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Episode 3 - From the Center of the Donut
From: Daniel Kisslinger
Series: Help This Garden Grow
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We learn about and from Hazel's early fights scrapping with the power of the state, and the new possibilities for healing that she created.

  • Added: May 14, 2024
  • Length: 58:02
Episode 2 - "They Should've Never Built This"
From: Daniel Kisslinger
Series: Help This Garden Grow
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We go to the roots of the land where Altgeld Gardens sits and where Hazel's legacy lives, digging through the layers of indigenous, Black liberatio...

  • Added: May 14, 2024
  • Length: 43:53
Building Back Black Wall Street
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Jenkin Lloyd Jones Press, All Souls' book publishing imprint, 2021 , Credit: Jenkin Lloyd Jones Press, All Souls' book publishing imprint, 2021
Tulsa Tri-City Collective leaders Carlos Moreno and Bracken Klar talk about the history of Greenwood, a Tulsa neighborhood founded by and for Black...

Bought by WXDU, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, RadioFreePalmer, KMUN, and KALW


  • Added: Jan 30, 2024
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 5
Beloved Blues
From: Brooklyn Public Library
Series: Borrowed and Banned
Caption: Borrowed and Banned logo, Credit: John Snowden
Despite being one of the most frequently banned authors, Toni Morrison’s work has inspired countless others to tell stories outside the mainstream....

  • Added: Nov 30, 2023
  • Length: 23:18
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
Calamity in Philadelphia
From: Distillations
Series: Innate
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The faulty—and fatal—race logic of an 18th century yellow fever epidemic.

  • Added: May 09, 2023
  • Length: 40:50
Origin Stories
From: Distillations
Series: Innate
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How race was invented to support racism.

  • Added: May 09, 2023
  • Length: 33:44
God’s Little Acre: America’s Colonial African Cemetery preserving history in stone – Part 1
From: World Footprints LLC
Series: God's Little Acre
Caption: Arthur Flagg and family markers, Credit: Photo: Tonya Fitzpatrick
Tonya and Ian Fitzpatrick walk through the grounds of God's Little Acre--the oldest and largest colonial African burial ground, and they share unde...

  • Added: Feb 24, 2023
  • Length: 28:36
EP206 Jessie Mae Hemphill
From: KKWE Niijii Radio
Series: Crusin' The Blues with Mr. Jack
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Jessie Mae Hemphill was a 4th generation Mississippi musician who learned how to play music from her granddaddy (as she called him).

Bought by WLPR


  • Added: Sep 24, 2022
  • Length: 59:49
  • Purchases: 1
EP205 A.C. Reed
From: KKWE Niijii Radio
Series: Crusin' The Blues with Mr. Jack
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Aaron Corthen was more commonly known in the Blues music world as A.C. Reed and was heard on countless recordings as a contributing saxophone player.

Bought by WLPR


  • Added: Sep 24, 2022
  • Length: 58:21
  • Purchases: 1
Ep. 30: The Godfather of Black Space in Minneapolis
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: MinneCulture Podcast
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
GN_4.56_Moving Black History 101
From: Good News Good Planet
Series: Good News Good Planet - Season 4
Caption: Good News for a Good Planet - Change your focus, change your world.
The extent of Black history is vast, but it is not talked about nearly enough. A social studies teacher from Detroit is changing that by creating a...

  • Added: Apr 26, 2021
  • Length: 02:30
Top of Mind - Harriet Tubman, Global Warming, Library Fines
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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Topic 1 - Harriet Tubman; Topic 2 - Global Warming; Topic 3 - Library Fines

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, KSTK, WYAP, RadioStPete Florida, KOWS and more


  • Added: Feb 24, 2021
  • Length: 51:42
  • Purchases: 6
If It Sounds Good It Is Good - Monday Music Special featuring author Richard Manning Part Two
From: John Floridis
Series: Montana Public Radio Special Programs - Related to Musician's Spotlight
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A Monday Music Special produced for Montana Public Radio featuring conversation with author Richard Manning. The interview focuses on his most rece...

Bought by RadioStPete Florida and KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 22, 2021
  • Length: 30:04
  • Purchases: 2
Progress for Who?
From: Broken Ground
Series: Season 3: Sea Level Rise
Caption: Phillips Committee resident Richard Habersham, Credit: Paige Polk
In Charleston, South Carolina and its suburbs questions of environmental justice and wetland protections arise as development encroaches.

  • Added: Aug 31, 2020
  • Length: 33:46
The Big Pond #50: Showing Our Colors
From: Goethe-Institut
Series: The Big Ponder – A Transatlantic Podcast
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People of mixed heritage lead complex lives, often navigating between two racial and/or cultural identities. Producer Jocelyn Robinson, who lives t...

Bought by KICI Iowa City and WNYO


  • Added: Oct 16, 2019
  • Length: 27:04
  • Purchases: 2
The Big Pond #46: Black Art, Berlin Stories – Looking for Alain Locke
From: Goethe-Institut
Series: The Big Ponder – A Transatlantic Podcast
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In 1925, the African-American philosopher Alain Locke (1886-1954) launched a revolutionary black arts movement now known as the Harlem Renaissance....

Bought by KICI Iowa City and WNYO


  • Added: Sep 18, 2019
  • Length: 34:12
  • Purchases: 2
Tribute to Aretha Franklin: "Lady of Mysterious Sorrow"
From: Dred-Scott Keyes
Series: The Cutting Edge
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Tribute to Aretha Franklin

Bought by KAZU Seaside, Calif.


  • Added: Aug 16, 2019
  • Length: 57:01
  • Purchases: 1
Community Land Trusts: A Model for Reparations?
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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400 years since the first enslaved Africans arrived in Jamestown, many people agree reparations are due, but what would they look like? How about a...

Bought by KDNK


  • Added: Jun 06, 2019
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Chasm Is Not Closed
From: Kamilah Kashanie
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Reporter Kamilah Kashanie looks into the controversy behind a statue in a historically Black neighborhood on Martha's Vineyard.

  • Added: May 30, 2019
  • Length: 10:40
A Legacy of Mistreatment
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Darryl Lester (Larry P.) and wife Cecilia in their Tacoma home., Credit: Lee Romney
African American students across the country are much more likely than any other student group to be placed in special education. This week, we hea...

Bought by WVAS and C89.5 - KNHC Seattle


  • Added: Mar 05, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Shackled Legacy: Universities and the Slave Trade
From: American Public Media
Series: APM Reports: Focus on Education
Caption: Frank Campbell was a teenager when he was sold to keep Georgetown University afloat. He was one of some 272 enslaved people sold by Jesuits in Maryland to plantations in Louisiana., Credit: Ellender Memorial Library, Nicholls State University
(9/4/2017) As more schools begin to confront their participation in slavery, they also consider how to make amends.

Bought by WWNO, WMUU-LP, WNCU, WUFT, KOSU and more


  • Added: Sep 05, 2017
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 13
Stand Your Ground: America's Love Affair With Lethal Self-Defense
From: John Shuck
Series: Progressive Spirit
Caption: Caroline Light
Harvard Professor, Caroline Light, explores the racist "Stand Your Ground" history.

Bought by KPIP-LP and WETS


  • Added: Jun 16, 2017
  • Length: 57:59
  • Purchases: 2
Episode 77: Urban Renewal 2.0
From: Shira Rascoe
Series: No Jargon
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Development efforts in American cities often push out long-term residents and communities of color. Zeroing in on Baltimore, Professor Brandi Bless...

  • Added: Mar 29, 2017
  • Length: 21:27
Reflections on The Underground Railroad—What now?  
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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Radio Curious continues a tour of the town of New Bedford, Massachusetts, a safe haven for black slaves seeking refuge from the south through the u...

  • Added: Oct 19, 2016
  • Length: 29:01