PRX - Pieces for Topic: African-American
Can't find it?
Try Advanced Search
17 results
Education - Angela Adetola is the Presdient of the Board of Directors at YWCA Yonkers, located in Yonkers, New York. The members and supporters of ...
- Added: Jul 09, 2020
- Length: 02:47
One of the many types of Blues music is a regional style named "Bentonia Blues" as it was founded and based out of Bentonia, Mississippi.
- Added: May 12, 2020
- Length: 59:36
The First band to be recorded for the Alligator Records label.
- Added: Apr 24, 2020
- Length: 57:40
An unsung guitar hero of the blues who made a BIG mark very few know about.
- Added: Apr 19, 2020
- Length: 59:01
A trip back in history to one of the best Chicago Blues bands in early postwar (WWII) times in the Windy City.
- Added: Apr 18, 2020
- Length: 53:50
In this episode, two women tell us about losing their homes and communities and what they're doing about it.
- Added: Mar 12, 2020
- Length: 17:47
When Cedric saw little being done to help one community in Wilmington during Hurricane Florence, he had to act fast.
Bought by WOUB
- Added: Mar 12, 2020
- Length: 09:27
- Purchases: 1
In this episode, Laine Kaplan-Levenson discusses the first integrated high school sports contest in Louisiana between St. Aug and Jesuit--and talks...
Bought by WAER Syracuse, NY
- Added: Mar 08, 2016
- Length: 11:26
- Purchases: 1
Journalist Gianluca Tramontana takes you through the favelas of Rio de Janeiro, introduces you to their people, examines their history and explores...
Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.
- Added: May 15, 2014
- Length: 01:00:13
- Purchases: 1
Whether looking at the 1920s or 2013, people's behavior and attitudes toward race are often influenced by factors beyond their own experience and c...
- Added: Nov 21, 2013
- Length: 15:45
On the last edition Culture Clique, Ms. Joanne Blackmon Bland discussed on Growing up in the Segregated South: The Selma Voting Rights Movement. Sh...
Bought by KSRQ
- Added: Mar 04, 2011
- Length: 32:18
- Purchases: 1
A son interviewing his mother on the ways and manners he was brought up.
- Added: Feb 25, 2009
- Length: 04:49
In this short piece, the musicians who participated in the recording of the Mardi Gras standard "Handa Wanda" recall its origins and recording.
Bought by KSLU
- Added: Jan 18, 2008
- Length: 04:57
- Purchases: 1
An explanation of the history and recording of the Mardi Gras Standard "Do Watcha Wanna" by the mighty Rebirth Brass Band
Bought by KSLU
- Added: Jan 18, 2008
- Length: 04:05
- Purchases: 1
One hour documentary with interviews and music about the life and music of New Orleans drummer and composer James Black
Bought by WNCU, NPR Illinois, and 90.5 WSNC
- Added: Aug 17, 2007
- Length: 59:51
- Purchases: 3
Since He was a kid, Wild Man Ivory wanted to be a mardi gras indian. It took a near death experience in Korea before that dream became a reality.
- Added: Aug 11, 2007
- Length: 10:16
Keeping community alive along an aging business strip that's either all the way down or well-on-its-way-up.
- Added: Dec 27, 2003
- Length: 03:40
- Purchases: 3
