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Caption: Florence Price, Credit: Public Domain
Dr. Louise Toppin examines the life and music of trailblazing composer Florence Price.

  • Added: Aug 28, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
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Join World Footprints as we uncover the hidden stories of this important piece of Newport's and America’s past from God's Little Acre.

  • Added: Mar 01, 2023
  • Length: 39:27
Caption: Arthur Flagg and family markers, Credit: Photo: Tonya Fitzpatrick
Tonya and Ian Fitzpatrick walk through the grounds of God's Little Acre--the oldest and largest colonial African burial ground, and they share unde...

  • Added: Feb 24, 2023
  • Length: 28:36
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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The n-word is loaded with a history of hate and death. Today, the word's meaning has transformed but the echoes of its past remain. Who's word is i...

  • Added: Nov 12, 2020
  • Length: 01:33:06
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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
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When white people are called out on their racism a response one often hears is, "Well, Black people are just as racist again me." Is racism the exc...

  • Added: Nov 12, 2020
  • Length: 01:08:24
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Composer Pamela Z lets us know what a phonolog was, how great the Museum of Jurassic Technology is (about which she co-wrote an opera), and how to ...

  • Added: May 08, 2017
  • Length: 29:30
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Today on Culture Clique we air part one of "What's Race Got to do With It" Media Management of Minority Images, with Bryant K. Smith. The purpose o...

  • Added: Dec 14, 2015
  • Length: 28:20
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Joe Bev presents 78 RPM Jazz with a Sense of Humor: "Roots of Rock: Boogie Woogie".

Bought by Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: May 27, 2015
  • Length: 59:36
  • Purchases: 1
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Joe Bev presents 78 RPM & Early LP Jazz with a Sense of Humor: "Java Jive: Jazz About Coffee",

Bought by Spokane Public Radio and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: May 27, 2015
  • Length: 58:27
  • Purchases: 2
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Joe Bev presents 78 RPM & Early LP Jazz with a Sense of Humor: "My Favorite LP Cuts of the 1950s & 60s.

Bought by Spokane Public Radio and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: May 27, 2015
  • Length: 59:24
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Chicago Dixieland, Credit: Lorie Kellogg - Waterlogg Design
Joe Bev presents 78 RPM Jazz with a Sense of Humor: "Going to Chicago: "Windy City 78s".

Bought by Spokane Public Radio and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: May 27, 2015
  • Length: 59:27
  • Purchases: 2
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Joe Bev and Mr. Jazzbo presents 78 RPM Jazz with a Sense of Humor: "Songs with HAPPY, NEW or YEAR in the Title".

Bought by Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: May 27, 2015
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 1