PRX - Pieces for Topic: African-American
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- Added: Apr 10, 2019
- Length: 21:26
- Purchases: 1
In the years between 1915 and 1970 almost six million black American citizens from the south migrated to northern and western cities seeking freedo...
- Added: Feb 12, 2019
- Length: 29:00
(9/4/2017) As more schools begin to confront their participation in slavery, they also consider how to make amends.
- Added: Sep 05, 2017
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 13
What does it take to win an NBA Championship? On Monday night, June 12th, Oakland's Golden State Warriors, aka "Dub Nation" silenced the Cleveland ...
- Added: Jun 28, 2017
- Length: 44:31
Poverty can persist in the same communities for generations, especially communities of color. Professor Darrick Hamilton walks through the policies...
- Added: Apr 21, 2017
- Length: 27:15
Development efforts in American cities often push out long-term residents and communities of color. Zeroing in on Baltimore, Professor Brandi Bless...
- Added: Mar 29, 2017
- Length: 21:27
Protests that turn violent have been a constant throughout American history. Professor Ashley Howard explains their origins, and how new laws, poli...
Bought by WLPR
- Added: Mar 06, 2017
- Length: 26:10
- Purchases: 1
Penumbra Theatre in St. Paul is one of America's first black theater companies. This month, "Jitney" — a play by the great August Wilson — returns ...
- Added: Oct 11, 2016
- Length: 28:34
Lauren Joichin Nile introduces her readers to some provocative ideas in her book RACE: My Story and Humanity’s Bottom Line. Her work delves deep in...
Bought by KCBX
- Added: Nov 30, 2014
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 1
Dom Flemons interprets traditional music with a distinct rhythmic drive, using instruments like bones and quills.
Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio, KRPS, WSLR, KSRQ, KKRN and more
- Added: Jul 01, 2014
- Length: 58:00
- Purchases: 7
The NAACP and the National Urban League were founded over 100-years ago. Since their inception, they have been viewed as the vanguard for national ...
Bought by KCBX
- Added: Jan 18, 2014
- Length: 28:59
- Purchases: 1
From: BackStory with the American History Guys
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Host Ed Ayers talks with historian Annette Gordon-Reed about the Republican Party’s own civil war in the late 1860s, over the nature of Reconstruct...
Bought by Radio Newark
- Added: Oct 28, 2013
- Length: 07:09
- Purchases: 1
Radio Curious visits with Pulitzer Prize winner, Isabel Wilkerson, author of “The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America’s Great Migration...
- Added: Oct 15, 2012
- Length: 29:02
On this episode of Wordy Birds we interview Alelia Bundles on her great-great grandmothers transformation into an entrepreneur and social activist-...
Bought by WCSU-FM
- Added: Jul 17, 2012
- Length: 27:30
- Purchases: 1
The making and influence of John Coltrane's "A Love Supreme."
Bought by 90.5 WESA, KPSQ-LP, Harford Community Radio, WJAB, WMOT and more
- Added: Apr 29, 2010
- Length: 01:58:20
- Purchases: 17
Audio documentary- A young white rapper out of North Side Minneapolis.
- Added: Oct 07, 2009
- Length: 05:08
In the new Obama era, is the term "African-American cinema" relevant anymore?
- Added: Feb 25, 2009
- Length: 29:00
- Added: Feb 08, 2007
- Length: 19:15
One hour documentary, narrated by Danny Glover, that explores the making of an American myth.
Bought by KUHF, KWIT, WEKU, WGBH Radio Boston, Iowa Public Radio and more
- Added: Aug 18, 2006
- Length: 01:03:13
- Purchases: 14
- Added: Jul 26, 2005
- Length: 16:06
- Purchases: 1
