PRX - Pieces for Topic: African-American
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The history of why Black women are more likely to die when giving birth than White women.
Bought by WVTF and WNED Buffalo
- Added: May 15, 2023
- Length: 56:56
- Purchases: 2
The word “Tuskegee” has become shorthand for the Black community’s mistrust of the medical establishment. But what really happened?
- Added: May 15, 2023
- Length: 59:05
In this hour we hear five stories about how mass incarceration and our criminal legal system impact young people and families. According to the Ann...
Bought by KSFR
- Added: Aug 09, 2020
- Length: 52:58
- Purchases: 1
Season 1.5, Episode 3
Retried Judge Calvin Johnson was a lot of firsts, including the first elected African American judge in New Orleans. Johnso...
- Added: Jul 29, 2020
- Length: 11:51
Season 1, Episode 14
Here’s what it’s like when you’re released from prison. You’re given a $20 debit card and a bus ride home. You need housing, ...
- Added: Jul 29, 2020
- Length: 09:21
Season 1, Episode 11
The legal system operates very differently for juveniles and for adults. Yet the age at which a person is considered an adult...
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Jul 29, 2020
- Length: 09:20
- Purchases: 1
Shelton Johnson is a ranger at Yosemite National Park. He’s part Cherokee, part African American, and part Seminole. And he’s used his background ...
Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and WABE
- Added: Jan 14, 2015
- Length: 08:28
- Purchases: 2
When the tiny African American community on Georgia's St Simon's Island set out to save its one-room schoolhouse, it didn't realize that the buildi...
Bought by Georgia Public Broadcasting
- Added: Oct 09, 2011
- Length: 05:14
- Purchases: 1
