PRX - Pieces for Topic: African-American

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We go to the roots of the land where Altgeld Gardens sits and where Hazel's legacy lives, digging through the layers of indigenous, Black liberatio...

  • Added: May 14, 2024
  • Length: 43:53
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The faulty—and fatal—race logic of an 18th century yellow fever epidemic.

  • Added: May 09, 2023
  • Length: 40:50
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How race was invented to support racism.

  • Added: May 09, 2023
  • Length: 33:44
Caption: Arthur Flagg and family markers, Credit: Photo: Tonya Fitzpatrick
Tonya and Ian Fitzpatrick walk through the grounds of God's Little Acre--the oldest and largest colonial African burial ground, and they share unde...

  • Added: Feb 24, 2023
  • Length: 28:36
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There may be no other actor on the world’s stage whose life has been as heavily documented as Muhammad Ali's. Yet for all the ways the legendary at...

Bought by KOSU, WSKG, WKMS, WCPN, Connecticut Public (WNPR) and more


  • Added: Mar 29, 2021
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 39
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A musical history of the "Prince of Motown Marvin" Gaye is the subject of this program.

Bought by KAZU Seaside, Calif.


  • Added: Aug 21, 2020
  • Length: 56:04
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Blue Note saxman Sonny Rollins, Credit: Francis Wolff
In this hour, it's the myth and magic of the label that defined mid-century jazz: Blue Note Records.

Bought by WNMU-FM, WNMU-FM, WCPN, WVPE, Radio New Zealand and more


  • Added: Feb 09, 2015
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 28