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The grandmother of Juneteenth, Opal Lee, joins a special edition of I SEE U and shares her perspective on the commercialization of this cultural ev...
Bought by High Plains Public Radio, KFCF FM, Baltimore Public Media, Prairie Public, WBHM and more
- Added: Nov 30, 2023
- Length: 53:30
- Purchases: 16
Eight years after their original StoryCorps interview, Burnell Cotlon reflects with his mother, Lillie Cotlon, about opening up a store in New Orle...
- Added: Sep 25, 2023
- Length: 06:09
Pamela Sneed’s prose and poetry can reach out and grab you. She reads selections from her memoir, Funeral Diva, and shares some of her life story. ...
- Added: Aug 27, 2021
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 2
Belle da Costa Greene and Nella Larsen are two librarians of color, one who is white passing, and the other of mixed heritage who wrote famously ab...
Bought by KFAI Minneapolis
- Added: Nov 18, 2020
- Length: 32:46
- Purchases: 1
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
Paramedic Rowan Allen talks to Bryan Lindsay about the day he saved his life.
- Added: Jul 26, 2013
- Length: 02:32
- Purchases: 2
Since the 1994 demise of South Africa's apartheid system, photography in that country has taken on a new freedom, and a new meaning. It has evolve...
- Added: Jul 22, 2011
- Length: 06:05
Environmental activist Majora Carter believes in making the old neighborhood a better place to live.
- Added: Feb 09, 2009
- Length: 03:43
- Purchases: 3
Michael Gabby wasn't too optimistic going into the election. Now he's proud to believe in America.
- Added: Feb 09, 2009
- Length: 03:14
- Purchases: 2
Educator and social activist Geoffrey Canada says he believes all children can learn and succeed.
Bought by WEZU, WCSU-FM, WEZU, and KUFM - Montana Public Radio
- Added: Jan 05, 2009
- Length: 04:44
- Purchases: 4
damali ayo believes in recycling stuff people discard--old papers, broken furniture, even lame dogs.
Bought by Wyoming Public Radio, WEZU, WEZU, KUOW, and Remix Radio
- Added: Aug 05, 2008
- Length: 03:39
- Purchases: 5
Student Kamaal Majeed believes in being content with himself and not seeking the approval of others.
Bought by WEZU, WBEZ, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., and KJZZ
- Added: May 21, 2007
- Length: 03:19
- Purchases: 4
Choreographer Judith Jamison believes being "good" includes being open, honest and true to oneself.
- Added: Mar 30, 2007
- Length: 03:35
- Purchases: 3
In this fundraising spot, This I Believe host Jay Allison introduces listeners to New York City Finance Commissioner Martha Stark, the city's tax c...
Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, WEZU, KJZZ, KERA, Colorado Public Radio and more
- Added: Feb 12, 2007
- Length: 02:51
- Purchases: 6
New York City Finance Commissioner Martha Stark believes numbers shape our lives more than we realize.
- Added: Oct 06, 2006
- Length: 03:58
- Purchases: 3
