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On today’s edition of Bring It On!, hosts William Hosea and Natalia Galvan speak with two women of color who are vying for local and national polit...
- Added: Dec 11, 2021
- Length: 59:00
Black students with dyslexia carry a heavy burden in public schools. This program centers around a grandmother who fought for years to get her gran...
- Added: Feb 12, 2021
- Length: 29:00
In Charleston, South Carolina and its suburbs questions of environmental justice and wetland protections arise as development encroaches.
- Added: Aug 31, 2020
- Length: 33:46
New economic research reveals how difficult it is for some people to gain wealth in America, even when they do everything right.
- Added: Oct 09, 2018
- Length: 03:08
Shortly after David Brown was sworn in as the Dallas Chief of Police, his son shot and killed a police officer. Just before he retired as chief, 5 ...
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- Added: Jan 08, 2018
- Length: 29:52
- Purchases: 1
(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
For decades, studies have shown African-American students are disciplined more often and with greater consequences than their white peers. Now, a n...
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- Added: May 26, 2017
- Length: 03:16
- Purchases: 3
A torchlit Confederate protest in Charlottesville, Virginia had some residents recalling the days of the KKK. But one Virginia scholar says today’s...
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- Added: May 19, 2017
- Length: 03:13
- Purchases: 2
Before Jackie Robinson, there were the Negro Leagues -- home to some of the greatest untold stories in baseball.
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- Added: Feb 17, 2017
- Length: 03:33
- Purchases: 4
When NASA wanted to put a man on the moon, they naturally turned to the brightest — and whitest. That is, until the brilliant Katherine Johnson dem...
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- Added: Feb 03, 2017
- Length: 03:35
- Purchases: 4
From: Jacqueline Parke
San Francisco 49ers Colin Kaepernick has thrust himself into the spotlight by not standing during the National Anthem.
- Added: Oct 05, 2016
- Length: 38:37
William Hosea and Liz Mitchell premiere the launch of "Dark Past, Bright Future- a regular feature segment on historical perspectives commonly omit...
- Added: Mar 07, 2016
- Length: 59:36
Brittney Packnett gives a passionate speech to honor the civil rights leader birthday.
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- Added: Jan 21, 2016
- Length: 03:59
- Purchases: 1
This is a story about how leaders of charities and organizations that help people in poverty, are joining together to help lower poverty. A couple ...
- Added: Dec 16, 2015
- Length: 03:42
Story about the 23rd and Cherry Fellowship Hall in Seattle's Central District neighborhood. The story follows Nick, a recovering drug addict, on hi...
- Added: Dec 12, 2015
- Length: 05:08
American communities are still reeling from recent gun violence, including the June mass shooting at a church in Charleston, S.C., and the gang vio...
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- Added: Aug 01, 2015
- Length: 12:06
- Purchases: 2
In the auditorium of Willard Middle School, about 300 people have gathered, many of them sitting on those rickety school bucket chairs, the ones th...
- Added: Apr 21, 2015
- Length: 09:31
- Purchases: 2
Beginning next fall, all San Francisco public schools will offer a class called Ethnic Studies. It’s a look at American history and culture from th...
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- Added: Mar 24, 2015
- Length: 06:16
- Purchases: 1
We are always adjusting the way we sound. It especially depends on the social situation we are in. Linguists call it "code switching," a term origi...
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- Added: Feb 04, 2015
- Length: 06:19
- Purchases: 2
More than 2.7 million minors in America live with a parent in prison. Studies show that the majority of incarcerated parents reside over 100 miles ...
- Added: Nov 28, 2014
- Length: 06:18
In the 19th century, Richmond, Virginia was central to the American slave trade, earning the city more than 4 million dollars annually. A new exhib...
- Added: Nov 07, 2014
- Length: 02:42
- Purchases: 2
Donte Clark stands in the middle of a dimly lit stage. A projected photo of a dilapidated apartment building flickers on the wall behind him. In th...
- Added: Oct 16, 2014
- Length: 12:42
My Choice My Voice teens Wanya Ramsey and Frank D interview Black Kold Madina a.k.a. Kimberly Roberts about her award winning film "Trouble the Wat...
- Added: Jul 09, 2013
- Length: 06:43
A century ago more than 60 percent of Americans lived in rural areas. Today 16 percent do. As more and more people flock to cities what used to be ...
- Added: Apr 19, 2013
- Length: 03:54
- Purchases: 2
When we think of early rock and roll most of us think of musicians like Little Richard, Elvis Presley, and Johnny Cash. But all these legends grew ...
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- Added: Feb 18, 2013
- Length: 02:40
- Purchases: 4
