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John has worked the corner of Laburnum Avenue and Brook Road for years now. He’s become a permanent fixture there and a daily reminder to motorists...
- Added: Mar 20, 2015
- Length: 26:04
Every day of the week John stands near the corner of Laburnum Avenue and Brook Road in Richmond, Virginia’s Northside. He holds a sign that reads: ...
- Added: Mar 13, 2015
- Length: 27:05
More than eight years after it flooded and closed due to Hurricane Katrina, the Circle Food Store on the corner of Claiborne and St Bernard Avenues...
Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, WABE, and PRX Remix
- Added: Jan 12, 2014
- Length: 04:42
- Purchases: 3
As the 2009 ACORN scandal quickly unfolded and funding started to dry up, the groups’ members and organizers had to jump ship. Many formed new loc...
Bought by WCSU-FM
- Added: Oct 19, 2012
- Length: 08:20
- Purchases: 1
On this episode of Wordy Birds we interview Alelia Bundles on her great-great grandmothers transformation into an entrepreneur and social activist-...
Bought by WCSU-FM
- Added: Jul 17, 2012
- Length: 27:30
- Purchases: 1
In San Francisco, Fillmore-based Marcus Books has been a hub for the neighborhood’s black community since it opened in 1959. Founders Julian and Ra...
- Added: Aug 15, 2011
- Length: 12:58
There are ten thousand street vendors in New York City, that magnet for the world's poor and America's hopeful; some licensed and some not. Vendors...
- Added: May 11, 2011
- Length: 48:34
The names of many of Reverend Martin Luther King Junior’s associates are well known: Harry Belafonte, Jesse Jackson, Andrew Young. But one of his m...
Bought by RadioFreePalmer, RadioStPete Florida, KLCC, Prairie Public, KRCB 104.9 and more
- Added: Feb 04, 2011
- Length: 07:38
- Purchases: 28
Peter Gishuru, CEO of the African Chamber of Commerce in Seattle, WA, speaks about his organization's role in promoting trade with Africa and his o...
- Added: Oct 02, 2010
- Length: 15:03
Dallas-based singer's latest video speaks to the enduring popularity of vinyl records.
- Added: Mar 06, 2008
- Length: 04:01
- Added: Dec 18, 2007
- Length: 29:48
- Purchases: 1
Somali taxi drivers in Portland Maine sit with their frustrations, hopes, and memories.
Bought by WMPG
- Added: May 24, 2006
- Length: 06:44
- Purchases: 1
