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For decades, students of color have lagged behind their peers in academic achievement across the country. Unfortunately, in Pennsylvania, the schoo...

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  • Added: May 17, 2021
  • Length: 51:30
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Good News for a Good Planet - Change your focus, change your world.
The extent of Black history is vast, but it is not talked about nearly enough. A social studies teacher from Detroit is changing that by creating a...

  • Added: Apr 26, 2021
  • Length: 02:30
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Few words in the English language have caused so much pain, hurt and emotion as the N-word. It is arguably the most consequential social insult in ...

  • Added: Mar 17, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
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In part 2 of our conversation with Pulitzer Prize winner, Isabel Wilkerson, author of “The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America’s Great ...

  • Added: Mar 10, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
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In the years between 1915 and 1970 almost six million black American citizens from the south migrated to northern and western cities seeking freedo...

  • Added: Mar 04, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
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We're talking about chess on this week's episode of The Rough Draft Diaries! We'll join Warren Woodberry, the founder of multiple award-winning aft...

  • Added: Feb 16, 2021
  • Length: 06:04
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Recorded at Decca Studios late one night into the early morning hours in 1947, three Chicago musicians reminisced their former times in early 20th ...

  • Added: Feb 12, 2021
  • Length: 01:52:28
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There are clear lines that connect the legacy of slavery to many of our present day issues, including the racial inequities of COVID-19 infection a...

Bought by WHCP-LP Cambridge, KUOW, KGOU, KSQD Santa Cruz, KCPW Salt Lake City and more


  • Added: Feb 01, 2021
  • Length: 57:58
  • Purchases: 19
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Freedom Rider, Dave Dennis, never thought about getting involved in the Civil Rights Movement but he did want a date with a pretty young lady.

  • Added: Jan 13, 2021
  • Length: 01:31:59
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Join us today as we celebrate the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., and we share stories and songs, bringing focus to the Civil Rights Movement.

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, KTXK, WVPE, KSJE, Radio Catskill and more


  • Added: Dec 21, 2020
  • Length: 54:58
  • Purchases: 7
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We dig into the history of a once-unacknowledged African burial ground in East New York, Brooklyn, and ask how a new library branch can honor that ...

  • Added: Nov 18, 2020
  • Length: 33:36
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From Selma, Alabama to Brooklyn, New York — we look at how racial violence and racial memory impacts our country and our libraries.

Bought by Northeast Indiana Public Radio and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Nov 18, 2020
  • Length: 22:24
  • Purchases: 2
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When it comes to racism, many white Americans can intellectualize it and some can personalize it through the experience of others but the real chan...

  • Added: Nov 13, 2020
  • Length: 01:59:05
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His lynching was said to have propelled the Civil Rights Movement but what really happened to the 14 year old boy from Chicago and what can we lear...

  • Added: Nov 13, 2020
  • Length: 01:47:41
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Her book is back on the NYT Best Seller list and for a very good reason. “White Rage: The Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide” as been called both ...

  • Added: Nov 12, 2020
  • Length: 02:17:15
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How should we talk about race and racism in America when the divide between Black and white can be so vast?

  • Added: Nov 12, 2020
  • Length: 01:08:18
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Who should own the narrative when it comes to talking about slavery and Jim Crow? Lance Wheeler, is the former Curator of Exhibition & Interpreters...

  • Added: Nov 12, 2020
  • Length: 53:24
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Is there a subconscious belief amongst whites that only they can "save" people of color? Have they been conditioned by society to see themselves as...

  • Added: Nov 12, 2020
  • Length: 01:34:42
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When white people are called out on their racism a response one often hears is, "Well, Black people are just as racist again me." Is racism the exc...

  • Added: Nov 12, 2020
  • Length: 01:08:24
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Whites too often see themselves as the real victims of racism and they might have point but it’s not the one they thought they were making. Are whi...

  • Added: Nov 12, 2020
  • Length: 01:00:32
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Many of us want to help change the narrative and be anti-racist partners in the good fight. This was true of civil rights activists coming to Missi...

  • Added: Nov 12, 2020
  • Length: 01:14:23
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Education is the gateway to the future in America. Our system is built around it but major colleges and universities continue to be predominantly w...

  • Added: Nov 12, 2020
  • Length: 01:16:43
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Don Carter is a former police officer who spent nearly 10 years on the beat. He knows how the system works. He's also African American.

  • Added: Nov 12, 2020
  • Length: 01:29:21
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Being black in America is exhausting and even deadly. Racial Battle Fatigue (RBF) is real and impacts the health and well-being of millions. What i...

  • Added: Nov 12, 2020
  • Length: 01:06:39
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His work helped close four of the most infamous cold cases of the Civil Right Movement. Jerry Mitchell is one of the most celebrated investigative ...

  • Added: Nov 12, 2020
  • Length: 48:16