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This time, we profile Guitar Slim, who — much to everyone’s surprise — hit the top of the R&B charts with “The Things That I Used To Do,” in 1954.
- Added: Jul 26, 2018
- Length: 03:29
January 1953 was a busy month for recording in Chicago, involving sessions, this week, with “Homesick” James Williamson and Johnny Shines.
- Added: Jul 21, 2018
- Length: 03:29
African Americans who fought for their country in Vietnam often experienced the same kinds of racism they had endured back home. While white and ...
Bought by KOSU, Georgia Public Broadcasting, WPCA-LP, New Hampshire Public Radio, WCQS and more
- Added: Jul 20, 2018
- Length: 53:58
- Purchases: 12
African Americans who fought for their country in Vietnam often experienced the same kinds of racism they had endured back home. While white and...
- Added: Jul 20, 2018
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 2
-African Americans who fought for their country in Vietnam often experienced in the ranks the racism their families endured back home. While white...
- Added: Jul 20, 2018
- Length: 53:58
- Purchases: 10
-African Americans who fought for their country in Vietnam often experienced in the ranks the racism their families endured back home. While white...
- Added: Jul 20, 2018
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 5
January 1953 was a busy month for recording in Chicago, involving sessions, this week, with Elmore James, Arthur Spires, and Johnny Williams.
- Added: Jul 17, 2018
- Length: 03:29
From: John Shuck
A "Bottom-Up" history of the U.S. from an African-American and Latinx viewpoint.
Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and WJAB
- Added: Jun 04, 2018
- Length: 57:01
- Purchases: 2
This time we profile “Open the Door, Richard” — a 1947 novelty record that quickly embedded itself into the American consciousness.
- Added: May 15, 2018
- Length: 03:29
This time we profile Son House and B.B. King, who both made historic live appearances in Chicago the Saturday night before Thanksgiving, 1964.
- Added: Apr 19, 2018
- Length: 03:29
This time we profile James “Beale Street” Clark — barely a footnote in blues history — who recorded an enduring classic, this week in 1945.
- Added: Apr 12, 2018
- Length: 03:29
HOUR ONE: "Hip Hop Future" - "Straight Outta Compton" turns 30 this year and hip hop has more influence than ever. What will it change next? HOUR...
- Added: Apr 12, 2018
- Length: 01:58:59
This time, we profile Windy City keyboard legend Little Johnny Jones, who was in the studio with Muddy Waters and Leroy Foster in 1949.
- Added: Apr 07, 2018
- Length: 03:29
This time, we profile Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup, who recorded an iconic slice of down home blues, "That's All Right," this week in 1946.
- Added: Apr 04, 2018
- Length: 03:29
This time, we profile Mississippi guitarist Tommy Johnson, who cut one of the prophetic masterpieces of the blues, this week in 1928.
- Added: Apr 03, 2018
- Length: 03:29
This time, we profile Saunders King and Elder Utah Smith — two early pioneers of the electric guitar.
- Added: Mar 22, 2018
- Length: 03:29
Scholars, historic interpreters, and descendants of enslaved people recently gathered at Montpelier, the home of James Madison.
Justin Reid tell...
Bought by WCNY, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, WRST-FM Oshkosh, WTJU, WMUU-LP and more
- Added: Feb 23, 2018
- Length: 53:53
- Purchases: 11
Scholars, historic interpreters, and descendants of enslaved people recently gathered at Montpelier, the home of James Madison.
Justin Reid tell...
Bought by WJCT, Harford Community Radio, KMUN, WVAS, KRZA and more
- Added: Feb 23, 2018
- Length: 28:59
- Purchases: 8
A discussion about the groundbreaking PBS documentary about The Black Panthers.
- Added: Jan 22, 2018
- Length: 37:16
Playwright Jacqueline E. Lawton explores the education of famous artists John Biggers and Samella Lewis.
- Added: Jan 19, 2018
- Length: 50:20
A new documentary sheds light on the ugly history of lynching - The work of author Ernest Gaines - Reflections from Charlottesville residents on th...
- Added: Sep 29, 2017
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 9
A look at the pianist and composer's early life and career, including an interview with Monk biographer Robin D.G. Kelley.
- Added: Sep 29, 2017
- Length: 59:00
Stamped offers a deeply researched, provocative narrative that is a comprehensive history of anti-Black racist ideas—their origins, and how they be...
Bought by WXDU and C89.5 - KNHC Seattle
- Added: Jun 19, 2017
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 2
What does color of skin have to do with equal access to justice in America? The Equal Protection Clause, part of the 14th Amendment to the Constitu...
- Added: Jun 03, 2017
- Length: 48:40
How today's racial rhetoric borrows from the past - Author Paula Seniors on her mother's turn to militant activism - Responding to Birth of a Natio...
Bought by WNMU-FM
- Added: May 19, 2017
- Length: :30
- Purchases: 1
