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This Week in Blues History #5 - April 29-May 5
From: Steve c/o Ernest Franz
Series: This Week in Blues History
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This time, we take a look at one historic day of recording — May 5th, 1937 — that changed the course of blues history.

  • Added: Mar 09, 2018
  • Length: 03:29
This Week in Blues History #4 - April 22-28
From: Steve c/o Ernest Franz
Series: This Week in Blues History
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This time, we profile Sleepy John Estes, who ran into a little difficulty making his way to a recording session in New York City, this week in 1938.

  • Added: Mar 09, 2018
  • Length: 03:29
HumaNature: 30 Minute Special 6
From: Wyoming Public Radio
Series: HumaNature
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"Freedom" A special edition of HumaNature formatted for air: 150 years ago, two girls crossed the Missouri River trying to escape a life of slaver...

Bought by KSTK


  • Added: Mar 08, 2018
  • Length: 27:59
  • Purchases: 1
This Week in Blues History #3 - April 15-21
From: Steve c/o Ernest Franz
Series: This Week in Blues History
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This time we profile Lightnin' Hopkins, who, in 1954, laid down some hard rocking sides for Herald Records.

  • Added: Mar 07, 2018
  • Length: 03:29
This Week in Blues History #2 - April 8-14
From: Steve c/o Ernest Franz
Series: This Week in Blues History
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This time, we profile Etta James, who landed at the top of the Billboard R&B charts this week in 1955, with "The Wallflower."

  • Added: Mar 05, 2018
  • Length: 03:29
This Week in Blues History #1 - April 1-7
From: Steve c/o Ernest Franz
Series: This Week in Blues History
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This time, we profile Elmore James, who was in a recording studio in Chicago, this week in 1953.

  • Added: Mar 05, 2018
  • Length: 03:29
Blues America 126 - Billy Preston
From: Drew Verbis
Series: Blues America
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Despite his amazing legacy, Billy Preston is nearly forgotten in the mainstream and is not in the Rock-N-Roll Hall of Fame. Author Steve Bergsman d...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), Raven Radio, GCR (Global Community Radio), RadioFreePalmer, Public Radio East and more


  • Added: Feb 09, 2018
  • Length: 57:59
  • Purchases: 10
StoryCorps Griot: Dion Diamond
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Dion Diamond talks about the risks he took as a young civil rights activist in the 1950s and 60s.

Bought by WEZU


  • Added: Jan 25, 2018
  • Length: 02:25
  • Purchases: 1
Black College Heritage Matters
From: WIL LAVEIST
Series: The Wil LaVeist Show
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A discussion of the important the heritage of Historically Black Colleges and Universities.

  • Added: Jan 22, 2018
  • Length: 31:35
The Hampton Years
From: WIL LAVEIST
Series: The Wil LaVeist Show
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Playwright Jacqueline E. Lawton explores the education of famous artists John Biggers and Samella Lewis.

  • Added: Jan 19, 2018
  • Length: 50:20
Alice's Garden
From: James Mills
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An interview with Venice Wiliams the executive director of Alice's Garden, an urban agriculture facility in Milwaukee, Wisconsin

  • Added: Oct 23, 2017
  • Length: 13:41
Folk Salad for airing 6-18-17
From: SCOTT Aycock
Series: Folk Salad- Certified Organic Music
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This show is part II of our Juneteenth Series focusing African-American music and venues in North Tulsa from the 40's through the 60's. We intervi...

  • Added: Jun 30, 2017
  • Length: 58:58
Life of the Law #110: In Studio San Quentin: Unequal Protection
From: Life of the Law
Series: Life of the Law
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What does color of skin have to do with equal access to justice in America? The Equal Protection Clause, part of the 14th Amendment to the Constitu...

  • Added: Jun 03, 2017
  • Length: 48:40
Episode 19: Freedom
From: Wyoming Public Radio
Series: HumaNature
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150 years ago, two girls crossed the Missouri River trying to escape a life of slavery. In the summer of 2016, Barry Jurgensen set out on a 500-mil...

Bought by KUER


  • Added: Mar 29, 2017
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Golden Age of Black Baseball (feature)
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
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Before Jackie Robinson, there were the Negro Leagues -- home to some of the greatest untold stories in baseball.

Bought by KENW, New Hampshire Public Radio, Radio Newark, and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Feb 17, 2017
  • Length: 03:33
  • Purchases: 4
The Name of God
From: Barry Lam
Series: Hi-Phi Nation
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With a small gesture of good will toward Syrian refugees, one woman incurred the wrath of evangelical Christians on social media. The resulting cha...

  • Added: Feb 13, 2017
  • Length: 47:05
From Kremlin to Kremlin (feature)
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
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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
Hidden Figures (Feature)
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
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When NASA wanted to put a man on the moon, they naturally turned to the brightest — and whitest. That is, until the brilliant Katherine Johnson dem...

Bought by KENW, Radio Newark, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Feb 03, 2017
  • Length: 03:35
  • Purchases: 4
StoryCorps: Ellie Dahmer and Bettie Dahmer
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Vernon Dahmer was a successful farmer who fought for voting rights in the mid-1960s. His family recalls the night he was killed by the KKK.

Bought by Public Radio for All and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Jan 23, 2017
  • Length: 02:30
  • Purchases: 2
Maya Angelou's Africa (feature)
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
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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
StoryCorps: Duery Felton and Rick Weidman
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Duery Felton (right) and Rick Weidman (left)
The first curator of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Collection talks with his friend and fellow war veteran about the collection and his service.

Bought by WGUC/ WVXU, WMUU-LP, and WEZU


  • Added: Nov 14, 2016
  • Length: 02:36
  • Purchases: 3
Multimedia Artist Paul Rucker Shines Light on America's Dark History
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: NEA Audio Miscellany
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Paul Rucker's art education came from working as a janitor at the Seattle Art Museum. Now a gifted cellist, visual artist, and video producer, Paul...

Bought by WCPN and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Oct 20, 2016
  • Length: 06:44
  • Purchases: 2
StoryCorps: François Clemmons and Karl Lindholm
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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François Clemmons played Officer Clemmons on "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood." He came to StoryCorps to discuss the role and his life.

Bought by WITF, WMUU-LP, WEZU, KIDE Hoopa Tribal Radio 91.3fm, and Blue Mountain Radio


  • Added: Mar 11, 2016
  • Length: 02:51
  • Purchases: 5
Solidarity And Revolt Aboard The Slave Ship Creole
From: WWNO
Series: TriPod: New Orleans At 300
Caption: A 19th century map of Nassau, Bahamas., Credit: THE MECHANICAL CURATOR COLLECTION / THE BRITISH LIBRARY
In this episode of TriPod, Laine Kaplan-Levenson discusses the slave revolt on the Brig Creole with Harvard Professor Walter Johnson.

  • Added: Mar 01, 2016
  • Length: 10:23
New Orleans' Hidden Black History
From: World Footprints LLC
Series: Celebrating Black History with World Footprints
Caption: Mardi Gras Indian costume at New Orleans' African American Museum., Credit: Tonya Fitzpatrick
World Footprints uncovers the little known stories about African American history in New Orleans from the largest slave rebellion in 1811 to the cu...

Bought by WWFM, WAER Syracuse, NY, and KISA Digital Studios


  • Added: Feb 15, 2016
  • Length: 59:55
  • Purchases: 3