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Countee Cullen (1903-1946) was a well known African American poet during the Harlem Renaissance in the 1920s and 30s. In this video I have set a r...
- Added: May 13, 2024
- Length: 03:06
Recorded at Decca Studios late one night into the early morning hours in 1947, three Chicago musicians reminisced their former times in early 20th ...
- Added: Feb 12, 2021
- Length: 01:52:28
The retrospective of 2017 continues with mixes from Charlottesville to Washington with music and emotions from a turbulent year
Bought by KDUR
- Added: Dec 26, 2017
- Length: 01:00:03
- Purchases: 1
The popular notion that Jamaica developed its early ska and reggae musics by listening to high powered New Orleans radio stations doesn't give cred...
- Added: May 30, 2017
- Length: 43:39
Teaser answer: He was a superb athlete but native to another country! Find out who as author Scott Ellsworth reads from The Secret Game: A Wartime ...
- Added: Nov 25, 2015
- Length: 01:40
Host Doug Storm is joined by Jacinda Townsend, author of the novel <em>Saint Monkey</em> which has won the 2015 James Fenimore Cooper Prize awarded...
- Added: Apr 07, 2015
- Length: 57:55
William and Yvonne Russell talk about life after his return from Vietnam; and how they dealt with PTSD before the term existed.
- Added: Sep 17, 2014
- Length: 04:45
This episode features A Subtlety, the first ever public art project by American artist Kara Walker.
- Added: May 29, 2014
- Length: 14:53
100-second module, from our weekday readings for May. Runaway slaves often hid in self-made caves.
Bought by WEZU
- Added: Apr 24, 2014
- Length: 01:40
- Purchases: 1
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
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
Ninety-four year-old Blues legend recalls his almost thirty years as a boxcar hobo and gambler.
- Added: Aug 18, 2009
- Length: 10:02
- Purchases: 2
From: Chris Goldstein
James Loewen is an internationally celebrated author, professor and historian....he highligts an often-overlooked aspect of America's institutional...
Bought by KUT-HD
- Added: Feb 19, 2008
- Length: 29:29
- Purchases: 1
Martin Luther King, Jr. Tribute Mix
Bought by RadioFreePalmer, KALW, KQAL, RadioStPete Florida, KUFM - Montana Public Radio and more
- Added: Jan 11, 2006
- Length: 29:27
- Purchases: 58
