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We Shall Overcome: Civil-Rights Jazz
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights Classic Jazz: Specials
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Black History Special A one-hour program of jazz music, exploring the connection between jazz and civil rights in 20th-century America.

Bought by KALW, WLRH, Morehead State Public Radio, KLCC, KIOS-FM Omaha Public Radio and more


  • Added: Jan 31, 2022
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 16
NL 22-06: Portraits In Black: Jazz Tributes To African-American Heroes, 1/31/2022
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights
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Music tributes to African-American figures such as Paul Robeson and Joe Louis from Count Basie, Clifford Jordan, Charles Mingus and others.

  • Added: Jan 28, 2022
  • Length: 58:59
NL 22-04: Final Miles: Miles Davis On Warner Brothers, 1/17/2022
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights
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In 1986 Miles Davis began what would prove to be his final run of recordings, working with new collaborators and making some surprising sideman app...

  • Added: Jan 13, 2022
  • Length: 58:59
Separate and Unequal (promo)
From: With Good Reason
Series: Black History Month specials
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In 1970, Philicia Jefferson was forced to integrate into all-white, E.C. Glass High School in Lynchburg, Virginia. 40 years later, she finally atte...

Bought by Morehead State Public Radio, KUAT, WKMS, KUHF, WSIU and more


  • Added: Jan 10, 2022
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 8
Separate and Unequal (half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: Black History Month specials
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In 1970, Philicia Jefferson was forced to integrate into all-white, E.C. Glass High School in Lynchburg, Virginia. 40 years later, she finally atte...

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, WXDU, Kansas Public Radio, Harford Community Radio, WJCT and more


  • Added: Jan 10, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 12
Separate and Unequal (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: Black History Month specials
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In 1970, Philicia Jefferson was forced to integrate into all-white, E.C. Glass High School in Lynchburg, Virginia. 40 years later, she finally atte...

Bought by WYPL, Morehead State Public Radio, KUAT, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WWNO and more


  • Added: Jan 10, 2022
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 24
New Year, New You (hour/no bb or bed)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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The 1970s saw a renaissance of Black women writers like Alice Walker and Gloria Naylor who told stories of Black women’s pain and healing.

Bought by KHEN-LP, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., and Royalton Community Radio


  • Added: Jan 06, 2022
  • Length: 52:00
  • Purchases: 3
New Year, New You (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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The 1970s saw a renaissance of Black women writers like Alice Walker and Gloria Naylor who told stories of Black women’s pain and healing.

Bought by WMUU-LP, WRST-FM Oshkosh, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, WNED Buffalo, WMMT and more


  • Added: Jan 06, 2022
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 8
New Year, New You (half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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The 1970s saw a renaissance of Black women writers like Alice Walker and Gloria Naylor who told stories of Black women’s pain and healing.

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


  • Added: Jan 06, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 8
New Year, New You (promo)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason promo
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The 1970s saw a renaissance of Black women writers like Alice Walker and Gloria Naylor who told stories of Black women’s pain and healing.

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


  • Added: Jan 06, 2022
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 3
1963: A Man's Dream, A Nation's Nightmare
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights Classic Jazz: Specials
Caption: Andrew Hill's Black Fire LP
An hour-long jazz special: It was a year of raised hopes and devastating tragedy, and the world of jazz continued to reflect both the growing uneas...

Bought by KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., WWNO, WRGY, Troy Public Radio, KAAD-LP and more


  • Added: Jan 02, 2022
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 24
REPLAY Policing the Jig (promo)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason promo
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Francis O’Neill rose through the ranks to become a prominent Chicago police chief at the turn of the 20th century. But he’s mostly remembered as th...

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., WNED Buffalo, and Troy Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 23, 2021
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 3
REPLAY Policing the Jig (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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Francis O’Neill rose through the ranks to become a prominent Chicago police chief at the turn of the 20th century. But he’s mostly remembered as th...

Bought by WMUU-LP, WTJU, KEDT, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, WNED Buffalo and more


  • Added: Dec 23, 2021
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 7
REPLAY Policing the Jig (hour/no bb or bed)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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Francis O’Neill rose through the ranks to become a prominent Chicago police chief at the turn of the 20th century. But he’s mostly remembered as th...

Bought by KHEN-LP, Royalton Community Radio, and WYAP


  • Added: Dec 23, 2021
  • Length: 52:00
  • Purchases: 3
A History of Traditional Root Healing
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Left is a Mullein Plant and the author Michele Elizabeth Lee , Credit: Photo by Anita Johnson
In some parts of the world, traditional herbal remedies are the norm. When we think of natural remedies we tend to think of older generations liv...

Bought by KVNF, WXDU, and RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Nov 10, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
The Forgotten Story of Clinton Melton
From: Radio Diaries
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On December 3, 1955, a 33-year-old Black gas station attendant named Clinton Melton was shot and killed in Glendora, Mississippi. Two witnesses — i...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and WXAV 88.3FM Chicago


  • Added: Oct 18, 2021
  • Length: 11:44
  • Purchases: 2
Abolishing the Death Penalty (hour/no bb or bed)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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Earlier this year, Virginia made headlines when it became the latest state to abolish the death penalty.

Bought by KHEN-LP, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., WCNY, Royalton Community Radio, and WNYO


  • Added: Oct 14, 2021
  • Length: 52:00
  • Purchases: 5
Abolishing the Death Penalty (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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Earlier this year, Virginia made headlines when it became the latest state to abolish the death penalty.

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WFAE, WMUU-LP, KEDT and more


  • Added: Oct 14, 2021
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 11
Abolishing the Death Penalty (half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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Earlier this year, Virginia made headlines when it became the latest state to abolish the death penalty.

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


  • Added: Oct 14, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 8
Abolishing the Death Penalty (promo)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason promo
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Earlier this year, Virginia made headlines when it became the latest state to abolish the death penalty.

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


  • Added: Oct 14, 2021
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 3
REPLAY The Conflicting Ideals in Jefferson's Architecture (hour/no bb or bed)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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The most important architectural thinker of the young American republic was Thomas Jefferson. He also held captive more than 600 enslaved men, wome...

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KHEN-LP, WCNY, Royalton Community Radio, and WRGY


  • Added: Oct 07, 2021
  • Length: 52:00
  • Purchases: 5
REPLAY The Conflicting Ideals in Jefferson's Architecture (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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The most important architectural thinker of the young American republic was Thomas Jefferson. He also held captive more than 600 enslaved men, wome...

Bought by KEDT, WMUU-LP, WNED Buffalo, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, WCMU Michigan and more


  • Added: Oct 07, 2021
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 6
REPLAY The Conflicting Ideals in Jefferson's Architecture (half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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The most important architectural thinker of the young American republic was Thomas Jefferson. He also held captive more than 600 enslaved men, wome...

Bought by KRZA, KMUN, Kansas Public Radio, RadioStPete Florida, WJCU and more


  • Added: Oct 07, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 11
REPLAY The Conflicting Ideals in Jefferson's Architecture (promo)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason promo
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The most important architectural thinker of the young American republic was Thomas Jefferson. He also held captive more than 600 enslaved men, wome...

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


  • Added: Oct 07, 2021
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 3
The Suffragist Playbook (hour/no bb or bed)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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Last year, America celebrated the anniversary of many women getting the right to vote. But what led up to that victory was decades and decades of h...

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., WCNY, WRST-FM Oshkosh, WRGY, Royalton Community Radio and more


  • Added: Sep 23, 2021
  • Length: 52:00
  • Purchases: 7

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