PRX - Pieces for Topic: African-American

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Chef Ralph Brown’s parents fed the neighborhood for years. Now, he’s keeping that tradition going.

Bought by KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, Kansas Public Radio, WJCU, WFHB, KMUN and more


  • Added: Sep 02, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 8
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Chef Ralph Brown’s parents fed the neighborhood for years. Now, he’s keeping that tradition going.

Bought by KUHF, WTJU, KEDT, KHEN-LP, WRST-FM Oshkosh and more


  • Added: Sep 02, 2022
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 9
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Chef Ralph Brown’s parents fed the neighborhood for years. Now, he’s keeping that tradition going.

Bought by KUHF, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KWIT, WNMU-FM, and Troy Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 02, 2022
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 5
Caption: Legalize parage
Advocates argue that after bearing the brunt of harsh marijuana laws, people of color deserve a spot in Virginia’s commercial cannabis industry.

Bought by WTJU, KHEN-LP, KWIT, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., WMUU-LP and more


  • Added: Aug 25, 2022
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 11
Caption: Legalize parage
Advocates argue that after bearing the brunt of harsh marijuana laws, people of color deserve a spot in Virginia’s commercial cannabis industry.

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KRDP, and WYAP


  • Added: Aug 25, 2022
  • Length: 52:00
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Legalize Parade
Advocates argue that after bearing the brunt of harsh marijuana laws, people of color deserve a spot in Virginia’s commercial cannabis industry.

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KWIT, WRST-FM Oshkosh, Troy Public Radio, and WNMU-FM


  • Added: Aug 25, 2022
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 5
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In 1943, Duke Ellington debuted a landmark 43-minute musical portrayal of the African-American experience at Carnegie Hall. We'll hear music from i...

Bought by Troy Public Radio, WNMU-FM, KMUW, WVIA, Radio Catskill and more


  • Added: Aug 25, 2022
  • Length: 59:03
  • Purchases: 20
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In January 1943, bandleader and composer Duke Ellington took his orchestra into Carnegie Hall for the first time and chose to make his debut with a...

  • Added: Aug 25, 2022
  • Length: 59:03
Caption: CJ Hunt, Credit: Paavo Hannien
We’re revisiting this 2021 interview with filmmaker CJ Hunt who discusses his Emmy Award nominated documentary The Neutral Ground which explores t...

Bought by PRX Remix, RADIOLEX, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., KZUM, and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 22, 2022
  • Length: 28:32
  • Purchases: 5
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HBCUs rose from the ashes of slavery and have been educating Black students for generations.

Bought by KWIT, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., Royalton Community Radio, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, KCHW and more


  • Added: Aug 11, 2022
  • Length: 52:00
  • Purchases: 6
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HBCUs rose from the ashes of slavery and have been educating Black students for generations.

Bought by WRKF, Kansas Public Radio, WJCU, Harford Community Radio, WFHB and more


  • Added: Aug 11, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 10
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HBCUs rose from the ashes of slavery and have been educating Black students for generations.

Bought by Oregon Public Broadcasting, WGBH Radio Boston, RadioStPete Florida, WLPR , KECG and more


  • Added: Aug 11, 2022
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 37
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HBCUs rose from the ashes of slavery and have been educating Black students for generations.

Bought by WLPR , KUOW, KQED, WITF, KWMU St. Louis and more


  • Added: Aug 11, 2022
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 11
Caption: Jacob Ming-Trent
Jacob Ming-Trent talks about his career on stage playing Shakespeare, why he left and why he returned.

Bought by RADIOLEX, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., PRX Remix, KZUM, and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 09, 2022
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 5
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Hear stories from Black farmers in Ohio, and Ojibwe wild rice traditions in Minnesota.

  • Added: Aug 04, 2022
  • Length: 54:00
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"Welcoming Spring" is a classical music program featuring vocal classical music, piano classical music, and symphony orchestra music by musicians, ...

Bought by WNMU-FM


  • Added: Aug 04, 2022
  • Length: 01:00:45
  • Purchases: 1
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The prolific writer and Civil Rights-era activist was born August 2, 1924.

Bought by WGBH Radio Boston, KMUN, KICI Iowa City, KSKQ, KNVC Carson City Community Radio and more


  • Added: Jul 31, 2022
  • Length: 53:58
  • Purchases: 13
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What caused the Big Bang? Are black holes key to interstellar travel? And how close are we to discovering extraterrestrial life?

Bought by KWIT, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., Royalton Community Radio, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, KHEN-LP and more


  • Added: Jul 28, 2022
  • Length: 52:00
  • Purchases: 7
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What caused the Big Bang? Are black holes key to interstellar travel? And how close are we to discovering extraterrestrial life?

Bought by WTJU, KEDT, WMUU-LP, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, WRGY and more


  • Added: Jul 28, 2022
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 7
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What caused the Big Bang? Are black holes key to interstellar travel? And how close are we to discovering extraterrestrial life?

Bought by RadioFreePalmer, Kansas Public Radio, KHNS, WJCU, WFHB and more


  • Added: Jul 28, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 8
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What caused the Big Bang? Are black holes key to interstellar travel? And how close are we to discovering extraterrestrial life?

Bought by KXCV, WNMU-FM, and KWIT


  • Added: Jul 28, 2022
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 3
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Throughout jazz history the harp has rarely been heard as a soloing or primary instrument, but in the 1950s and 60s Dorothy Ashby, a musician out o...

Bought by WJCT, KRCU Public Radio, WVTF, KLCC, WNMU-FM and more


  • Added: Jul 27, 2022
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 6
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Tracy K. Smith, U.S. Poet Laureate 2017-19, kicked off her poetry career with the 2002 Cave Canem Prize, awarded to exceptional manuscripts of firs...

Bought by WMUU-LP, XRAY.fm, and WJCU


  • Added: Jul 20, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
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In his book “An Afro-Indigenous History of the United States,” Kyle T. Mays argues that the foundations of the United States are rooted in Anti-Bla...

  • Added: Jul 18, 2022
  • Length: 58:00
Caption: Henry Threadgill, Credit: Nhumi Threadgill
Composer, multi-instrumentalist, and 2021 NEA Jazz Master Henry Threadgill reflects on his musical life and shares his thoughts about improvised mu...

Bought by KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., WDCB, New England Public Media, Spokane Public Radio, KZUM and more


  • Added: Jul 13, 2022
  • Length: 28:47
  • Purchases: 6