PRX - Pieces for Topic: African-American
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In the 1970s, singer Roberta Flack made a name for herself performing covers of songs by folk singers and other little-known artists, creating, in ...
- Added: May 23, 2023
- Length: 59:00
Few singers had as much of an influence on the next generation as the suave, full-throated “Mr. E” Billy Eckstine. This week, we’ll explore the wor...
- Added: Jun 10, 2022
- Length: 59:00
Acclaimed white anti-racist scholar Mab Segrest, author of the influential book Memoir of a Race Traitor, takes Laura through the US South to trace...
Bought by RadioFreePalmer, KDNK, and C89.5 - KNHC Seattle
- Added: Dec 02, 2020
- Length: 28:00
- Purchases: 3
Norman and Ora Bell have been a household name within the Toledo community for more than half a century. Known for working in local county governme...
- Added: Jun 15, 2020
- Length: 06:09
On May 31, 1921, Olivia Hooker was six-years-old when white mobs launched an attack on the Greenwood section of Tulsa, Oklahoma. In less than 24 ho...
Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KOSU, KHSU, and WXAV 88.3FM Chicago
- Added: Jun 08, 2018
- Length: 06:20
- Purchases: 4
Charisse Spencer tells her teenage son Myles what it was like integrating her elementary school in Norfolk, Virginia in the 1960s.
Bought by WEZU
- Added: May 17, 2018
- Length: 02:41
- Purchases: 1
- Added: Oct 26, 2017
- Length: 52:00
- Purchases: 2
Gwen Moten remembers her childhood best friend, Denise McNair, who was killed in the 1963 bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, ...
Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and WTJU
- Added: Jun 26, 2015
- Length: 01:41
- Purchases: 2
Cookin' with grease: Add some Coltrane for the winter, and THANKS to musicians who donated their time and talents to a recent radio fundraiser. The...
- Added: Dec 16, 2014
- Length: 01:59:56
- Purchases: 2
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
One-hour special delves into the history and music of songwriting and singing team Ashford & Simpson.
Bought by WFUV, KPSQ-LP, Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota, KPIP-LP, WSGE and more
- Added: Feb 04, 2009
- Length: 54:00
- Purchases: 19
