PRX - Pieces for Topic: African-American

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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
Caption: Host Martha Burk
In January we celebrate the birthday of Martin Luther King Jr., one of the greatest icons of the 20th century, known by all as the strongest advoca...

Bought by RadioStPete Florida and RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Jan 15, 2015
  • Length: 02:30
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Remastered Bebop 78s on Jazz-O-Rama, Credit: Lorie B. Kellogg
Early Bebop fills the air when the remastered 78 RPM records of Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis,Tadd Dameron and Dexter Gordon are hea...

Bought by KTXK, Spokane Public Radio, and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 23, 2013
  • Length: 58:51
  • Purchases: 3
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Series host Martha Burk interviews Dr. Myiesha Taylor, prominent emergency room physician and advocate working with the Disney corporation to inte...

Bought by WMMT and KRZA


  • Added: Jan 30, 2013
  • Length: 28:23
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: An American Terrorist
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...

Bought by WCPN, WRPI, and KUNM


  • Added: May 05, 2009
  • Length: 58:19
  • Purchases: 3
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Jazz singer Chris Calloway, daughter to the legendary singer and band leader Cab Calloway, died August 7, 2008. Chris recalls her father's legacy ...

Bought by KRCB 104.9, KGLT, and WVRU


  • Added: Dec 23, 2007
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 3