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198: Mary McLeod Bethune
From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk
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Mary McLeod Bethune was the daughter of former slaves and a founder of Bethune-Cookman University. She was often the only woman of color with a sea...

Bought by WRFA-LP


  • Added: Feb 15, 2022
  • Length: 05:02
  • Purchases: 1
RDD: The Freedom of Choice
From: WGTE Public Media
Series: The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor
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On this episode of The Rough Draft Diaries, we tell the story of Chuck Ealey's long and winding road to the College Football Hall. Especially long ...

Bought by WRFA-LP


  • Added: Feb 07, 2022
  • Length: 06:40
  • Purchases: 1
Franklin, Tennessee’s Fuller Story: History beyond the Battlefield and Whiskey
From: World Footprints LLC
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Hear about the initiative Franklin, Tennessee has launched to preserve and share a fuller and accurate truth about its place in American history.

  • Added: Mar 17, 2021
  • Length: 32:22
Rescuing the Hidden History of a Free Black Brotherhood
From: World Footprints LLC
Caption: Cover of Economy Hall
Join us as author Fatima Shaik uncovers the hidden history of a free Black brotherhood that was almost lost forever.

  • Added: Feb 21, 2021
  • Length: 24:52
Experiencing the fight for freedom along the U.S. Civil Rights Trail
From: World Footprints LLC
Caption: Kelly Ingram Park, Credit: Courtesy Pixabay
Join World Footprints as we explore the story of Black Americans’ fight for freedom and equality with U.S. Civil Rights Trail guide author Deborah ...

Bought by WHFR


  • Added: Feb 15, 2021
  • Length: 30:54
  • Purchases: 1
Revisiting the Little Rock Nine experience with Ernest Green
From: World Footprints LLC
Caption: Little Rock Memorial , Credit: Steve Snodgrass under CreativeCommons license 2.0
This episode focuses on the social impact of Ernest Green’s life journey—a different type of travel experience--and his role in the civil rights mo...

  • Added: Nov 25, 2020
  • Length: 37:07
The Ranger's Life
From: Desert Oracle
Series: Desert Oracle Radio
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What does it mean to be a ranger? It means you are married to the mission, a soldier for your planetary home, armed with a moral compass and a Smok...

Bought by KFCF FM


  • Added: Jun 03, 2020
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
Exploring the Green Book trail and Rochester’s African-American Heritage
From: World Footprints LLC
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World Footprints will uncover the stories behind the story of the Green Book and we’ll explore Rochester, New York’s rich African-American heritage .

  • Added: Feb 20, 2020
  • Length: 37:09
Inside North Carolina's Outer Banks
From: World Footprints LLC
Caption: Pea Island marker., Credit: Photo by Tonya Fitzpatrick
North Carolina’s Outer Banks offers everything from open-sea beaches, theatre, wildlife preserves and popular shipwreck diving sites to down home c...

  • Added: Aug 21, 2018
  • Length: 59:55
Recalling Past Struggles
From: WFHB
Series: Kite Line
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his week is the first part of our interview with Mark Cook. Mark served 24 years in prison for his participation in a bank robbery and jail break a...

  • Added: Jun 30, 2017
  • Length: 30:00
RDD: A Man And His Bass (part 2)
From: WGTE Public Media
Series: The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor
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In this episode of The Rough Draft Diaries, Haley gets acquainted with one of Toledo's Jazz Icons, Clifford Murphy. Clifford is known for playing i...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Feb 27, 2017
  • Length: 06:31
  • Purchases: 1
RDD: A Man And His Bass (part 1)
From: WGTE Public Media
Series: The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor
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In this episode of The Rough Draft Diaries, Haley gets acquainted with one of Toledo's Jazz Icons, Clifford Murphy. Clifford is known for playing i...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Feb 21, 2017
  • Length: 05:56
  • Purchases: 1
RDD: African American Legacy
From: WGTE Public Media
Series: The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor
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Unveiled in 2004, the African American Legacy Project (AALP) of Northwest Ohio, has been documenting and preserving the history of Northwest Ohio's...

Bought by WAER Syracuse, NY and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Feb 13, 2017
  • Length: 06:18
  • Purchases: 2
RDD: A Conversation with Pete Culp
From: WGTE Public Media
Series: The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor
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This week on the RDD, Haley meets with Pete Culp, a member of the Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority board of directors. Baldemar Velasquez nominat...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Feb 06, 2017
  • Length: 06:57
  • Purchases: 1
Confronting the Middle Passage
From: Hold That Thought
Series: American Identities
Caption: Brooks of Liverpool, 1789, Credit: Wikimedia Commons
Dr. Sowande' Mustakeem reveals the forgotten world of 18th century slave ships, sharing the story of one enslaved woman and discussing why it's so ...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Oct 30, 2013
  • Length: 11:31
  • Purchases: 1
Notes from No Man's Land
From: Hold That Thought
Series: American Identities
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Essayist Ula Biss, author of Notes from No Man's Land, offers candid reflections on the role of race in her own life and in American history.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Oct 30, 2013
  • Length: 11:20
  • Purchases: 1
Rock and Revolution
From: Hold That Thought
Series: American Identities
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Associate professor Patrick Burke reveals how musicians in the 1960s, including the rock band the Godz, resisted predetermined categories and simpl...

  • Added: Oct 30, 2013
  • Length: 14:00
Between a Rock and a Hard Place
From: BackStory with the American History Guys
Series: BackStory with the American History Guys: Favorites
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BackStory producers Eric Mennel and Nell Boeschenstein visit Harper’s Ferry, West Virginia to tell the story of a monument in honor of Heyward Shep...

Bought by WABE and Radio Newark


  • Added: May 28, 2013
  • Length: 10:49
  • Purchases: 2
The 1992 LA Rebellion: Twenty Years Later
From: Dred-Scott Keyes
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The Cutting Edge looks at the causes and aftermath of the 1992 L.A. rebellion.

  • Added: Apr 29, 2012
  • Length: 01:00:13
Our American Generations - This I Believe Essays -Race
From: Phil Mariage
Series: Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow
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5 Generations sharing their This I Believe essays on Race

Bought by WCNY, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), and WUFT


  • Added: May 23, 2007
  • Length: 59:59
  • Purchases: 3