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OHR129: OHR Presents: Black Americana, 1/29/2024
From: Ozark Highlands Radio
Series: Ozark Highlands Radio
Caption: Dom Flemons
In honor of Black History Month, OHR pays tribute to African Americans’ profound contribution to American music. Forged into the roots of blues, j...

  • Added: Jan 11, 2024
  • Length: 58:59
Right to Recreation: The History of African American Leisure Sites
From: Jack Eidt
Series: EcoJustice Radio
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Historian Alison Rose Jefferson discusses her book ‘Living The California Dream: African American Leisure Sites During The Jim Crow Era’. She demon...

Bought by RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Feb 07, 2023
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 1
2132: Writing One Night In Miami: A Conversation with Kemp Powers, 8/12/2021
From: Austin Film Festival's On Story®
Series: Austin Film Festival's On Story®
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This week on On Story we’ll hear from award-winning screenwriter, playwright, producer and director, Kemp Powers who wrote the critically acclaimed...

  • Added: Aug 11, 2021
  • Length: 54:00
A Conversation with Charles Person
From: Loki Mulholland
Series: The Uncomfortable Truth: Civil Rights Movement
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One of the original 13 Freedom Riders, what Charles Person faced during the Civil Rights Movement was far worse than his time as a Marine in Vietnam.

  • Added: Jan 13, 2021
  • Length: 01:26:58
A Conversation with JoAnne Blackmon Bland
From: Loki Mulholland
Series: The Uncomfortable Truth: Civil Rights Movement
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Only 11 years old on Bloody Sunday, JoAnne faced the charging horses and the swinging batons of the state troopers.

  • Added: Jan 13, 2021
  • Length: 01:06:54
A Conversation with Joan Trumpauer Mulholland
From: Loki Mulholland
Series: The Uncomfortable Truth: Civil Rights Movement
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Her mugshot has been called one of the most iconic in American history. The pretty white southern woman who defied Jim Crow and fought for civil ri...

  • Added: Jan 13, 2021
  • Length: 01:23:34
A Conversation with Ruby Bridges
From: Loki Mulholland
Series: The Uncomfortable Truth: Civil Rights Movement
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The little girl who went to school with federal marshals as escorts has something to say about what she went through and what we are going through ...

  • Added: Jan 13, 2021
  • Length: 01:02:02
Episode 26: The Kinseys
From: Criminal
Series: This is Love
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Bernard Kinsey met Shirley Pooler in 1963, when they were both students at Florida A&M University, after a protest to integrate the movie theaters ...

  • Added: Jan 05, 2021
  • Length: 31:58
StoryCorps Griot: Rohulamin Quander and Alicia Argrett
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Rohulamin Quander at his home in Washington D.C. in 2016 and Alicia Argrett in Madison, Mississippi in 2010., Credit: Rohulamin Quander and Alicia Argrett.
An African American family that traces its roots back to Nancy Carter Quander, a woman who was enslaved by George and Martha Washington, talks abou...

Bought by WYAP


  • Added: Aug 10, 2020
  • Length: 02:31
  • Purchases: 1
EP77 Sonny Boy Williamsin II
From: KKWE Niijii Radio
Series: Crusin' The Blues with Mr. Jack
Caption: Sonny Boy II
Rice Miller is probably the more known "Sonny Boy Williamson" although there was previously to his time an actual Blues harmonica player who's went...

  • Added: Apr 18, 2020
  • Length: 59:19
OHR106: OHR Presents: Banjo Time!, 12/2/2019
From: Ozark Highlands Radio
Series: Ozark Highlands Radio
Caption: Hubby Jenkins
It’s Banjo Time! Join host Dave Smith and banjo royalty Mark Jones as they explore music of the banjo. From its ancient African roots, we’ll follo...

  • Added: Nov 27, 2019
  • Length: 58:59
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
Episode 8: CSPD Black -- The True Story of Colorado Springs' First African American Detective
From: KRCC-FM
Series: Wish We Were Here
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On this episode of Wish We Were Here, we bring you the story of Ron Stallworth. In the 1970s, he became the first black detective ever to serve in ...

Bought by Canadian Broadcasting Corporation


  • Added: Jan 29, 2016
  • Length: 45:08
  • Purchases: 1
Do We Need Guns For Radical Social Change?
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Huey Newton
The Black Panthers weren’t the only ones arming themselves in the 60s and 70s. And as Making Contact producer George Lavender found, not everyone h...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Sep 30, 2015
  • Length: 06:26
  • Purchases: 1
Guns: An American Tradition
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Matt Knox, Credit: Amy Martin
Love em or hate em, they’re an ever present part of American culture. And they’re not going away anytime soon. On this edition, we talk guns…from...

Bought by WRIR


  • Added: Sep 30, 2015
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Around The Bend E28
From: Maximilian Eyle
Series: Around The Bend
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The first of the post-college series, this episode brings you Max's roots reggae picks along with exclusive, unreleased material from Stick Figure ...

  • Added: May 28, 2015
  • Length: 58:53
The Jazz-O-Rama Hour #34: Tiger Rag: Dixieland Originals
From: Joe Bevilacqua
Series: The Jazz-O-Rama Hour
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Joe Bev presents 78 RPM Jazz with a Sense of Humor: "Tiger Rag: Dixieland Originals.

Bought by Spokane Public Radio and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: May 24, 2015
  • Length: 59:29
  • Purchases: 2
Maya Angelou on Con Men
From: Blank on Blank
Series: Blank on Blank
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"The only way you can be a mark is if you want something for nothing. If you’re greedy, you’re set up." - Maya Angelou, as told to Studs Terkel in ...

Bought by KZYX, KZYX, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, and WABE


  • Added: Nov 04, 2014
  • Length: 06:42
  • Purchases: 4
StoryCorps: Alton Yates and Toni Yates
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Alton Yates tells his daughter, Toni, about being part of a small group of Air...

Bought by WEZU, New Hampshire Public Radio, WEZU, WTJU, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Sep 03, 2014
  • Length: 04:24
  • Purchases: 5
08: Goldmines & Gum Boots (Standard Length)
From: Everything Sounds
Series: Everything Sounds (Standard Length)
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Everything Sounds explores the the origins and sounds of South African gumboot dancing.

  • Added: Apr 22, 2014
  • Length: 04:30
"Motown:The Truth Is A Hit"
From: Dred-Scott Keyes
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In this edition of the Cutting Edge, we take a look at the musical phenomena remembered as the Motown sound. Born and bred in the shadows of the Mo...

Bought by Prairie Public


  • Added: Unknown
  • Length: 01:00:02
  • Purchases: 1
Jimi Hendrix on The Experience
From: Blank on Blank
Series: Blank on Blank
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On September 11, 1970, Jimi Hendrix gave an interview to Keith Altham. A week later Hendrix was dead. This was his final interview. It's Hendrix on...

Bought by CI Dolphin Radio, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KUOW, KZMU Moab Community Radio, KBGA 89.9 FM and more


  • Added: Feb 04, 2014
  • Length: 07:12
  • Purchases: 7
The Dave Holland Interview
From: Jake Feinberg
Series: In The Land of Giants
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Bassist Dave Holland started his performing career in London. One night, he received word that a visiting musician from the states wanted to hire ...

  • Added: Dec 18, 2013
  • Length: 09:46
The Taj Mahal Interview
From: Jake Feinberg
Series: In The Land of Giants
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Interview conducted by radio journalist Jake Feinberg with Roots Music Icon Taj Mahal. A discussion about the genesis of roots music and the music ...

  • Added: Dec 18, 2013
  • Length: 11:13
A Jazz-O-Rama New Year
From: Joe Bevilacqua
Series: Joe Bevilacqua Christmas Programming
Caption: HAPPY, NEW or YEAR 78s on Jazz-O-Rama, Credit: Lorie B. Kellogg
"Happy Days Are Here Again", "I Found a New Baby" and "This Year's Kisses" are among the 78 RPM records heard on the 25th edition of Joe Bev's Jazz...

Bought by WCBE, WVAS, and Radio New Zealand


  • Added: Apr 09, 2013
  • Length: 57:45
  • Purchases: 3