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When we say the words, “the talk”, it probably conjures up the awkward conversation one has with their children about the birds and the bees. Howev...

  • Added: Nov 12, 2020
  • Length: 58:43
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The United States government has a history of paying reparations to those who have been wronged but with one very striking exception: slavery. Shou...

  • Added: Nov 12, 2020
  • Length: 46:41
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Black History Month was official recognized in 1976 by President Gerald Ford and ever since then whites have asked why it is necessary. Today, do w...

  • Added: Nov 12, 2020
  • Length: 42:41
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Due to prohibitions against enslaved people learning to read and write, there are only a few written records left behind by formerly enslaved Kentu...

Bought by Morehead State Public Radio, WHCP-LP Cambridge, KUOW, KGOU, WKMS and more


  • Added: Oct 01, 2020
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 22
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
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The continued closures of our public schools and high-stakes testing illustrate the institutionalized racism embedded in our educational system. Ji...

  • Added: Aug 02, 2020
  • Length: 58:23
Caption: Angela Adetola, Credit: Shefik
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
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On September 29 of 2018 the Blues world lost one of it’s Iconic artists of the West-side Chicago Blues sound Otis Rush. Although he had not perform...

  • Added: Apr 18, 2020
  • Length: 59:32
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This show highlights the Delta Blues Museum in Clarksdale, Mississippi. I had the opportunity to interview the Active Executive Director, Shelley R...

  • Added: Apr 18, 2020
  • Length: 58:40
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An active musician in the world of Blues since he was a youth under his father's wings, Bernard Allison is still going strong after some 37 years o...

  • Added: Apr 18, 2020
  • Length: 59:52
Caption: Carver Elementary students line up to begin the school day at the campus in San Francisco's Bayview district., Credit: Lee Romney / KALW
Meeting family needs in a city of widening wealth gaps is a big lift. Studies show that when parents are engaged in their kids’ education, it has a...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Jan 21, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Jeghetto, Credit: Jeghetto
Tarish Pipkins performs puppetry under the name Jeghetto. The creations that emerge from Jeghetto’s Workshop are incredibly unique and endlessly fa...

  • Added: Dec 30, 2019
  • Length: 36:32
Caption: Borrowed, from Brooklyn Public Library, Credit: Meryl Friedman
We start this episode at Dead Horse Bay, where we ask what trash can tell us about structures of power, and end the episode in 1960s Bed-Stuy, wher...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Dec 23, 2019
  • Length: 20:50
  • Purchases: 1
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In today’s installment of the Untold Stories of Central Minnesota, Arts & Cultural Heritage Producer Jeff Carmack talks with SCSU Ethic Studies Pro...

  • Added: Jun 24, 2019
  • Length: 27:49
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***** BBC America's Most Buzzworthy Podcast ***** ***** London Evening Standard's Best Education Podcast ***** One of the biggest movie hits of 2...

  • Added: May 18, 2019
  • Length: 39:05
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Segregation in Education is as bad as ever, and no end appears to be in sight. So what approaches might make a difference. What if Segregation, per...

Bought by KDNK


  • Added: Apr 25, 2019
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
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Blues songs about race relations, floods, hurricanes and fires.

  • Added: Feb 25, 2019
  • Length: 01:00:00
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Join Tom Cairns for one hour of good old Georgia Blues from the 1920's to the 1940's.

  • Added: Feb 15, 2019
  • Length: 01:00:00
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Join Tom Cairns for one hour of good old Georgia Blues from the 1920's to the 1940's.

  • Added: Feb 15, 2019
  • Length: 01:00:00
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Join Tom Cairns for one hour of good old Country Blues from the 1920's to the current day.

  • Added: Feb 15, 2019
  • Length: 01:00:00
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In the first Untold Story of Central Minnesota of 2019, Arts & Cultural Heritage Producer Jeff Carmack visits with Professor Deborah Leigh about th...

  • Added: Jan 17, 2019
  • Length: 29:35
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This week on the show: Once they have completed their medical degree, many Ghanaian doctors prefer to move to Europe or North America instead of wo...

  • Added: Jan 02, 2019
  • Length: 30:00
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A discussion of the important the heritage of Historically Black Colleges and Universities.

  • Added: Jan 22, 2018
  • Length: 31:35
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Focus on elderly healthcare research, prostate cancer treatment and fitness.

  • Added: Jan 19, 2018
  • Length: 58:13
Caption: Timely, In-Depth Progressive Analysis
This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews: Trump Justice Department Revokes 25 Guidance Documents Affecting Civil Rig...

Bought by WMUU-LP and WRIR


  • Added: Jan 03, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2