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Compact Discoveries 193: Still More Still
From: Fred Flaxman
Series: Compact Discoveries
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The third and final hour devoted to the symphonic music of William Grant Still, designed for broadcast during Black History Month (February), but c...

Bought by WNMU-FM, WMNR, KENW, and WNMU-FM


  • Added: Jan 23, 2012
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 4
An Oystering Community Contemplates Life Without Oysters
From: Richard Ziglar
Series: GulfWatch: Stories about the ongoing effects of the BP Oil Spill from KRVS
Caption: For Byron Encalade, oysters and culture are inseparable., Credit: Barry Yeoman
In Pointe-a-la-Hache, Louisiana, the oyster harvest feeds widows, sustains relationships, and keeps the rural economy humming. But the BP oil spill...

Bought by KUT and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 01, 2011
  • Length: 07:23
  • Purchases: 2
WTW Texts of Resistance
From: Modern Language Association
Series: What's the Word? Two half-hour programs celebrating Black History Month
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How did slaves resist their oppression? Three works explore what it means to resist and to survive.

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, KICI Iowa City, KUOW, KVNF, KBUT Crested Butte, Colo. and more


  • Added: Jan 07, 2009
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 24
WWOZ Jazzfest Feature-Mr Ike
From: David Weinberg
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A visit to the home of Mardi Gras Indian Chief Mr. Ike

  • Added: Jun 06, 2008
  • Length: 04:46
Building Entrepreneurship
From: National Black Programming Consortium
Series: Africa Open For Business
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A segment of the podcast series on successful business models in Africa.

  • Added: Apr 02, 2008
  • Length: 09:13
Episode 13: The New York African Burial Ground
From: ERIC V. TAIT, JR.
Series: Then I'll Be Free To Travel Home-the Legacy of the New York African Burial Ground
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The Battle to Preserve and Honor the New York African Burial Ground

Bought by WJAB, WDSE, and WNYC


  • Added: Jan 25, 2008
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 3
Episode 12. Lincoln's Dilemma: Saving the Union or Freeing the Slaves?
From: ERIC V. TAIT, JR.
Series: Then I'll Be Free To Travel Home-the Legacy of the New York African Burial Ground
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The NY City Draft Riots & The Battle of Ft. Wagner - July 1863

Bought by KLCC


  • Added: Jan 25, 2008
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Episode 11. Signs of War: the Abolitionist Split
From: ERIC V. TAIT, JR.
Series: Then I'll Be Free To Travel Home-the Legacy of the New York African Burial Ground
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John Brown, Frederick Douglass & Harper's Ferry

  • Added: Jan 25, 2008
  • Length: 59:00
Episode 10. First-Class Citizenship
From: ERIC V. TAIT, JR.
Series: Then I'll Be Free To Travel Home-the Legacy of the New York African Burial Ground
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Catherine "Katie" Ferguson, the Jennings Family, and the Battle for Full First-Class Citizenship (1830-1854)

  • Added: Jan 25, 2008
  • Length: 59:00
Episode 9. Splits and Rifts
From: ERIC V. TAIT, JR.
Series: Then I'll Be Free To Travel Home-the Legacy of the New York African Burial Ground
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Ruggles, Douglass and the Rise of the Abolitionist and Back to Africa Movements, & the Underground Railroad (1830-1854)

Bought by WDSE


  • Added: Jan 25, 2008
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Episode 8. Self-Determination
From: ERIC V. TAIT, JR.
Series: Then I'll Be Free To Travel Home-the Legacy of the New York African Burial Ground
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The Rise of the Black Church, the Black Press and the Fight for Education (1783-1830)

  • Added: Jan 25, 2008
  • Length: 59:00
Episode 7. The Rebellion Within the Rebellion
From: ERIC V. TAIT, JR.
Series: Then I'll Be Free To Travel Home-the Legacy of the New York African Burial Ground
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Huddy and Tye (1775-1783)

Bought by WNYC


  • Added: Jan 25, 2008
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Episode 6. The Struggle Continues
From: ERIC V. TAIT, JR.
Series: Then I'll Be Free To Travel Home-the Legacy of the New York African Burial Ground
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More Revolts, "Conspiracies," and Runaways (1712-1775)

  • Added: Jan 25, 2008
  • Length: 59:00
Episode 5. Early Slave Resistance
From: ERIC V. TAIT, JR.
Series: Then I'll Be Free To Travel Home-the Legacy of the New York African Burial Ground
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Slave revolts & resistance: New England / New York 1712, etc.

  • Added: Jan 25, 2008
  • Length: 59:00
Episode 4. Almost Free
From: ERIC V. TAIT, JR.
Series: Then I'll Be Free To Travel Home-the Legacy of the New York African Burial Ground
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Sussana Anthony Roberts, Solomon Pieters, and the Push for Personal and Economic Freedom (1664-1712)

Bought by WDSE


  • Added: Jan 25, 2008
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Episode 3. Survival
From: ERIC V. TAIT, JR.
Series: Then I'll Be Free To Travel Home-the Legacy of the New York African Burial Ground
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Eleven Africans and the Survival of the New Netherlands Colony (1624-1664)

  • Added: Jan 25, 2008
  • Length: 59:00
Episode 2. Prequel: Early Contacts
From: ERIC V. TAIT, JR.
Series: Then I'll Be Free To Travel Home-the Legacy of the New York African Burial Ground
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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
Episode 1. "Then I'll Be Free To Travel Home"
From: ERIC V. TAIT, JR.
Series: Then I'll Be Free To Travel Home-the Legacy of the New York African Burial Ground
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Preview/Overview: (1624-1863)

Bought by WCPN, WDSE, and WNYC


  • Added: Jan 25, 2008
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 3
Can You Hear Me?
From: Claire Schoen
Series: ILLUMINATIONS: Jewish Culture in the Light of the World
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"Can Your Hear Me?" is an hour-long audio documentary exploring the history of conflict and coalition between Blacks and Jews in America. Claire Sc...

Bought by WORT, WWNO, WCPN, Talking Information Center, WCPN and more


  • Added: Nov 12, 2007
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 16
Thank God It's Friday-Dj King Assassin-Hip Hop/Rap/Mix
From: Craig Venegas
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Hip Hop at it's best from the west coast to down south and the east!

Bought by KISU


  • Added: Nov 11, 2007
  • Length: 01:00:49
  • Purchases: 1
HEART-to-HEART Pgm III: Respecting Diversity
From: Claire Schoen
Series: HEART-to-HEART: Caring for the Dying
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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
What's the Word? Poet Michael S. Harper on the Poet's Art
From: Modern Language Association
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Michael S. Harper talks about what he teaches in his poetry classes and reads some his favorite poems.

Bought by WLIW, KUER, WLIW, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash. and more


  • Added: Apr 08, 2005
  • Length: 09:54
  • Purchases: 8
What's the Word? The Blues as Literature
From: Modern Language Association
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Blues lyrics give us unique insight into the African American experience.

Bought by KMUN, WLIW, KMUN, WLIW, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash. and more


  • Added: Feb 03, 2005
  • Length: 29:10
  • Purchases: 22
What's the Word? W. E. B. Du Bois
From: Modern Language Association
Series: What's the Word? Two half-hour programs celebrating Black History Month
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Considered by many the most important African American leader of the early twentieth century, sociologist, historian, author, teacher, and activist...

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, KICI Iowa City, KUOW, KVNF, KBUT Crested Butte, Colo. and more


  • Added: Feb 03, 2005
  • Length: 29:10
  • Purchases: 47
Keb Mo and his Musical Roots
From: WXPN
Series: Artists and their Musical Roots
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Blues man Keb Mo talks about his music and his inspirations.

Bought by KISU, KCUR, KZYX, and WMPG


  • Added: Feb 08, 2004
  • Length: 13:12
  • Purchases: 4