PRX - Pieces for Topic: African-American
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Ingrid Douglas never finished high school as a teenager. When she started looking for a better job at age sixty, she found not having a degree was ...
Bought by WFHB
- Added: Mar 26, 2021
- Length: 28:40
- Purchases: 1
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
In the 1990s, Johnny Holmes was head of security at a high school in Blue Island, Illinois, located just outside of Chicago, where he met Christian...
- Added: Oct 10, 2017
- Length: 02:19
We all remember the influential teacher who made a difference in our lives. But for Drego Little, the teacher that changed his life was the one he ...
- Added: Sep 14, 2017
- Length: 05:56
- Purchases: 1
In the United States, we take the right to get an education for granted but that's not the case for many refugees. RadioActive's Faisa Muse brings ...
- Added: Sep 13, 2017
- Length: 05:12
Jim Saint Germain and his former middle school dean discuss pivotal moments in their relationship and lessons Jim learned from his mentor.
- Added: Jul 25, 2016
- Length: 02:45
- Purchases: 3
Twenty-three-year-old Tierra Jackson talks to John Horan, the president of her high school, about what her life was like when they first met.
Bought by WEZU, New Hampshire Public Radio, and KUOW
- Added: Oct 16, 2012
- Length: 02:07
- Purchases: 3
Ayodeji Ogunniyi describes how the death of his father inspired him to become a teacher.
- Added: Dec 27, 2011
- Length: 02:15
- Purchases: 2
Earl Reynolds Jr. tells his daughter, Ashley, about meeting James Brown at his father's barbershop in Roanoke, Virginia.
Bought by Radio Catskill, WEZU, Delta College Public Radio, and KUOW
- Added: Sep 28, 2011
- Length: 02:40
- Purchases: 4
One actor from the cast of the new HBO television show "Treme" is doing more than just acting.
Bought by KUOW
- Added: Apr 22, 2010
- Length: 03:57
- Purchases: 1
Meet Tulane graduate Bayoji Akingbola. On paper, he was the perfect Teach for America candidate. But even the best teacher needs support. Was Bayoj...
- Added: Apr 22, 2010
- Length: 05:11
To get kids off a path of drugs and gangs, sometimes it takes a mentor who's been there
Bought by KUOW, New Hampshire Public Radio, and NPR Station Showcase with PRX
- Added: May 29, 2008
- Length: 05:24
- Purchases: 3
