PRX - Pieces for Topic: African-American

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Clayton Sherrod looks back to 1964, when at 19 years old he became executive chef at an all--white country club in Birmingham, Alabama.

Bought by WDBM, WMUU-LP, WEZU, and KMUD


  • Added: Jan 17, 2014
  • Length: 02:13
  • Purchases: 4
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"When a man's making love, the last thing he thinks about is war" - Barry White. A lost interview with Joe Smith. April 3, 1987, Los Angeles. Reco...

Bought by KALW, New Hampshire Public Radio, KJZZ, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 10, 2014
  • Length: 05:15
  • Purchases: 4
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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
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Phyllis McEwen and Bob Devin-Jones bring to life African-American folktales and songs that Zora Neale Hurston collected in Florida in the 1930s.

Bought by RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Nov 25, 2013
  • Length: 39:38
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Martini (left); Bobby Pickles (center); Lynette Williams (right)
Bobby and Martini podcast from Branded Saloon in Brooklyn, to cover a monthly musical event called TINTR (This Is Not The Radio). The showcase is o...

  • Added: Nov 24, 2013
  • Length: 58:23
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Can you flip your middle finger at a cop? Hunger In America. Climate Change. Two movies you must see. And what's wrong with the DCCC? Weekly series...

  • Added: Oct 31, 2013
  • Length: 29:58
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Are you My Baby? We’ve always been told it’s what’s on the inside that counts, but what if, what’s on the outside isn’t what you expected?

  • Added: Sep 09, 2013
  • Length: 04:42
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Makalah gives some tips on how to beat the heat! For Boredom Prevention she tests your memory with some fun trivia!

  • Added: Jun 11, 2013
  • Length: 04:15
Caption: Kid Ory
By 1911, tailgate trombonist Kid Ory was leading one of the best-known bands in New Orleans. Eight years later he formed a successful band in Los A...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: May 06, 2013
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Remastered Fats Waller 78s on Jazz-O-Rama, Credit: Lorie B. Kellogg
The sounds of classic remastered 78 RPM records fill the air when the music of Fats Waller is presented on the 30th edition of Joe Bev's Jazz-O-Ram...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 23, 2013
  • Length: 58:27
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Terrance Hayes and Yona Harvey
African-American poet and National Book Award-winning author of LIGHTHEAD, Terrance Hayes and his wife, Yona Harvey, author of the 2013 release, HE...

Bought by WJCU


  • Added: Apr 19, 2013
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Big band hits remastered by Joe Bev on The Jazz-O-Rama Hour, Credit: Lorie B. Kellogg
"In the Mood", "Begin the Beguine" and "Stompin' At The Savoy" are among the 78 RPM records heard on the 23th edition of Joe Bev's Jazz-O-Rama Hour.

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, Spokane Public Radio, and Radio New Zealand


  • Added: Apr 09, 2013
  • Length: 57:35
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Bobby Pickles (left); Leesa Dean (right), Credit: Adrien De Martini
Bobby speaks with, writer and animator, Leesa Dean about her three fully developed animated series – Chilltown, The Danger Squad and Lele’s Ratchet...

  • Added: Apr 07, 2013
  • Length: 55:22
Caption: Joe Bev hosts an hour of Kansas City swing 78s., Credit: Lorie B. Kellogg
"Cherokee", "One O'clock Jump" and "Kansas City Farewell" are among the 78 RPM records heard on the 20th edition of Joe Bev's Jazz-O-Rama Hour.

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, Spokane Public Radio, and Radio New Zealand


  • Added: Mar 25, 2013
  • Length: 57:31
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Big band hits on Joe Bev's Jazz-O-Rama, Credit: Lorie B. Kellogg
"One O'Clock Jump", "Take the A Train" and "Perdido" are among the 78 RPM records heard on the 18th edition of Joe Bev's Jazz-O-Rama Hour, selected...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, Spokane Public Radio, and Radio New Zealand


  • Added: Mar 18, 2013
  • Length: 57:27
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: http://www.bobbyseale.com/, Credit: Bobby Seale
Art and Entertainment news that you want to know!!! Featuring Civil Rights leader Bobby Seale and Country Star Doug Briney.

  • Added: Feb 19, 2013
  • Length: 58:01
Caption: Marlon Wayans, San Francisco, CA  12/3/12, Credit: Andrea Chase
Marlon Wayans talks Hollywood, going off-script, and the serious business of comedy.

  • Added: Jan 12, 2013
  • Length: 12:32
Caption: Joyce Scott, Credit: Goya Contemporary
In Baltimore, Joyce Scott, a venerated visual and performing artist talks with Cathy Byrd about the art scene in Baltimore, her hometown, and descr...

  • Added: Jan 07, 2013
  • Length: 12:25
Caption: The Missourians
They were known as the big band of the 1920s who sounded a little “country.” Not because they were from Nashville, nor did they have a twang in th...

Bought by KMUN


  • Added: Sep 27, 2012
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 1
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Andrew White may very well be the most famous jazz legend... you've never heard of.

  • Added: Sep 24, 2012
  • Length: 07:00
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This episode we speak with scholar, Lisa Castillo, PhD. Her interest is Afro-Brazilian culture. More specifically, the African diaspora of Brazil. ...

  • Added: Aug 31, 2012
  • Length: 28:01
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Sean Hill is a poet who grew up in Georgia and lives in Bemidji, Minnesota. His first book "Blood Ties and Brown Liquor has been compared to first ...

  • Added: Aug 21, 2012
  • Length: 02:24
Caption: Clarence Williams
Shining shoes to music publishing in a few short years. To Clarence Williams it may have seen much longer. By 1910, he was considered a leading s...

  • Added: Jul 26, 2012
  • Length: 58:57
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One block from my apartment sits the Capitol Pool Checkers Club where, each week, men with nicknames like the Hammer, the Pressure Man, and the Raz...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, The Story, KUT, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 24, 2012
  • Length: 02:32
  • Purchases: 4
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Wil Smith tells his daughter, Olivia, about being a single dad in college.

Bought by WEZU, New Hampshire Public Radio, and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 18, 2012
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 3