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Thirteen (13) one-minute vignettes produced by Houston Public Media for
"Black History Month".
- Added: Feb 08, 2024
- Length: 13:00
When it comes to racism, many white Americans can intellectualize it and some can personalize it through the experience of others but the real chan...
- Added: Nov 13, 2020
- Length: 01:59:05
His lynching was said to have propelled the Civil Rights Movement but what really happened to the 14 year old boy from Chicago and what can we lear...
- Added: Nov 13, 2020
- Length: 01:47:41
Her book is back on the NYT Best Seller list and for a very good reason. “White Rage: The Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide” as been called both ...
- Added: Nov 12, 2020
- Length: 02:17:15
How should we talk about race and racism in America when the divide between Black and white can be so vast?
- Added: Nov 12, 2020
- Length: 01:08:18
Who should own the narrative when it comes to talking about slavery and Jim Crow? Lance Wheeler, is the former Curator of Exhibition & Interpreters...
- Added: Nov 12, 2020
- Length: 53:24
Is there a subconscious belief amongst whites that only they can "save" people of color? Have they been conditioned by society to see themselves as...
- Added: Nov 12, 2020
- Length: 01:34:42
Whites too often see themselves as the real victims of racism and they might have point but it’s not the one they thought they were making. Are whi...
- Added: Nov 12, 2020
- Length: 01:00:32
Many of us want to help change the narrative and be anti-racist partners in the good fight. This was true of civil rights activists coming to Missi...
- Added: Nov 12, 2020
- Length: 01:14:23
Education is the gateway to the future in America. Our system is built around it but major colleges and universities continue to be predominantly w...
- Added: Nov 12, 2020
- Length: 01:16:43
Don Carter is a former police officer who spent nearly 10 years on the beat. He knows how the system works. He's also African American.
- Added: Nov 12, 2020
- Length: 01:29:21
Being black in America is exhausting and even deadly. Racial Battle Fatigue (RBF) is real and impacts the health and well-being of millions. What i...
- Added: Nov 12, 2020
- Length: 01:06:39
His work helped close four of the most infamous cold cases of the Civil Right Movement. Jerry Mitchell is one of the most celebrated investigative ...
- Added: Nov 12, 2020
- Length: 48:16
When we say the words, “the talk”, it probably conjures up the awkward conversation one has with their children about the birds and the bees. Howev...
- Added: Nov 12, 2020
- Length: 58:43
Kentuckians fought on both sides of the Civil War but came together at war’s end to oppose a common foe—newly emancipated African Americans yearnin...
Bought by KRSC, WHCP-LP Cambridge, KUOW, KGOU, KSQD Santa Cruz and more
- Added: Oct 01, 2020
- Length: 58:00
- Purchases: 22
The history of slavery is often taught as a bitter chapter of America’s past that has been rectified. But in Kentucky that history has been rarely ...
Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, Morehead State Public Radio, WHCP-LP Cambridge, KUOW, KGOU and more
- Added: Oct 01, 2020
- Length: 57:59
- Purchases: 23
Due to prohibitions against enslaved people learning to read and write, there are only a few written records left behind by formerly enslaved Kentu...
Bought by Morehead State Public Radio, WHCP-LP Cambridge, KUOW, KGOU, WKMS and more
- Added: Oct 01, 2020
- Length: 58:00
- Purchases: 22
From: Stories from Deep in the Heart, a project of Texas Folklife
Series: Stories Summer Institute 2016 Documentaries
Series: Stories Summer Institute 2016 Documentaries
Jeremiah Williams, better known as Flag Boy Twin, may have left New Orleans, but he brought his rich heritage as a Mardi Gras Indian with him. Part...
Bought by KALW
- Added: Jul 27, 2016
- Length: 08:50
- Purchases: 1
From: ERIC V. TAIT, JR.
Series: Then I'll Be Free To Travel Home-the Legacy of the New York African Burial Ground
Series: Then I'll Be Free To Travel Home-the Legacy of the New York African Burial Ground
The NY City Draft Riots & The Battle of Ft. Wagner - July 1863
Bought by KLCC
- Added: Jan 25, 2008
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 1
From: ERIC V. TAIT, JR.
Series: Then I'll Be Free To Travel Home-the Legacy of the New York African Burial Ground
Series: Then I'll Be Free To Travel Home-the Legacy of the New York African Burial Ground
John Brown, Frederick Douglass & Harper's Ferry
- Added: Jan 25, 2008
- Length: 59:00
From: ERIC V. TAIT, JR.
Series: Then I'll Be Free To Travel Home-the Legacy of the New York African Burial Ground
Series: Then I'll Be Free To Travel Home-the Legacy of the New York African Burial Ground
Catherine "Katie" Ferguson, the Jennings Family, and the Battle for Full First-Class Citizenship (1830-1854)
- Added: Jan 25, 2008
- Length: 59:00
From: ERIC V. TAIT, JR.
Series: Then I'll Be Free To Travel Home-the Legacy of the New York African Burial Ground
Series: Then I'll Be Free To Travel Home-the Legacy of the New York African Burial Ground
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
From: ERIC V. TAIT, JR.
Series: Then I'll Be Free To Travel Home-the Legacy of the New York African Burial Ground
Series: Then I'll Be Free To Travel Home-the Legacy of the New York African Burial Ground
The Rise of the Black Church, the Black Press and the Fight for Education (1783-1830)
- Added: Jan 25, 2008
- Length: 59:00
From: ERIC V. TAIT, JR.
Series: Then I'll Be Free To Travel Home-the Legacy of the New York African Burial Ground
Series: Then I'll Be Free To Travel Home-the Legacy of the New York African Burial Ground
Huddy and Tye (1775-1783)
Bought by WNYC
- Added: Jan 25, 2008
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 1
From: ERIC V. TAIT, JR.
Series: Then I'll Be Free To Travel Home-the Legacy of the New York African Burial Ground
Series: Then I'll Be Free To Travel Home-the Legacy of the New York African Burial Ground
More Revolts, "Conspiracies," and Runaways (1712-1775)
- Added: Jan 25, 2008
- Length: 59:00