Length: 05:07
The Valentine 1955
From: Susan Barrett Price
Series: Youth Epiphanies
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Society's problem with race relations is played out between 2 little girls on Valentines Day, 1955.

Bought by KLCC, PRX Remix, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, WNCU, PRX Lovesick Stream and more


  • Added: Feb 04, 2004
  • Length: 02:20
  • Purchases: 13