PRX - Pieces for Topic: African-American

Can't find it? Try Advanced Search
View by:

136 results


Piece image
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
Piece image
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
Piece image
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
Piece image
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
Piece image
Two stories about local food.

  • Added: Jun 29, 2022
  • Length: 51:08
Caption: Juke In The Back with Matt The Cat, Credit: Public Domain
What’s more American than celebrating America’s birthday with some good ol’ red, white and Rhythm & Blues about THE Fourth of July staple: food? Di...

Bought by Royalton Community Radio, KSRQ, WHRV, KIOS-FM Omaha Public Radio, KCSM and more


  • Added: Jun 26, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 9
Piece image
In "New Orleans Street Vendors, Old and New," Gravy explores the history of street food vendors in New Orleans, from Mr. Okra to the pralinière, or...

  • Added: Jan 07, 2022
  • Length: 25:57
Piece image
A love for cooking isn’t the only reason to start a food business.

  • Added: Dec 16, 2021
  • Length: 54:00
Piece image
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...

Bought by WRFA-LP


  • Added: Dec 06, 2021
  • Length: 06:01
  • Purchases: 1
Piece image
Hear the voices of farmers across the state talking about their farming lives and the challenges they face.

  • Added: Nov 22, 2021
  • Length: 54:00
Piece image
Visit Thomas and Tommie Taylor of T-N-T BBQ in York and Martha Hawkins of Martha’s Place in Montgomery for a modern look at Black entrepreneurship ...

  • Added: Nov 04, 2021
  • Length: 20:25
Piece image
A contemporary look at Alabama's Black Belt land and its stewards: often younger generations, newly returned to family land.

  • Added: Nov 04, 2021
  • Length: 21:28
Piece image
Topic 1: Hunger Games Revolution Symbol Evolves in Real-World Asian Protests; Topic 2: Why There Are So Many Golden Arches in Black Communities; To...

Bought by RADIOLEX, KOWS, and WYAP


  • Added: Sep 28, 2021
  • Length: 51:37
  • Purchases: 3
Piece image
What is possible when we listen to Black people’s food stories beyond an all encompassing narrative of lack?

  • Added: Sep 20, 2021
  • Length: 54:00
Piece image
The story of the West African diaspora in the American South is the story of the Transatlantic slave trade. But one of its staple foods, black-eyed...

  • Added: Aug 25, 2021
  • Length: 23:42
Piece image
For nearly a century and a half, Louisianans have migrated to the San Francisco Bay area. If there's a portal between these two worlds, it's built ...

  • Added: Aug 25, 2021
  • Length: 25:07
Caption: A.B. Cassius just after he was granted a liquor license for his cafe., Credit: Hennepin County Library and the children of John Glanton
Anthony Brutus Cassius was questioned by the FBI, fought to be the first Black person in Minnesota to get a liquor license, and his famous greasy b...

Bought by MPR News Stations and WGZS


  • Added: Jul 09, 2021
  • Length: 56:32
  • Purchases: 2
Piece image
Clifford has been a long-standing community activist on Austin’s east side. He routinely conducts focus groups, hosts various community meetings, a...

  • Added: May 28, 2021
  • Length: 08:50
Piece image
HOUR ONE: "Growing Justice" - Where does the racial justice movement need to go next? How about back to the land. HOUR TWO: "Shock Value" - When ...

  • Added: May 14, 2021
  • Length: 01:59:00
Piece image
From walking a horse 6 miles on a rail trail, to transporting 24 sheep in the back of a Chrysler minivan, these young farmers will find a way to ge...

  • Added: Apr 09, 2021
  • Length: 53:59
Piece image
Reese’s work examines the structural forces that dictate food access in urban areas, and highlights the ways in which Black residents navigate the ...

  • Added: Mar 11, 2021
  • Length: 53:59
Piece image
Priscilla McCutcheon talks about her research on Fannie Lou Hamer’s Freedom Farm, and we learn how to eat well when the power is out.

  • Added: Feb 18, 2021
  • Length: 53:59
Piece image
While people planned socially distanced funerals and waited in miles-long lines for canned food, the stock market soared and brought the GDP with it.

Bought by KHEN-LP, WCNY, and Royalton Community Radio


  • Added: Jan 21, 2021
  • Length: 52:00
  • Purchases: 3
Piece image
While people planned socially distanced funerals and waited in miles-long lines for canned food, the stock market soared and brought the GDP with it.

Bought by WTJU, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., WRST-FM Oshkosh, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, Ohm Radio and more


  • Added: Jan 21, 2021
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 9
Piece image
Gravy interviews Candacy Taylor, author of Overground Railroad: The Green Book and the Roots of Black Travel in America.

  • Added: Jan 08, 2021
  • Length: :00