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Black History Month was official recognized in 1976 by President Gerald Ford and ever since then whites have asked why it is necessary. Today, do w...
- Added: Nov 12, 2020
- Length: 42:41
In today’s Untold Story of Central Minnesota, Arts & Cultural Heritage Producer Jeff Carmack heads over to the Promise Neighborhood in St. Cloud on...
- Added: Aug 29, 2020
- Length: 29:09
Freedom - Eloisa Diaz-Sanz is an American creative consultant and fashion designer from New York City, specializing in womenswear. Her experience i...
- Added: Jul 09, 2020
- Length: 01:36
Perseverance - Sonny Turner is best known for replacing Tony Williams as lead singer of The Platters. The group had 40 charting singles on the Bill...
- Added: Jul 07, 2020
- Length: 01:19
An elderly couple steps up to defend their farm and neighbors when pipeline developers won’t back down from a risky, environmentally damaging proje...
- Added: Jul 01, 2019
- Length: 27:53
Black opera singers have always contributed to the art form. In this Come As You Are we highlight their performances, featuring famous opera star L...
Bought by 'The Sea'
- Added: Jan 04, 2019
- Length: 01:51:56
- Purchases: 1
Robin Barnes was born and raised in the Lower 9th Ward, shuttling between her parents’ and grandparents’ houses and singing the songs they liked to...
- Added: Nov 16, 2018
- Length: 52:00
Public banks serving public interests. Find out more about BLEXIT at NextCity.org and learn about the Banking for Justice campaign at NewEconomynyc...
- Added: Jul 03, 2018
- Length: 03:00
After Ida B. Wells published a column on May 21, 1892, denouncing “the old threadbare lie,” that lynching was used to “protect white womanhood,” a ...
- Added: Jul 03, 2018
- Length: 03:30
In this timely installment of the Untold Stories of Central Minnesota, Arts & Cultural Heritage producer Jeff Carmack talks about the Martin Luther...
- Added: Jun 26, 2018
- Length: 30:45
Build bridges to those who seem different. Topics include black history month, the Patriots Super Bowl loss, and challenges with family and friend ...
- Added: Feb 28, 2018
- Length: 51:29
In today’s Untold Stories of Central Minnesota, Arts & Cultural Heritage Producer Jeff Carmack takes us down to Lake George to experience the first...
- Added: Oct 13, 2017
- Length: 30:36
This week on The Rough Draft Diaries, you'll meet Megan Yasu Davis. Megan is the founder of The Kitchen Salon, a natural and locked hair resource f...
Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio
- Added: May 15, 2017
- Length: 06:41
- Purchases: 1
America is a country plagued by racism. Culturally, socially, economically. But what about in the courts? 30 years ago, Warren McCleskey, a black m...
- Added: May 03, 2017
- Length: 56:32
Interview with Author Colin Flaherty
- Added: Apr 10, 2017
- Length: 59:34
William Hosea and Amrita Myers host a long-overdue discussion on current event happenings in the world of entertainment, politics and local events....
- Added: Feb 13, 2017
- Length: 01:00:09
In this episode of For the Record, Tom and Julian go behind the scenes of the Houston Grand Opera's 1976 recording of Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess. Th...
Bought by WNMU-FM
- Added: Nov 10, 2016
- Length: 59:58
- Purchases: 1
Black girls make up for more than one-third of all girls with school related arrests. Yet, they comprise just 16-percent of female students.
Bought by KCBX
- Added: Aug 23, 2016
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 1
In the heart of the Tenderloin, amid the crowded corners and occupied stoops, there’s an anomaly that’ll catch your eye. It’s a man in a suit and a...
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Jun 05, 2015
- Length: 07:15
- Purchases: 1
In the 1970s, Pastor David Ned learned an important lesson about himself after what could have been a tragic situation.
- Added: May 11, 2015
- Length: 02:30
Sonny Rollins, John Litweiler, and Denardo Coleman tell the story of this groundbreaking 1959 album, selected for the National Recording Registry i...
Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, WABE, PRX Remix, and KGLT
- Added: Oct 21, 2014
- Length: 04:46
- Purchases: 4
Sit in any prison classroom or recreation room in any prison in the country and ask yourself: How many writers are in the room. How many people ar...
- Added: Apr 10, 2014
- Length: 54:35
- Purchases: 2
At the intersection of theater and social activism: Citizen Artist Rachael Holmes. [26:52]
Bought by Harford Community Radio, KZUM, KPIP-LP, and Marfa Public Radio
- Added: Feb 18, 2014
- Length: 26:52
- Purchases: 4
One of the most important writers of the Black Arts Movement, Sonia Sanchez recently completed her term as Philadelphia's first Poet Laureate. This...
- Added: Feb 14, 2014
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 3
We asked poet Kyes Steven of Auburn University's Alabama Prison Arts + Education Project to record a workshop for us. Take a listen.
Prison Poetr...
Bought by Troy Public Radio and KFOK-LPFM
- Added: Feb 10, 2014
- Length: 05:30
- Purchases: 2