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StoryCorps: Mikayla Stephens and Tesia Williams
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Mikayla Stephens and Tesia Williams at their StoryCorps interview in Washington, D.C. on August 27, 2021., Credit: By Clean Cuts Studios for StoryCorps.
Tesia Williams talks to her daughter, Mikayla Stephens, about being at the Pentagon during the terrorist attack on 9/11 and how that day shaped her...

Bought by WYAP


  • Added: Sep 22, 2022
  • Length: 03:07
  • Purchases: 1
Ebony Classics - Classical Music In Color
From: Howard Burchette
Series: The Classics
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"Ebony Classics - Classical Music In Color" features the music of people of color in the Classical music industry.

Bought by WILL


  • Added: May 31, 2022
  • Length: 01:00:50
  • Purchases: 1
Episode 89: Beyond The Court
From: Wyoming Public Radio
Series: HumaNature
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Damen Bell-Holter faced a lot of trauma growing up in his small village in Alaska. He formed a goal to play professional basketball. But reaching f...

Bought by KRZA and Boise State Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 26, 2021
  • Length: 11:57
  • Purchases: 2
StoryCorps Griot: Clara Jean Ester
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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72-year-old Clara Jean Ester remembers bearing witness to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s final speech in 1968, and rushing to his side the next day w...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 11, 2021
  • Length: 02:55
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps: Nia Cosby and Chalana McFarland
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Nia Cosby and Chalana McFarland in Marietta, GA on June 28, 2020., Credit: Michael Reese for StoryCorps.
After being incarcerated for 15 years, Chalana McFarland is reunited with her daughter following a federal memorandum that called for releasing non...

Bought by WYAP, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, and WERA-LP


  • Added: Jul 27, 2020
  • Length: 03:20
  • Purchases: 3
Resist and the Role of Solidarity
From: When We Fight, We Win!
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How do you speak the truth with grace? Radical musician, theologian, and activist Rev. Sekou speaks about how he learned to fight white supremacy a...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: May 27, 2020
  • Length: 41:10
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps: Patsy Rembert and Winfred Rembert
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Patsy and Winfred Rembert at their StoryCorps interview in Hamden, CT in April of 2017. , Credit: By Jacqueline Van Meter for StoryCorps.
73-year-old Winfred Rembert is one of the only people ever known to have survived a lynching. At StoryCorps, he sat down with his wife, Patsy, to r...

  • Added: Nov 22, 2019
  • Length: 03:09
StoryCorps: Denise Baken, Richard Yingling, and Christian Yingling
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Denise Baken (center) with her children Christian Yingling (left) and Richard Yingling (right) at their StoryCorps interview in Baltimore, MD on August 23, 2019., Credit: By Emilyn Sosa for StoryCorps.
Denise Baken tells her children about her family's legacy of military service—and the battles faced along the way.

Bought by Allegheny Mountain Radio, PRX Remix, and WHRV


  • Added: Sep 26, 2019
  • Length: 02:19
  • Purchases: 3
StoryCorps Griot: Elizabeth Vega and Jamell Spann
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Elizabeth Vega and Jamell Spann at their StoryCorps interview in St. Louis, Missouri on June 27, 2019. , Credit: Dupe Oyebolu for StoryCorps
Five years after they met in Ferguson protesting the killing of Michael Brown Jr. by police officer Darren Wilson, Jamell Spann and Elizabeth Vega ...

Bought by KWMU St. Louis, KVNF, and WHRV


  • Added: Aug 14, 2019
  • Length: 02:23
  • Purchases: 3
StoryCorps Griot: Carol Barner--Seay, Shirley Reese , Diane Bowens, and Verna Hollis
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Carol Barne---Seay, Shirley Reese, Diane Bowens, and Verna Hollis
In 1963, more than a dozen African American girls, including Carol Barner-Seay , Shirley Reese, Diane Bowens, and Verna Hollis, were arrested for p...

  • Added: Mar 28, 2019
  • Length: 06:02
StoryCorps Griot: Dennis Simmonds and Roxanne Simmonds
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Roxanne Simmonds and her husband, Dennis, remember their son, police officer D.J. Simmonds, who died due to injuries he sustained confronting the B...

Bought by WVBI-LP and WEZU


  • Added: Apr 13, 2018
  • Length: 02:35
  • Purchases: 2
StoryCorps Griot: Tanai Benard and Dezmond Floyd
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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10-year-old Dezmond Floyd talks with his mother, Tanai Benard, about the active shooter drills in his 5th grade classroom.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and WEZU


  • Added: Mar 27, 2018
  • Length: 02:45
  • Purchases: 2
Michael Anderson
From: Out of the Blocks
Series: Out of the Blocks, Quick Hits
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I opened the door and tried to push him out. That’s when he fired the first shot.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 16, 2018
  • Length: 04:11
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps Griot: Gregory Bess and April Gibson
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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33-year-old April Gibson talks to her teenage son, Gregory Bess, about how she felt when he was born.

Bought by WVBI-LP and WEZU


  • Added: Jan 25, 2018
  • Length: 02:10
  • Purchases: 2
Life of the Law #119 - Live Law Detroit: Transition and Transformation
From: Life of the Law
Series: Life of the Law
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Look around. Change is happening. People you know and people you pass on the street are in transition. They are transforming their lives. Unless yo...

  • Added: Oct 03, 2017
  • Length: 01:10:04
Leroy Alexander
From: Out of the Blocks
Series: Out of the Blocks, Quick Hits
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If what I tell you can help just one of you all, then I feel good because know that somebody actually heard what I was saying and took it to heart.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 31, 2017
  • Length: 04:10
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps: Five Mualimm-ak and Omar Mualimmak
From: StoryCorps
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StoryCorps gives people the chance to sit down together and have a conversation they’ve never had before. Five Mualimm-ak did just that with his so...

Bought by WEZU


  • Added: Jul 11, 2017
  • Length: 02:52
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps Roberta Vincent and Robert Howard II
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Robert Howard II talks with his mother, Roberta Vincent, about losing his father, an Army Sergeant killed in action during the Vietnam War.

Bought by WEZU, WVBI-LP, and WMUU-LP


  • Added: May 22, 2017
  • Length: 02:54
  • Purchases: 3
Life of the Law #106: Mother and Son
From: Life of the Law
Series: Life of the Law
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What’s it like to be a teenager sent to prison for what may be forever, and what’s it like to be his mom? Our story is Mother and Son.

  • Added: Apr 05, 2017
  • Length: 37:45
StoryCorps: Michael Benjamin Ryan and Michael John Ryan
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Judge Michael John Ryan talks with his son, Michael Benjamin Ryan, about growing up in an abusive household, and how he found the strength to gradu...

Bought by Public Radio for All, WEZU, and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Mar 06, 2017
  • Length: 02:20
  • Purchases: 3
StoryCorps: Jamal Faison and Born Blackwell
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Jamal Faison (right) with his uncle, Born Blackwell (left)
Jamal Faison talks with his uncle, Born Blackwell, about his release from Rikers Island and the support he received through the challenges of re-en...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, Public Radio for All, and WRIR


  • Added: Jul 11, 2016
  • Length: 02:39
  • Purchases: 3
How Break Dancing And Hip Hop Saved My Life
From: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media
Caption: Krubel Amare shows off a head spin in the KUOW studio., Credit: KUOW Photo / Sanda Htyte
RadioActive Youth Media producer Krubel Amare breaks down the true essence of Hip Hop culture, and how it’s impacted himself and the people around ...

Bought by WDBM


  • Added: Dec 29, 2015
  • Length: 06:57
  • Purchases: 1
Life of the Law #72: Outside the Walls
From: Life of the Law
Series: Life of the Law
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“I didn’t go to prison because I was a saint. I went to prison because of my lifestyle. Since the age of 13 I was a gangbanger, and did what gangba...

Bought by KGNU Community Radio


  • Added: Dec 18, 2015
  • Length: 26:22
  • Purchases: 1
Rodney Learns to Fly
From: Ari Daniel
Caption: Mr. Hoots is a Eurasian eagle owl, and one of Rodney Stotts' favorite raptors., Credit: Ari Daniel
Rodney grew up selling dope and guns. But he's always loved caring for birds. The drugs landed him in jail. The birds helped set him free.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, New Hampshire Public Radio, The Allegheny Front: Reporting on the Environment, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Nov 20, 2015
  • Length: 11:23
  • Purchases: 4
StoryCorps: Darnell Moore and Bryan Epps
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Darnell Moore (R) and his friend Bryan Epps (L).
Darnell Moore (R) tells his friend Bryan Epps (L) about an incident that shaped his...

Bought by WEZU and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Sep 03, 2014
  • Length: 03:43
  • Purchases: 2