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This time on The Children's Hour we learn from author and historian Byron Motley about the Negro Baseball Leagues, the only way Black baseball play...

Bought by KHOL (Jackson Hole Community Radio), RadioFreePalmer, KRSC, Allegheny Mountain Radio, KSTK and more


  • Added: Feb 20, 2024
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 6
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This time on The Children's Hour we learn from author and historian Byron Motley about the Negro Baseball Leagues, the only way Black baseball play...

  • Added: Feb 18, 2024
  • Length: 58:00
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The Children's Hour Kids Crew meets Ms. Caitlyn Gooch from Saddle Up And Read, a North Carolina based organization encouraging literacy through rea...

  • Added: Jan 29, 2024
  • Length: 58:00
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This week on Generation Justice, we attended the 2023 Juneteenth Celebration at the Civic Plaza! We hear from community leader and organizer, Nicol...

  • Added: Jul 06, 2023
  • Length: 02:35
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This week on Generation Justice, we attended the 2023 Juneteenth Celebration at the Civic Plaza!

  • Added: Jul 06, 2023
  • Length: 04:36
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July is BIPOC Mental Health Month, and in this Coping 101 episode our students explore mental health in BIPOC communities with Andrea Ramos-Castill...

  • Added: Jun 30, 2022
  • Length: 25:40
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We learn from Founder and Executive Director of Afromundo, Loida Maritza Pérez AND 18-year-old artist, Lauryn Mills-Bohannon, creator of the Afromu...

  • Added: Apr 11, 2022
  • Length: 41:36
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This week, we tackle misinformation and misleading narratives about mail in ballots and the 2020 election with New Mexico Secretary of State Maggie...

  • Added: Oct 05, 2020
  • Length: 49:21
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A piece by Lael Saphir. My piece is about what it feels like to be a P.O.C. dancer in a community that excludes you.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 18, 2020
  • Length: 06:47
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Roland Martin
In this year's celebration of Black History Month and the 50th Anniversary of Africana Studies at the University of New Mexico, author and journali...

  • Added: Aug 14, 2020
  • Length: 50:32
Caption: Left: Tweety Suazo; Right: Jim Harvey
Juan de Onate is responsible for brutalizing New Mexico’s Indigenous people...hear more about the history of the Spanish colonizer.

  • Added: Jul 02, 2020
  • Length: 59:02
Caption: Dr. Gregorio Gonzales
How do Indigeneity and Blackness intersect? Learn from this lecture from the UNM Africana Studies "Cortez Williams Spring 2019 Lecture Series" with...

  • Added: Jul 23, 2019
  • Length: 37:47
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According to the mythology of the Yoruba Tribe of Nigeria, the creation or the making of the earth was a collaborative effort between Olorun and or...

  • Added: Feb 01, 2019
  • Length: 01:54
Caption: Original collage art by Damon Davis
Narratives around people of color added fire to the social unrest of the late 1960s. In this episode of Generation Justice, we look at the Kerner R...

  • Added: Apr 10, 2018
  • Length: 45:27
Caption: RadioActive youth producers Ahlaam Ibraahim and Esa Tilija. Ibraahim says 'when you're born, they call you a lighty, and it's praised.', Credit: Esa Tilija
"When you're born, they call you a lighty, and it's praised." RadioActive Youth Producers Ahlaam Ibraahim and Esa Tilija explore the world of colo...

  • Added: Sep 13, 2017
  • Length: 14:18
Caption: Eliquewa Santiago says college makes her struggle with mental health even more difficult. (c) 2016 Taylor Epps
Mental health is an issue that rarely gets discussed in the black community. For college students of color the issue gets even more difficult.

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Dec 08, 2016
  • Length: 04:22
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: These are the six components of the Anti Poverty Initiative. Each component is designed to help people in the community more efficiently by targeting their specific needs.
This is a story about how leaders of charities and organizations that help people in poverty, are joining together to help lower poverty. A couple ...

  • Added: Dec 16, 2015
  • Length: 03:42
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A common topic among high schoolers when discussing the college application process and admittance is race. Listen to hear the opinions on affirmat...

  • Added: Feb 20, 2015
  • Length: 05:07
Caption: RadioActive reporters Antonia Dorn and Kadian Vanloo
There’s no such thing as a normal you. Do you talk to your boss the same way you talk to your dog? Probably not. This is called code switching.

  • Added: Jan 15, 2015
  • Length: 14:57
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Diamen, Rosa and Javon interview Nate Brown (Family Resources) and Jason Harris, Taymar Fields, Tramell Perry and Aaqila Youngblood (public housing...

  • Added: Jan 14, 2015
  • Length: 03:16
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Check out Makalah's piece about the Trayvon Martin vigil she attended last week. She talks about her experience and asks citizens about their view ...

  • Added: Jul 27, 2013
  • Length: 04:52
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My Choice My Voice teen Yamaan interviews his father about his time in jail and how he turned that all around to become a successful college student.

  • Added: Jul 16, 2013
  • Length: 06:01
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My Choice My Voice teen describes his high school visit to a women's prison in Louisiana.

  • Added: Jul 08, 2013
  • Length: 02:20
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Here is a peice Makalah did for Black Music Month back in June.

  • Added: Jul 07, 2013
  • Length: 01:08
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Throwback to January! Makalah interviews Bassist Reggie Richards while he was on tour with B.B. King.

  • Added: Jun 11, 2013
  • Length: 07:02