PRX - Pieces for Topic: African-American
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Join World Footprints as we remember Emmett Till, recount the bravery of Mamie Till-Mobley and learn about a connection with Rosa Parks.
- Added: Nov 13, 2022
- Length: 21:04
It’s just possible that our understanding of history is seen through a distorted lens. We think we know how the modern world was made. But, keep in...
- Added: Feb 08, 2022
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 2
Most of us know very little about the history of the African American. Their contribution to our culture and society is rich and multilayered that...
Bought by RadioFreePalmer and KCBX
- Added: Feb 01, 2022
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 2
Polarizing debates over the meaning behind Confederate monuments have intensified lately. There are legal battles to remove them. Legislative maneu...
Bought by KCBX
- Added: Apr 20, 2021
- Length: 29:01
- Purchases: 1
This episode focuses on the social impact of Ernest Green’s life journey—a different type of travel experience--and his role in the civil rights mo...
- Added: Nov 25, 2020
- Length: 37:07
Important stories about the struggle for freedom in Brooklyn, from a young girl “auctioned” at Plymouth Church in 1860 to the story of Crown Height...
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Dec 23, 2019
- Length: 27:37
- Purchases: 1
In 1965, two intellectuals met at Cambridge University for a debate. The topic: “The American dream is at the expense of the American Negro.” The r...
- Added: Oct 15, 2019
- Length: 28:59
- Purchases: 3
From: John Shuck
A "Bottom-Up" history of the U.S. from an African-American and Latinx viewpoint.
Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and WJAB
- Added: Jun 04, 2018
- Length: 57:01
- Purchases: 2
Host Bob Kustra interviews Beth Macy about her bestseller about two brothers, a kidnapping and a mother's quest.
- Added: Aug 18, 2017
- Length: 30:31
This piece features the voices of black Americans who came of age during the civil rights era: an era that lives with a mix of pain and pride in th...
Bought by WXDU
- Added: Jan 26, 2017
- Length: 30:00
- Purchases: 1
Professors Marva Lewis and Marvin Dunn discuss "stereotype threat" and its effect on African Americans sense of safety when interacting with police...
Bought by WBST, RadioStPete Florida, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, and KPIP-LP
- Added: Jul 16, 2016
- Length: 03:59
- Purchases: 4
Author of "1968: A Story As Relevant Today As It Was Then", Bill Natale sits down to discuss race relations in Chicago and his new book with Elysab...
- Added: Dec 07, 2015
- Length: 47:02
N’MPower participant, Marquell Hicks, interviews quilt artists Sharon Wirtz and Jane Gabaldon, in a community engagement project between the Museum...
- Added: Apr 09, 2014
- Length: 10:00
Thelonious Monk was an original voice in the shaping the sound of American music. Both his compositions and his inimitable piano playing continue t...
Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and PRX Remix
- Added: Feb 22, 2013
- Length: 02:30
- Purchases: 2
The Black Panther Party and its health care work in black communities is the topic of Radio Curious this week, in an interview with Professor Alond...
- Added: Feb 14, 2012
- Length: 29:00
Producer Dred-Scott Keyes looks at the life and music of poet, musician and composer, Gil Scott-Heron, who passed in New York City on May 27th.
- Added: Jun 05, 2011
- Length: 01:00:03
An audio history of the New York Police Department
Bought by WNYC, WFUV, Connecticut Public (WNPR), WGBH Radio Boston, and WAMU
- Added: Aug 25, 2006
- Length: 59:45
- Purchases: 5
