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It's King Biscuit Time
From: WKNO
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In an era when media monopolies dominate the airwaves, there still are independent voices and programs. King Biscuit Time is the longest running d...

  • Added: Dec 07, 2006
  • Length: 08:06
Buddy Guy: Can't Quit the Blues
From: Joyride Media
Series: Black History Month Specials
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Brand new one-hour music intensive radio special features legendary bluesman Buddy Guy in his own words and music.

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KCNP, KNKX, Harford Community Radio, KPSQ-LP and more


  • Added: Nov 20, 2006
  • Length: 59:05
  • Purchases: 46
Civil Rights Photographer Spider Martin - His Life and Legacy
From: Stacey Torch
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An in-depth look at famed civil rights photographer Spider Martin - his work represents one of the most historically significant collections of the...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 27, 2006
  • Length: 09:35
  • Purchases: 1
The 1906 Atlanta Race Riot
From: Philip Graitcer
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The 1906 Atlanta Race Riot was the closest thing to a race war ever known in Atlanta

  • Added: Sep 25, 2006
  • Length: 06:47
Fats Waller: If You Gotta Ask
From: Joyride Media
Series: Black History Month Specials
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One-hour music intensive documentary about Fats Waller, one of America's great composers and performers of the 20th century.

Bought by WICR, KNKX, KPSQ-LP, Prairie Public, WVIA and more


  • Added: Sep 22, 2006
  • Length: 59:05
  • Purchases: 37
Woody's Journey
From: Center for Emerging Media
Series: Shared Weight
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Vietnam Veteran and drug therapist Woody Curry returns to Vietnam forty years later.

Bought by WRVO Public Media, KUOW, WNYC, New England Public Media, KSUT and more


  • Added: Sep 14, 2006
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 9
Stories from the NYPD
From: jrudolph group
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An audio history of the New York Police Department

Bought by WNYC, WFUV, Connecticut Public (WNPR), WGBH Radio Boston, and WAMU


  • Added: Aug 25, 2006
  • Length: 59:45
  • Purchases: 5
The Undiscovered Explorer: Imagining York
From: Claire Schoen
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One hour documentary, narrated by Danny Glover, that explores the making of an American myth.

Bought by KUHF, KWIT, WEKU, WGBH Radio Boston, Iowa Public Radio and more


  • Added: Aug 18, 2006
  • Length: 01:03:13
  • Purchases: 14
The Atlanta Fire of 1917
From: Philip Graitcer
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Remembering the Atlanta Fire of 1917

  • Added: Jul 16, 2006
  • Length: 06:15
This I Believe - Phyllis Allen
From: This I Believe
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Listener Phyllis Allen once defined her beliefs by social movements. Now, she finds them in herself.

  • Added: Jun 12, 2006
  • Length: 04:15
The House That Trane Built
From: WBGO
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Music Documentary - Jazz

Bought by 90.5 WSNC, 90.5 WSNC, WVAS, WXXI Rochester, WEKU and more


  • Added: Jun 05, 2006
  • Length: 01:00:10
  • Purchases: 17
Surrender
From: Rigel Crockett
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A story about Prohibition, the Drug War, music, and Savannah?s maritime history music

  • Added: Apr 25, 2006
  • Length: 17:46
An interview With Charlene Mitchell
From: Amber Cortes
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An interview with radical activist Charlene Mitchell, who ran for president with the Communist Party in 1968.

  • Added: Apr 11, 2006
  • Length: 13:20
Shakespeare In Black and White
From: Richard Paul
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The African-American experience with Shakespeare

Bought by KLCC, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, WABE, KZYX, PRX Remix and more


  • Added: Apr 10, 2006
  • Length: 07:01
  • Purchases: 9
This I Believe Pledge Spot - Sharing Our Stories
From: This I Believe
Series: This I Believe
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Fundraising spot from NPR's This I Believe series

Bought by WEZU, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), WEKU, KJZZ, WGUC/ WVXU and more


  • Added: Mar 22, 2006
  • Length: 03:07
  • Purchases: 14
Darondo
From: Chris Roose
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A long-lost Bay Area soul singer, newly found.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis and WMPG


  • Added: Mar 12, 2006
  • Length: 07:08
  • Purchases: 2
Black Classical Masters series: William Grant Still
From: David Person
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Profile of William Grant Still, the dean of black classical composers, with excerpts of an interview with his daughter Judy.

  • Added: Feb 22, 2006
  • Length: 19:57
Black Classical Masters series: "Lift Every Voice and Sing"
From: David Person
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A series of four short programs that examine the song known as the Black national anthem.

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, WHFR, RadioFreePalmer, WTIP, KFAI Minneapolis and more


  • Added: Feb 21, 2006
  • Length: 19:53
  • Purchases: 7
The Confederate States of America
From: KCUR
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Film-maker Kevin Willmott talks about his mockumentary CSA.

Bought by KVMR


  • Added: Feb 08, 2006
  • Length: 13:44
  • Purchases: 1
Louis Armstrong's New Orleans, with Wynton Marsalis
From: Joe Bevilacqua
Series: Joe Bevilacqua Documentaries
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"a rich tapestry of music, interviews and sound" - Phil Corriveau, Wisconsin Public Radio

Bought by Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), KAZU Seaside, Calif., KSUT, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], WXAV 88.3FM Chicago and more


  • Added: Feb 02, 2006
  • Length: 58:50
  • Purchases: 67
House of the Lord
From: Helen Borten
Series: A Sense of Place
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The history of a black church on an antebellum plantation and how it was saved from destruction.

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, KVNF, KUT, KDUR, WJAB and more


  • Added: Feb 01, 2006
  • Length: 29:33
  • Purchases: 7
The Afro: Personal Reflections
From: David Person
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A personal and historical look at the Afro hairstyle as a cultural and political phenomenon.

Bought by WJAB, KCUR, WNCU, and WFUV


  • Added: Feb 01, 2006
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 4
Beyond the Scars
From: Voices of Our World
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BEYOND THE SCARS: A perspective from the survivors of America?s race wars; author Roger Gottlieb, Liberating Faith & the memories of a survivo...

Bought by WGBH Radio Boston, WYSO, and WGBH Radio Boston


  • Added: Jan 19, 2006
  • Length: 27:58
  • Purchases: 3
A Shortcut To The Mountaintop
From: Peter Bochan
Series: Shortcuts
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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
Chasing After the Hurricane: A Personal Look Into the Life of Rubin "Hurricane" Carter - After the Movie.
From: N Lorde
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A personal insight into the life of former boxer Rubin "Hurricane" Carter - his life after the blockbuster hit movie.

Bought by KSFR, KSJD, KZYX, 90.5 WSNC, and KSFR


  • Added: Jan 08, 2006
  • Length: 14:07
  • Purchases: 5

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