PRX - Pieces for Topic: African-American
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The faulty—and fatal—race logic of an 18th century yellow fever epidemic.
- Added: May 09, 2023
- Length: 40:50
Celebrating one of the founders of Rock ‘n Roll, Richard Penniman, better known as Little Richard with a mix of his music, interviews, covers and ...
Bought by Prairie Public, Prairie Public, and KHNS
- Added: May 17, 2020
- Length: 59:33
- Purchases: 3
Soulful mix for one of best singers ever---Aretha Franklin
- Added: Aug 16, 2018
- Length: 59:16
- Purchases: 2
Celebrating two radio legends who passed through Pacifica radio station WBAI in New York City in the seventies on their way to greater glory- I was...
- Added: Jan 21, 2018
- Length: 59:36
A lively ride through the story of the soul star’s all-too-brief career but long-enduring legacy. We’ll hear from other musicians, music writers, ...
Bought by WHRV, KUHF, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), WXXI Rochester and more
- Added: Nov 16, 2016
- Length: 01:58:00
- Purchases: 23
If you think we live in a post-racial world…think again: statistically speaking, being born Black or Latino or Native American is associated with s...
- Added: May 24, 2013
- Length: 50:27
Infant mortality rates in Michigan are better than they used to be, but still not good enough.
Seven out of every 1,000 babies born in Michigan w...
- Added: Oct 12, 2012
- Length: 51:01
A tribute mix to the "King of Pop" who changed and shocked the world over his short fifty years in front of us all.
- Added: Jun 26, 2009
- Length: 28:23
Between Civil War and Civil Rights -1: How the South (or White Supremacy?) Won the War (1865 - 1877)
From: Alan LipkeSeries: Between Civil War and Civil Rights
From the founding of the Ku Klux Klan by ex-Confederate officers, through the defeat of Reconstruction: How history is made and remade, with histor...
- Added: May 05, 2009
- Length: 58:19
- Purchases: 3
Master drummer Max Roach recounts his own extraordinary journey, from the era of the Jim Crow south to the creation of modern jazz, from the civil ...
Bought by WFIU, High Plains Public Radio, WSLR, KCSM, KMUW and more
- Added: Dec 17, 2007
- Length: 53:59
- Purchases: 47
In 1999, radio producers Paul Ingles and Joe Warnes went in pursuit of an interview with the Godfather of Soul, James Brown at a tour stop in Albuq...
Bought by KRVS, KGLP, WCBE, Radio New Zealand, WYSO and more
- Added: Dec 25, 2006
- Length: 57:57
- Purchases: 30