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Tulsa's Black History Saturday School
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Ribbon cutting at Tulsa's EduRec Youth Center for Black History Saturdays. , Credit: Credit: Black History Saturdays
When Oklahoma passed a law limiting discussion of race in classrooms, Tulsa activist Kristi Williams rallied the community to create Black History ...

Bought by KMUN, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, WXDU, and RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Feb 06, 2024
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 4
UpFront Soul #2023.36 September 4-11, 2023
From: WERU
Series: UpFront Soul with Sanguine Fromage
Caption: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
We'll celebrate the 60th anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom with music from Mahalia Jackson, the SNCC Freedom Singers...

Bought by KMUN, Georgia Public Broadcasting, Prairie Public, KAAD-LP, KZUM and more


  • Added: Sep 01, 2023
  • Length: 01:57:59
  • Purchases: 13
REPLAY Celebrating American Freedom (hour/no bb or bed)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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In 2019, Virginia joined just three other states in making Juneteenth a paid state holiday, recognizing it as a holiday for all Virginians.

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, WXDU, WHRV, KICI Iowa City, RADIOLEX and more


  • Added: May 26, 2022
  • Length: 52:00
  • Purchases: 11
REPLAY Celebrating American Freedom (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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In 2019, Virginia joined just three other states in making Juneteenth a paid state holiday, recognizing it as a holiday for all Virginians.

Bought by KTSW 89.9, WMUU-LP, KXCV, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, WTJU and more


  • Added: May 26, 2022
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 8
REPLAY Celebrating American Freedom (half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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In 2019, Virginia joined just three other states in making Juneteenth a paid state holiday, recognizing it as a holiday for all Virginians.

Bought by Kansas Public Radio, WJCU, Harford Community Radio, WJCT, WFHB and more


  • Added: May 26, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 6
REPLAY Celebrating American Freedom (promo)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason promo
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In 2019, Virginia joined just three other states in making Juneteenth a paid state holiday, recognizing it as a holiday for all Virginians.

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KXCV, WNED Buffalo, and WNMU-FM


  • Added: May 26, 2022
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 4
Celebrating Black History Month
From: Mississippi Public Broadcasting
Series: Sounds Jewish
Caption: Sounds Jewish, Credit: Mississippi Public Broadcasting
“Sounds Jewish” marks Black History Month with songs of solidarity and celebration featuring African-Americans and Jewish-Americans.

Bought by KSTK and WLPR


  • Added: Feb 04, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
Amistad
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
Caption: Oil painting of La Amistad off the coast of Long Island , Credit: Courtesy of the New Haven Museum
This week on World Ocean Radio: part four of the five-part Slavery: Heritage and Identity series. In this episode we discuss the history of La Amis...

  • Added: Jul 28, 2020
  • Length: 05:30
The Bombing of MOVE, 35 Years Later
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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Our radio adaptation of the film, Let the Fire Burn. Directed by Jason Osder, examines the controversial, 1985 clash between police in Philadelphia...

Bought by KOSU and KVSC


  • Added: May 04, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
UpFront Soul #2020.03 - January 20-26, 2020 - Honoring Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
From: WERU
Series: UpFront Soul with Sanguine Fromage
Caption: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
This week, we honor the life and work of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. We'll hear excerpts of his sermons, speeches, and interviews, along with funk,...

Bought by Prairie Public, KHNS, WOUB, WLPR , Royalton Community Radio and more


  • Added: Jan 16, 2020
  • Length: 01:57:59
  • Purchases: 8
WoodSongs 952: Smithsonian Folkways Celebration
From: WoodSongs Old-Time Radio Hour
Series: WoodSongs
Caption: “The American Songster” Dom Flemons on the WoodSongs Stage.
On this week's encore broadcast of WoodSongs, folksinger Michael Johnathon honors one of the most important legacy’s in all of recorded music… Smit...

Bought by KKRN, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), KUCO, Spokane Public Radio, KMXT and more


  • Added: Dec 23, 2019
  • Length: 59:02
  • Purchases: 23
RDD: Honoring Cliff
From: WGTE Public Media
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Clifford Murphy, one of Toledo's Jazz Icons known for playing in his jazz group, The Murphy's and his Jazz Cafe, Murphy's Place, passed away over t...

  • Added: Dec 03, 2019
  • Length: 06:10
Port Authority: Race, Labor, and Logistics on the Docks
From: WFHB
Series: Interchange
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The docks of San Francisco and Durban, South Africa – two essential locations where a commitment to black internationalism and leftist politics spa...

  • Added: Jul 16, 2019
  • Length: 59:01
UpFront Soul #2019.28-July 15-21
From: WERU
Series: UpFront Soul with Sanguine Fromage
Caption: Abdullah Ibrahim
We'll celebrate the 101st anniversary of Nelson Mandela's birth with two hours of music from the South African anti-apartheid freedom movement. We'...

Bought by KSFR, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KHNS, KZUM, WLPR and more


  • Added: Jul 11, 2019
  • Length: 01:57:59
  • Purchases: 8
UpFront Soul #2019.13 - April 1-7 - In Memory of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
From: WERU
Series: UpFront Soul with Sanguine Fromage
Caption: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
This week, we celebrate the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, and mourn his death on the anniversary of his assassination (4/4/68). We'll hear from...

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KZUM, WOMR, WLPR , KMXT and more


  • Added: Apr 01, 2019
  • Length: 01:57:59
  • Purchases: 6
Celebrating Black History Month with Poet Gwendolyn Brooks
From: New Letters on the Air
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The late Gwendolyn Brooks shaped countless writers following her long poetic career. This episode looks back on her life as the first African-Amer...

Bought by Wyoming Public Radio, WDCB, WNMU-FM, KUNM, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago and more


  • Added: Feb 13, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 9
February 26, 2018
From: WFHB
Series: Bring It On!
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William Hosea and Roberta Radovich welcome Liz Mitchell and Dr. Charlie Nelms

  • Added: Feb 26, 2018
  • Length: 56:09
UpFront Soul #2018.03-January 15-21
From: WERU
Series: UpFront Soul with Sanguine Fromage
Caption: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
We honor the life and work of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. We'll hear excerpts of his sermons, speeches, and interviews, along with funk, soul, jazz...

Bought by WJAB, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., WOMR, KSRQ, KPIP-LP and more


  • Added: Jan 15, 2018
  • Length: 01:57:59
  • Purchases: 7
Big Talk: “Resilience: Indiana’s Untold Story”
From: WFHB
Series: Daily Local News
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The women behind a new production called "Resilience" discuss the histories of people of color in Indiana on this week's edition of Big Talk with M...

  • Added: Oct 06, 2016
  • Length: 09:37
Episode 22 - One Crazy Summer by Rita Williams-Garcia
From: Kitty Felde
Series: Book Club for Kids
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A trio of sisters fly from Brooklyn to Oakland in the late 1960's to get to know their estranged mother. She sends them to a rather unusual summer ...

  • Added: Apr 26, 2016
  • Length: 20:04
UpFront Soul #2016.14 - In Memory of Dr. King- April 4-10, 2016
From: WERU
Series: UpFront Soul with Sanguine Fromage
Caption: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
This week, we celebrate the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, and commemorate the anniversary of his assassination (4/4/68). We'll hear from Dr. Ki...

Bought by KSRQ, KPIP-LP, KCMJ Community Radio, KZUM, and KMXT


  • Added: Mar 31, 2016
  • Length: 01:57:59
  • Purchases: 5
MLK Day Celebration featuring guest speaker Brittney Packnett
From: WFHB
Series: Daily Local News
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Brittney Packnett gives a passionate speech to honor the civil rights leader birthday.

Bought by WSLR


  • Added: Jan 21, 2016
  • Length: 03:59
  • Purchases: 1
Celebrating Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. - Dreaming the DREAM
From: World Footprints LLC
Series: Celebrating Black History with World Footprints
Caption: The Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial, Credit: Tonya Fitzpatrick
Celebrate and relive the MLK Memorial dedications as we remember the life, legacy and dreams of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. with celebrity and news...

  • Added: Jan 17, 2016
  • Length: 59:55
The Nightfly #2015.13 - In Memory Of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. - March 30-April 5, 2015
From: WERU
Series: UpFront Soul (formerly The Nightfly with Sanguine Fromage)
Caption: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
This week, we celebrate the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, and commemorate the anniversary of his assassination (4/4/68). We'll hear from Dr. Ki...

Bought by KSTK, KBBI Alaska, KPIP-LP, KCMJ Community Radio, and KMXT


  • Added: Mar 26, 2015
  • Length: 01:57:59
  • Purchases: 5
The Nightfly #2015.11 - Women's History Month - March 16-22, 2015
From: WERU
Series: UpFront Soul (formerly The Nightfly with Sanguine Fromage)
Caption: Ella Baker
We bring you the sounds of soulful sisterhood as we celebrate Women's History Month. We'll get out on the dance floor with Chaka Khan and Gloria Ga...

Bought by KMUN, KPIP-LP, and KMXT


  • Added: Mar 12, 2015
  • Length: 01:58:00
  • Purchases: 3