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Every October, over 30 cyclists from the New Orleans area embark on a three-day bike ride to the Louisiana State Penitentiary. The “NOLA to Angola”...
- Added: Sep 04, 2014
- Length: 04:53
Host Alfred Bundy provide coverage the endeavors of the American Black Male Leadership Institute (ABMLI)
- Added: Aug 28, 2014
- Length: 49:24
Novelist Helen Oyeyemi reads from her dreamy, fairy-tale-inspired novel and reflects on themes of beauty and race.
- Added: Aug 18, 2014
- Length: 07:21
- Purchases: 2
The All Star Baseball game this month is a perfect opportunity to introduce you to a new opera about a great Negro League Baseball Player.
- Added: Jul 09, 2014
- Length: 06:35
From the book, "For The Love Of Baseball: A Celebration Of The Game That Connects Us All," co-editor Lee Gutkind reads from his chapter. Just one o...
Bought by WSLR
- Added: Jul 03, 2014
- Length: 01:40
- Purchases: 1
When Jeff Rogers was 16 years old he started referring to himself as a “halfrican.” Jeff has a black father and a white mother. And like many teena...
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Jun 23, 2014
- Length: 19:02
- Purchases: 1
Cheri Lindsay talks with her father, Phillip, about vitiligo, a rare skin condition they share...
- Added: Jun 20, 2014
- Length: 02:22
- Purchases: 3
From: New Jersey Radio Exchange Network
Series: A. Curtis Farrow In Conversation With Another Great Performer
Series: A. Curtis Farrow In Conversation With Another Great Performer
Emmy Award Winning Producer & Director, A. Curtis Farrow In Conversation With Another Great Performer, Ms. Cissy Houston.
- Added: Jun 17, 2014
- Length: 20:00
Song Story features songwriters telling the true stories behind their original songs. This pre-season sneak-peek features singer and songwriter, Ge...
- Added: May 12, 2014
- Length: 13:37
100-second module, from our readings for May. A city gal inherits a sugar cane farm.
Bought by WEZU
- Added: Apr 25, 2014
- Length: 01:40
- Purchases: 1
N’MPower participant, Marquell Hicks, interviews quilt artists Sharon Wirtz and Jane Gabaldon, in a community engagement project between the Museum...
- Added: Apr 09, 2014
- Length: 10:00
Listen to how the city of Carson celebrates black history
- Added: Mar 23, 2014
- Length: 02:03
IN THIS EDITION OF THE CUTTING EDGE, WE BRING YOU A DIALOGUE BETWEEN HISTORIAN ERIC FONER AND SYLVIAN DIOUF, AUTHOR OF “SLAVERY’S EXILES: THE STORY...
- Added: Unknown
- Length: 59:56
The winner of the 2012 Joyce Wein Artist Prize discusses the relationship in her work between visual art and sonic art. [26:26]
Bought by KPIP-LP
- Added: Feb 12, 2014
- Length: 26:26
- Purchases: 1
We traveled to San Quentin State Prison, California’s oldest prison, to learn about the lasting tradition of arts and spoken word in this well know...
Bought by KFOK-LPFM
- Added: Feb 10, 2014
- Length: 10:26
- Purchases: 1
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
Reverend Hill discusses the history of Grant Chapel, and the A.M.E. church as a whole, connecting its founding as a rejection of discrimination to ...
- Added: Feb 04, 2014
- Length: 25:35
From: Laine Kaplan-Levenson
The Episcopal Church of Louisiana spent the past year making plans for a new ministry, aiming to address its history of racism, as well as other fo...
- Added: Feb 04, 2014
- Length: 05:23
We take to the streets of New Orleans, Louisiana to ask folks about their connection to the criminal justice system. In the state of Louisiana, ...
- Added: Jan 28, 2014
- Length: 50:03
- Purchases: 2
A poet famous for writing about the civil rights movement and for epitomizing black arts movement feminism, Sonia Sanchez passed through Attica’s g...
Bought by KFOK-LPFM
- Added: Jan 27, 2014
- Length: 54:52
- Purchases: 1
Producer Dred-Scott Keyes looks back at the life of poet/writer Amiri Baraka, who died on January 9th in Newark, New Jersey
- Added: Jan 17, 2014
- Length: 28:04
Bassist Dave Holland started his performing career in London.
One night, he received word that a visiting musician from the states wanted to hire ...
- Added: Dec 18, 2013
- Length: 09:46
Interview conducted by radio journalist Jake Feinberg with Roots Music Icon Taj Mahal. A discussion about the genesis of roots music and the music ...
- Added: Dec 18, 2013
- Length: 11:13
Ghana has long been a special place for the African American diaspora. For many, "roots tourism" is a rite of passage. But in the early 90s, the We...
Bought by XRAY.fm
- Added: Dec 14, 2013
- Length: 11:13
- Purchases: 1
New York City Subway Conductor Paquita Williams talks to one of her passengers, Laura Lane, about her job.
Bought by Marfa Public Radio, WEZU, and KMUD
- Added: Nov 15, 2013
- Length: 01:51
- Purchases: 3
