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StoryCorps: Jamal Faison and Born Blackwell
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Jamal Faison (right) with his uncle, Born Blackwell (left)
Jamal Faison talks with his uncle, Born Blackwell, about his release from Rikers Island and the support he received through the challenges of re-en...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, Public Radio for All, and WRIR


  • Added: Jul 11, 2016
  • Length: 02:39
  • Purchases: 3
Out of the Blocks: Penn-North (full version)
From: Out of the Blocks
Series: Out of the Blocks
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Voices from the epicenter of unrest in Baltimore

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Apr 26, 2016
  • Length: 48:30
  • Purchases: 1
Love and Faith and Music
From: Steven Scher
Series: On The Bus
Caption: On The Bus
The foot soldiers of the civil rights movement were shot, beaten, jailed, even murdered. Yet they kept on marching. Love for their community and fa...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Feb 25, 2016
  • Length: 07:46
  • Purchases: 1
Black Power
From: Steven Scher
Series: On The Bus
Caption: On The Bus
From the Mississippi Delta, the call for Black Power electrified the nation in the 1960's. For some it was an affirmation of hope and strength, a p...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Feb 25, 2016
  • Length: 04:45
  • Purchases: 1
How Break Dancing And Hip Hop Saved My Life
From: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media
Caption: Krubel Amare shows off a head spin in the KUOW studio., Credit: KUOW Photo / Sanda Htyte
RadioActive Youth Media producer Krubel Amare breaks down the true essence of Hip Hop culture, and how it’s impacted himself and the people around ...

Bought by WDBM


  • Added: Dec 29, 2015
  • Length: 06:57
  • Purchases: 1
Life of the Law #72: Outside the Walls
From: Life of the Law
Series: Life of the Law
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“I didn’t go to prison because I was a saint. I went to prison because of my lifestyle. Since the age of 13 I was a gangbanger, and did what gangba...

Bought by KGNU Community Radio


  • Added: Dec 18, 2015
  • Length: 26:22
  • Purchases: 1
Rodney Learns to Fly
From: Ari Daniel
Caption: Mr. Hoots is a Eurasian eagle owl, and one of Rodney Stotts' favorite raptors., Credit: Ari Daniel
Rodney grew up selling dope and guns. But he's always loved caring for birds. The drugs landed him in jail. The birds helped set him free.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, New Hampshire Public Radio, The Allegheny Front: Reporting on the Environment, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Nov 20, 2015
  • Length: 11:23
  • Purchases: 4
Raising a Police Officer
From: Missouri Audio Project
Series: Summer Story Workshop, 2015
Caption: Raymond Summerville, Credit: Meredith Turk
Raymond Summerville uncovers the surprising and troubled past of George Hatton, a beloved citizen of Columbia, Missouri, whom neighborhood children...

  • Added: Nov 18, 2015
  • Length: 06:58
Out of the Blocks: Penn-North (mini version)
From: Out of the Blocks
Series: Out of the Blocks
Caption: The intersection on Pennsylvania & North Avenues in Baltimore, Credit: Wendel Patrick
Voices from the epicenter of unrest in Baltimore

Bought by WESM 91.3 FM, PRX Remix, and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Aug 13, 2015
  • Length: 06:00
  • Purchases: 3
#BlackLivesMatter: Alicia Garza on the Origins of a Movement
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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Black Lives Matter co-founder Alicia Garza tells the story of how that phrase, and the movement came to be.

Bought by WCPN, XRAY.fm, and WRIR


  • Added: Apr 29, 2015
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
Six Students. Six Months.
From: Katy Sewall
Caption: James, a homeless teen, died in March 2015, Credit: Kaaren Andrews
Six students from one Seattle high school have died from suicide or murder this year. Why hasn't this tragedy been front-page news? Is it because a...

  • Added: Apr 28, 2015
  • Length: 35:26
Act
From: Michelle Boyd
Series: "I don't recall."
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The first of a three-part sound collage that memorializes African American men and women who were tortured by Chicago Police officers in the 1970s ...

  • Added: Feb 18, 2015
  • Length: 01:45
Deadly Force: Police Shootings
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Police Lights, Credit: JJ https://www.flickr.com/photos/tattoodjay/4172577749/in/photolist-7mHxZF-ntjU6o-BA5dw-4YVuiR-4oxk3p-9WvKAJ-6aAVL8-4TriEc-9RxFf5-cX9PJ7-9FWBUQ-9iVSZY-3JGAkJ-aA7muZ-5Z6ysn-NajHv-97f5km-7NV3qB-dhhs8s-fjfh3-9Ra8Si-nZLv2P-HjZTJ-hrc2rF-cbcHJ5-bW6YvQ-4kV4bM-7y
Why are so many of those killed by police young people of color? A recent ProPublica investigation found that a young black male is at twenty one t...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis and WRIR


  • Added: Feb 14, 2015
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
From Montgomery to Ferguson
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Rev. Osagyefo Uhuru Sekou, Credit: http://www.apbspeakers.com/
Some call it a new civil rights movement. Others simply call it “black lives matter”. We hear a conversation about waging strategic non-violence be...

Bought by WRIR


  • Added: Feb 06, 2015
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Power of Poetry
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Beck Eldridge, Credit: Laura Flynn
Making Contact partnered with the 2014 National Poetry Slam to produce this special open mic highlighting the power of thoughtful, truth telling, c...

Bought by XRAY.fm and WNJR


  • Added: Sep 22, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
StoryCorps: Darnell Moore and Bryan Epps
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Darnell Moore (R) and his friend Bryan Epps (L).
Darnell Moore (R) tells his friend Bryan Epps (L) about an incident that shaped his...

Bought by WEZU and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Sep 03, 2014
  • Length: 03:43
  • Purchases: 2
StoryCorps: Alex Landau and Patsy Hathaway
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Alex Landau, who is African American, and his adoptive mother, Patsy Hathaway, who is white,...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WEZU, Third Coast Festival/Re:sound (Outside Purchaser), WTJU, and KMUD


  • Added: Aug 21, 2014
  • Length: 03:34
  • Purchases: 5
A Father's Choice: Autism or Alcohol
From: Jesse Regis
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Berta and Joseph spent years as drug dealers and hustlers in the roughest parts of New York. They both served time. Joseph was an alcoholic. Their ...

Bought by XRAY.fm


  • Added: Jul 19, 2014
  • Length: 18:54
  • Purchases: 1
Marquell, Sharon, and Jane
From: Littleglobe
Caption: Sharon Wirtz, left, talks to Marquell Hicks, right, in front of a panel from the NM AIDS Memorial Quilt, Credit: Katy Gross
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
PPW - Louisiana: No Longer Invisible
From: Narrative Arts
Series: Prison Poetry Workshop
Caption: Lead Belly, Credit: Lead Belly Foundation
We take to the streets of New Orleans, Louisiana to ask folks about their connection to the criminal justice system. In the state of Louisiana, ...

Bought by WWNO and KFOK-LPFM


  • Added: Jan 28, 2014
  • Length: 50:03
  • Purchases: 2
James Brown:The Hardest Working Man in Show Businessl (Live Recordings)
From: Howard Burchette
Series: Soul Roots
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James Brown is one of the most recognizance and important figures in modern music during our lifetime. During this program we will explore some of ...

Bought by KFCF FM, KPIP-LP, Prairie Public, and WJAB


  • Added: Jan 14, 2014
  • Length: 59:09
  • Purchases: 4
James Brown: Soul Brother #1 (the 1960s)
From: Howard Burchette
Series: Soul Roots
Caption: James Brown (1960s)
During the 1960s James Brown was known as Soul Brother #1. This was a title that no one else in Soul music, R& or Pop would or could claim. This p...

Bought by WUFT, CI Dolphin Radio, KPIP-LP, Radio Catskill, and Prairie Public


  • Added: Jan 12, 2014
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 5
I Am Trayvon!
From: Youth Spin - KOOP 91.7 FM
Caption: "Struck down but not destroyed", Credit: Makalah
Check out Makalah's piece about the Trayvon Martin vigil in downtown Austin. She talks about her experience and asks citizens about their view on t...

  • Added: Sep 29, 2013
  • Length: 04:35