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Separate and Unequal (half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: Black History Month specials
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In 1970, Philicia Jefferson was forced to integrate into all-white, E.C. Glass High School in Lynchburg, Virginia. 40 years later, she finally atte...

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, WXDU, Kansas Public Radio, Harford Community Radio, WJCT and more


  • Added: Jan 10, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 12
Separate and Unequal (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: Black History Month specials
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In 1970, Philicia Jefferson was forced to integrate into all-white, E.C. Glass High School in Lynchburg, Virginia. 40 years later, she finally atte...

Bought by WYPL, Morehead State Public Radio, KUAT, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WWNO and more


  • Added: Jan 10, 2022
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 24
New Year, New You (hour/no bb or bed)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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The 1970s saw a renaissance of Black women writers like Alice Walker and Gloria Naylor who told stories of Black women’s pain and healing.

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


  • Added: Jan 06, 2022
  • Length: 52:00
  • Purchases: 3
New Year, New You (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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The 1970s saw a renaissance of Black women writers like Alice Walker and Gloria Naylor who told stories of Black women’s pain and healing.

Bought by WMUU-LP, WRST-FM Oshkosh, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, WNED Buffalo, WMMT and more


  • Added: Jan 06, 2022
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 8
New Year, New You (half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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The 1970s saw a renaissance of Black women writers like Alice Walker and Gloria Naylor who told stories of Black women’s pain and healing.

Bought by Kansas Public Radio, WJCU, WJCT, Harford Community Radio, WFHB and more


  • Added: Jan 06, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 8
New Year, New You (promo)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason promo
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The 1970s saw a renaissance of Black women writers like Alice Walker and Gloria Naylor who told stories of Black women’s pain and healing.

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


  • Added: Jan 06, 2022
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 3
Ebony Classics - A Musical Movement
From: Howard Burchette
Series: The Classics
Caption: Francis Johnson 1792 - 1844, Credit: University Archives University of Pennsylvania
"Ebony Classics - A Musical Movement," is a chapter in the important history of people of African descent in classical music. This segment include...

Bought by WILL


  • Added: Jan 03, 2022
  • Length: 55:19
  • Purchases: 1
1963: A Man's Dream, A Nation's Nightmare
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights Classic Jazz: Specials
Caption: Andrew Hill's Black Fire LP
An hour-long jazz special: It was a year of raised hopes and devastating tragedy, and the world of jazz continued to reflect both the growing uneas...

Bought by KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., WWNO, WRGY, Troy Public Radio, KAAD-LP and more


  • Added: Jan 02, 2022
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 24
REPLAY Policing the Jig (promo)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason promo
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Francis O’Neill rose through the ranks to become a prominent Chicago police chief at the turn of the 20th century. But he’s mostly remembered as th...

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., WNED Buffalo, and Troy Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 23, 2021
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 3
REPLAY Policing the Jig (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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Francis O’Neill rose through the ranks to become a prominent Chicago police chief at the turn of the 20th century. But he’s mostly remembered as th...

Bought by WMUU-LP, WTJU, KEDT, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, WNED Buffalo and more


  • Added: Dec 23, 2021
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 7
REPLAY Policing the Jig (hour/no bb or bed)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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Francis O’Neill rose through the ranks to become a prominent Chicago police chief at the turn of the 20th century. But he’s mostly remembered as th...

Bought by KHEN-LP, Royalton Community Radio, and WYAP


  • Added: Dec 23, 2021
  • Length: 52:00
  • Purchases: 3
EP184 Masters of Modern Blues Floyd Jones & Eddie Taylor
From: KKWE Niijii Radio
Series: Crusin' The Blues with Mr. Jack
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An historical recording with an amazing lineup of musicians from Chicago.

Bought by WLPR


  • Added: Nov 18, 2021
  • Length: 57:39
  • Purchases: 1
3 Castles & The Music City
From: WPLN - Nashville Public Radio
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Immerse yourself in the music and voices of the original emissaries of American music to the world. In October of 1871, the oldest university in ...

Bought by WVTF, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., WWNO, WJAB, KUAF Public Radio and more


  • Added: Nov 12, 2021
  • Length: 57:00
  • Purchases: 8
A History of Traditional Root Healing
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Left is a Mullein Plant and the author Michele Elizabeth Lee , Credit: Photo by Anita Johnson
In some parts of the world, traditional herbal remedies are the norm. When we think of natural remedies we tend to think of older generations liv...

Bought by KVNF, WXDU, and RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Nov 10, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
Miles & Wayne-Christmas Eve Classics
From: Daniel Polletta
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Longtime WCPN Cleveland/ideastream jazz programmer Dan Polletta has created the 58:30 segmented show “Miles & Wayne: Christmas Eve Classics.” The p...

Bought by WDCB and WCPN


  • Added: Nov 08, 2021
  • Length: 58:25
  • Purchases: 2
A Huey P. Newton Story
From: L.A. Theatre Works
Series: L.A. Theatre Works
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One of the most distinctive voices in civil rights history re-emerges to tell his own story.

Bought by KKRN, KFCF FM, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KWMR, Spokane Public Radio and more


  • Added: Oct 20, 2021
  • Length: 01:57:59
  • Purchases: 24
The Forgotten Story of Clinton Melton
From: Radio Diaries
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On December 3, 1955, a 33-year-old Black gas station attendant named Clinton Melton was shot and killed in Glendora, Mississippi. Two witnesses — i...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and WXAV 88.3FM Chicago


  • Added: Oct 18, 2021
  • Length: 11:44
  • Purchases: 2
Soul Sister: The Limits of Empathy
From: Radio Diaries
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In 1969, a white journalist named Grace Halsell, published a book called Soul Sister. It was her account of living as a “black woman” in the United...

  • Added: Oct 15, 2021
  • Length: 12:18
Women on the Waterfront
From: Brooklyn Public Library
Series: Building Brooklyn
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At the start of World War II, 200 women were employed at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. That number ballooned to 7,000 at the height of the war, but after...

Bought by KVNF and KCNP


  • Added: Oct 15, 2021
  • Length: 29:59
  • Purchases: 2
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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Earlier this year, Virginia made headlines when it became the latest state to abolish the death penalty.

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


  • Added: Oct 14, 2021
  • Length: 52:00
  • Purchases: 5
Abolishing the Death Penalty (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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Earlier this year, Virginia made headlines when it became the latest state to abolish the death penalty.

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WFAE, WMUU-LP, KEDT and more


  • Added: Oct 14, 2021
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 11
Abolishing the Death Penalty (half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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Earlier this year, Virginia made headlines when it became the latest state to abolish the death penalty.

Bought by Kansas Public Radio, WJCU, KMUN, Harford Community Radio, WJCT and more


  • Added: Oct 14, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 8
Abolishing the Death Penalty (promo)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason promo
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Earlier this year, Virginia made headlines when it became the latest state to abolish the death penalty.

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


  • Added: Oct 14, 2021
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 3
REPLAY The Conflicting Ideals in Jefferson's Architecture (hour/no bb or bed)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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The most important architectural thinker of the young American republic was Thomas Jefferson. He also held captive more than 600 enslaved men, wome...

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


  • Added: Oct 07, 2021
  • Length: 52:00
  • Purchases: 5
REPLAY The Conflicting Ideals in Jefferson's Architecture (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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The most important architectural thinker of the young American republic was Thomas Jefferson. He also held captive more than 600 enslaved men, wome...

Bought by KEDT, WMUU-LP, WNED Buffalo, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, WCMU Michigan and more


  • Added: Oct 07, 2021
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 6

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