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It's Time! Max Roach In The 1960s
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights Classic Jazz: Specials
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A centennial tribute to Max Roach, who set the pace for modern jazz drumming and became an outspoken activist for civil rights.

Bought by WSKG, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), WWNO, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KUAT and more


  • Added: Jan 09, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
NL 24-01: From Spirituals To Swing, 1/1/2024
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights
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A look at the historic 1938 Carnegie Hall concert and its 1939 follow up, featuring performances by Count Basie, Benny Goodman, and others.

  • Added: Dec 20, 2023
  • Length: 59:02
Black and Fine (half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: Black History Month specials
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Some of America’s first maestros of European art music were enslaved and free Virginians of African descent.

Bought by WUTC, Kansas Public Radio, WFHB, WRMU, KMUN and more


  • Added: Nov 09, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 12
Black and Fine (hour/no bb or bed)
From: With Good Reason
Series: Black History Month specials
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Some of America’s first maestros of European art music were enslaved and free Virginians of African descent.

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KECG, and Royalton Community Radio


  • Added: Nov 09, 2023
  • Length: 52:00
  • Purchases: 4
Black and Fine (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: Black History Month specials
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Some of America’s first maestros of European art music were enslaved and free Virginians of African descent.

Bought by KCBX, KVCR, KZYX, Morehead State Public Radio, KUAC and more


  • Added: Nov 09, 2023
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 11
Black and Fine (promo)
From: With Good Reason
Series: Black History Month specials
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Some of America’s first maestros of European art music were enslaved and free Virginians of African descent.

Bought by KCBX, KVCR, Morehead State Public Radio, KUAC, WUGA (part of GPB) and more


  • Added: Nov 09, 2023
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 8
The Birthplace of Mac n Cheese (half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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You have Chef James Hemings, who cooked for Thomas Jefferson, to thank for the macaroni and cheese on your plate this Thanksgiving.

Bought by KSFR, Kansas Public Radio, WFHB, WRMU, KIYU-FM and more


  • Added: Nov 02, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 10
The Birthplace of Mac n Cheese (hour/no bb or bed)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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You have Chef James Hemings, who cooked for Thomas Jefferson, to thank for the macaroni and cheese on your plate this Thanksgiving.

Bought by KHEN-LP, KECG, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., and Royalton Community Radio


  • Added: Nov 02, 2023
  • Length: 52:00
  • Purchases: 4
The Birthplace of Mac n Cheese (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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You have Chef James Hemings, who cooked for Thomas Jefferson, to thank for the macaroni and cheese on your plate this Thanksgiving.

Bought by KRVS, WUGA (part of GPB), KPBS, WMUU-LP, KEDT and more


  • Added: Nov 02, 2023
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 7
The Birthplace of Mac n Cheese (promo)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason promo
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You have Chef James Hemings, who cooked for Thomas Jefferson, to thank for the macaroni and cheese on your plate this Thanksgiving.

Bought by KPBS, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KIYU-FM, Troy Public Radio, and WNMU-FM


  • Added: Nov 02, 2023
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 5
After They've Served (hour/no bb or bed)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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No matter how they served or where or when, for veterans, returning to civilian life is a big transition.

Bought by KHEN-LP, WGBH Radio Boston, KECG, RadioStPete Florida, Royalton Community Radio and more


  • Added: Oct 20, 2023
  • Length: 52:00
  • Purchases: 6
After They've Served (half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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No matter how they served or where or when, for veterans, returning to civilian life is a big transition.

Bought by KMUN, Kansas Public Radio, WFHB, WRMU, KXCV and more


  • Added: Oct 20, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 10
After They've Served (promo)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason promo
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No matter how they served or where or when, for veterans, returning to civilian life is a big transition.

Bought by Mississippi Public Broadcasting, Connecticut Public (WNPR), WLPR , WHCP-LP Cambridge, New Hampshire Public Radio and more


  • Added: Oct 20, 2023
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 10
After They've Served (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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No matter how they served or where or when, for veterans, returning to civilian life is a big transition.

Bought by Mississippi Public Broadcasting, Connecticut Public (WNPR), WTJU, WCPN, KICI Iowa City and more


  • Added: Oct 20, 2023
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 18
The Jazz Phools
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Perry Bradford
When the aging jazz artist was hospitalized, his doctors thought they should get some background information on his life, and he told them that he ...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Oct 10, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Constant Wonder - Freedom House
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder
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Freedom House is on the way!

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio) and RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Sep 20, 2023
  • Length: 52:48
  • Purchases: 2
Florence Price
From: WGTE Public Media
Series: Conversations in African American Music
Caption: Florence Price, Credit: Public Domain
Dr. Louise Toppin examines the life and music of trailblazing composer Florence Price.

  • Added: Aug 28, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
Underground and Taboo (hour/no bb or bed)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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In the 1990s, a group of single Black mothers known as The Circle formed an underground gambling ring in Danville, Virginia. Their winnings went a ...

Bought by KHEN-LP, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., and Royalton Community Radio


  • Added: Jul 14, 2023
  • Length: 52:00
  • Purchases: 4
Underground and Taboo (half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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In the 1990s, a group of single Black mothers known as The Circle formed an underground gambling ring in Danville, Virginia. Their winnings went a ...

Bought by WABE, Kansas Public Radio, KVSC, KMUN, WRMU and more


  • Added: Jul 14, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 13
Underground and Taboo (promo)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason promo
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In the 1990s, a group of single Black mothers known as The Circle formed an underground gambling ring in Danville, Virginia. Their winnings went a ...

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KXCV, and WNMU-FM


  • Added: Jul 14, 2023
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 3
Underground and Taboo (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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In the 1990s, a group of single Black mothers known as The Circle formed an underground gambling ring in Danville, Virginia. Their winnings went a ...

Bought by WTJU, KXCV, WMUU-LP, KEDT, and WRGY


  • Added: Jul 14, 2023
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 5
NL 23-29: Paris Noir: Black American Jazz Musicians In France, 7/10/2023
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights
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In the years following World War II, Black American jazz musicians such as Dexter Gordon, Kenny Clarke, and Bud Powell took up residence in France,...

  • Added: Jul 06, 2023
  • Length: 59:01
Meet the Step Artist and the Founder of Step Afrika!: C. Brian Williams
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: C. Brian Williams, Credit: Jim Saah
Step Artist and Producer and 2022 National Heritage Fellow C. Brian Williams discusses the rich cultural history of stepping and his work bringing ...

Bought by RADIOLEX, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., and KZUM


  • Added: Jul 03, 2023
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 3
Abolishing the Death Penalty (hour/no bb or bed)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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Virginia made headlines when it became the latest state to abolish the death penalty.

Bought by KHEN-LP, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., Royalton Community Radio, and KXCV


  • Added: Jun 29, 2023
  • Length: 52:00
  • Purchases: 5
Abolishing the Death Penalty (promo)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason promo
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Virginia made headlines when it became the latest state to abolish the death penalty.

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KXCV, and WNMU-FM


  • Added: Jun 29, 2023
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 3

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