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America's Black Capital
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Cover of the book, "America's Black Capital", Credit: Hachette Book Group
On this week's episode, we speak with Dr. Jeffrey O.G. Ogbar about his latest book, “America's Black Capital: How African Americans Remade Atlanta ...

Bought by WUWM, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, RadioFreePalmer, and KMUN


  • Added: Apr 08, 2024
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 4
The Spark Weekly 2.11.2024
From: WITF
Series: The Spark Weekly
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On this week's program, we speak with Berwood Yost about the latest Franklin and Marshall College poll. Also on the program, what we can learn abo...

  • Added: Feb 09, 2024
  • Length: 46:20
Building Back Black Wall Street
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Jenkin Lloyd Jones Press, All Souls' book publishing imprint, 2021 , Credit: Jenkin Lloyd Jones Press, All Souls' book publishing imprint, 2021
Tulsa Tri-City Collective leaders Carlos Moreno and Bracken Klar talk about the history of Greenwood, a Tulsa neighborhood founded by and for Black...

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  • Added: Jan 30, 2024
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 5
(December 27, 2023 Re-Air) Jubilee Justice Black Farmers' Rice Project: Tackling Racism & Rice
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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A bold experiment is taking place among Black farmers in the Southeast — a story of hope in an area with a history of plantation slavery, land thef...

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  • Added: Dec 15, 2023
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 5
SPECIAL ISeeU EPISODE: Someday, Will We Ever Be Free? Juneteenth with Opal Lee
From: I See U with Eddie Robinson
Series: I SEE U with Eddie Robinson Specials
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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...

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  • Added: Nov 30, 2023
  • Length: 53:31
  • Purchases: 1
KMOJ Public Policy Forum at Lucille's - Feb 24, 1988 (part 2)
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: Al McFarlane Archive
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KMOJ's Public Policy Forum, hosted by Al McFarlane. Recorded live from Lucille's Kitchen in North Minneapolis. February 24, 1998. The discussion on...

  • Added: Oct 25, 2023
  • Length: 59:41
KMOJ Public Policy Forum at Lucille's - August 6, 2002
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: Al McFarlane Archive
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KMOJ's Public Policy Forum, hosted by Al McFarlane. Recorded live from Lucille's Kitchen in North Minneapolis. This episode featured a conversation...

  • Added: Oct 25, 2023
  • Length: 01:18:12
KMOJ Public Policy Forum at Lucille's - Feb 24, 1998 (part 1)
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: Al McFarlane Archive
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KMOJ's Public Policy Forum, hosted by Al McFarlane. Recorded live from Lucille's Kitchen in North Minneapolis. February 24, 1998. The discussion on...

  • Added: Oct 25, 2023
  • Length: 35:45
StoryCorps: Burnell Cotlon and Lillie Cotlon
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Lillie Cotlon and Burnell Cotlon in front of Burnell’s store, ‘Burnell’s Lower Ninth Ward Market’ in New Orleans, Louisiana on August 19, 2015., Credit: By Ian Spencer Cook for StoryCorps.
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
EE 23-36: Make time for coffee, 9/1/2023
From: WFIU
Series: Earth Eats
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A conversation with Korie Griggs of the Color of Coffee Collective.

  • Added: Aug 16, 2023
  • Length: 54:01
GJ Interviews Mike Silva
From: Generation Justice Admin
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This week on Generation Justice, we attended the 2023 Juneteenth Celebration at the Civic Plaza! We hear from community leader and organizer, Nicol...

  • Added: Jul 06, 2023
  • Length: 02:35
Women on the Rise: A Leadership Journey
From: Innovating Leadership: Co-Creating Our Future
Series: Innovating Leadership: Co-Creating Our Future
Caption: Reta Jo Lewis is the president of the Export-Import Bank of the United States; she shares how she accomplished her groundbreaking rise through that financial glass ceiling.
"It's not just about the the betterment of you and your family. It's about the betterment of the community." That is one of the core values that he...

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  • Added: Mar 02, 2023
  • Length: 49:57
  • Purchases: 1
EE 22-47: A love for cooking isn’t the only reason to start a food business, 11/18/2022
From: WFIU
Series: Earth Eats
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Hear the story of a public health professor with a passion for popcorn

  • Added: Nov 16, 2022
  • Length: 54:00
The Moments That Made Urban Farmer Mama K's Career
From: The Story Exchange
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We tell the story of Karen Washington by sharing a series of incredible moments that established her influence and position as a food activist.

  • Added: Aug 16, 2022
  • Length: 16:57
Mercé Culp
From: WGTE Public Media
Series: The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor
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Mercé Culp is a 4-dimensional artist. Her work includes street art, dance, fashion, graphic design, and video. Urban Digitz is the body of work she...

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  • Added: May 23, 2022
  • Length: 06:09
  • Purchases: 1
New Brand Browsing: Diverse Stores Add New Chapter to Minnesota's Mall History
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
Caption: Local business owners, such Donna Green of Dreams and Diamonds (top right, with sales rep Kelando Roberts) and Doie Lemi of DMoxi (bottom right) are building community and a loyal customer base at Northtown Mall, Credit: Mike Moen
Minnesota and indoor shopping malls have a high-profile history, with the Mall of America getting all the love. But some slightly smaller spots are...

  • Added: May 02, 2022
  • Length: 04:26
RDD: Valerie Thompson
From: WGTE Public Media
Series: The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor
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Valerie Thompson is a native Toledoan and a graphic designer at ProMedica, but she's more than a graphic designer, she's the environmental designer...

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  • Added: Feb 22, 2022
  • Length: 06:03
  • Purchases: 1
Born in Blackness
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Howard W. French
Most of us know very little about the history of the African American. Their contribution to our culture and society is rich and multilayered that...

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  • Added: Feb 01, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Fletcher Word
From: WGTE Public Media
Series: The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor
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Fletcher Word is a native of New York City and grew up in the Washington, DC area, but today we're talking about his contributions to his local Ohi...

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  • Added: Jan 24, 2022
  • Length: 06:02
  • Purchases: 1
EE 21-51: Hear the story of a local popcorn business with a twist, 12/17/2021
From: WFIU
Series: Earth Eats
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A love for cooking isn’t the only reason to start a food business.

  • Added: Dec 16, 2021
  • Length: 54:00
TriggaMeals
From: WGTE Public Media
Series: The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor
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Today on The Rough Draft Diaries, we headed down to Bowling Green, Ohio to meet with DeAnte Shivers, the creator of TriggaMeals. It's a food busin...

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  • Added: Dec 06, 2021
  • Length: 06:01
  • Purchases: 1
Open for Business
From: WGTE Public Media
Series: The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor
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Today on The Rough Draft Diaries we talk to Dr. Shanda Gore, the principal of MBAC, Minority Business Assistance Center. A development division tha...

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  • Added: Nov 01, 2021
  • Length: 06:10
  • Purchases: 1
Reimagining American Identity
From: Innovating Leadership: Co-Creating Our Future
Series: Innovating Leadership: Co-Creating Our Future
Caption: Jewel Kinch-Thomas finds solutions to America's racial reckoning by viewing the history of African Americans through the lens of an archetypal hero's or heroine's journey.
America’s racial reckoning is underway, yet continues to be hotly debated. One novel approach comes from leadership consultants Amiel Handelsman a...

  • Added: Nov 01, 2021
  • Length: 49:38
A Community Person
From: WGTE Public Media
Series: The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor
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Today we're talking to Rhonda Sewell, the first director of belonging & community engagement at the Toledo Museum of Art. Although Rhonda is fillin...

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  • Added: Sep 28, 2021
  • Length: 06:08
  • Purchases: 1
Women for Solheim
From: WGTE Public Media
Series: The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor
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The Solheim Cup is headed to Toledo, Ohio in just about a week. It's a biennial golf tournament for professional women golfers with teams represent...

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  • Added: Aug 24, 2021
  • Length: 06:05
  • Purchases: 1