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The Jazz-O-Rama Hour #46: Herbie Hancock
From: Joe Bevilacqua
Series: The Jazz-O-Rama Hour
Caption: The Early LPs of Herbie Hancock is presented by Joe Bevilacqua , Credit: Lorie Kellogg
A birthday tribute to the American pianist, keyboardist, bandleader and composer, born April 12, 1940.

Bought by Spokane Public Radio and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 11, 2014
  • Length: 59:52
  • Purchases: 2
'To Heal A Sick Nation: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and IDEAS'
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Caption: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. 1966, Credit: AFP/Getty Images
This program tells the untold story about Dr. Martin Luther King and his appearance on the most prestigious lecture series in Canada, shortly befor...

Bought by WXXI Rochester


  • Added: Apr 04, 2014
  • Length: 49:57
  • Purchases: 1
Equity in the School System
From: New Visions, New Voices
Series: Education Matters with Pedro Noguera
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In commemoration of the 60th anniversary of the landmark US Supreme Court case Brown versus Board of Education, internationally renowned education ...

  • Added: Mar 06, 2014
  • Length: 01:45
Celebrating the Rondo neighborhood
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: MinneCulture In-Depth
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St. Paul's oldest African-American neighborhood is named after French Canadian fur trader Joseph Rondeau. After the civil war and during the recons...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio, KVSC, and KSRQ


  • Added: Feb 20, 2014
  • Length: 28:09
  • Purchases: 3
The Legacy of Medgar Evers
From: AARP Radio
Series: Prime Time Radio
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First, Medgar Evers was heavily involved in civil rights activism and was instrumental in efforts to end segregation in Mississippi. His widow, Myr...

Bought by WCWP


  • Added: Feb 11, 2014
  • Length: 59:56
  • Purchases: 1
Joseph Godfrey and his alliance to the Dakota
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
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Joseph Godfrey was born a slave and sought refuge among the Dakota Indians. Years later, when the U.S.-Dakota war broke out, he joined the fight. K...

  • Added: Feb 03, 2014
  • Length: 04:29
George Bonga
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
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George Bonga was born to an Ojibwe mother and an African-American father in 1802. A member of the Leech Lake band of Ojibwe, he became a fur trader...

Bought by Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota


  • Added: Jan 30, 2014
  • Length: 04:15
  • Purchases: 1
MLK: Three Landmark Speeches
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Half Hour Episodes
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Three key speeches of American civil rights leader and Nobel Peace Laureate Dr. Martin Luther King Junior are excerpted and commented on by two lea...

Bought by KALW, WNMU-FM, WNMU-FM, WNMU-FM, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and more


  • Added: Jan 13, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 33
MLK: Three Landmark Speeches
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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Three key speeches of American civil rights leader and Nobel Peace Laureate Dr. Martin Luther King Junior are excerpted and commented on by two lea...

Bought by KUHF, WKSU, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, WGCU, KICI Iowa City and more


  • Added: Jan 12, 2014
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 109
Bayard Rustin: Who Is This Man?
From: Al Letson
Series: State of the Re:Union: Season One
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Discover the words and wisdom of an unsung hero of the Civil Rights movement who changed the course of American history.

Bought by KALW, WJAB, WJCT, WNYC, WFAE and more


  • Added: Sep 04, 2013
  • Length: 53:53
  • Purchases: 112
Martin Luther King Jr.'s Living Legacy
From: AARP Radio
Series: Prime Time Radio
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First, the youngest daughter of the late Coretta Scott King and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Bernice King discusses her father’s legacy on the 50th...

Bought by WCNY, KVSC, KRPS, and WCWP


  • Added: Sep 03, 2013
  • Length: 59:54
  • Purchases: 4
A March for Jobs and Freedom
From: BackStory with the American History Guys
Series: BackStory with the American History Guys: Favorites
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Historian William P. Jones talks with host Brian Balogh about the origins of the march idea, first floated during a campaign against employment dis...

Bought by Radio Newark and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Sep 03, 2013
  • Length: 09:17
  • Purchases: 2
“Let Freedom Ring!”
From: BackStory with the American History Guys
Series: BackStory with the American History Guys: Favorites
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Historian David Blight talks with host Ed Ayers about the continuing impact of the Civil War in shaping the context within which the march took pla...

Bought by Radio Newark and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Sep 03, 2013
  • Length: 12:22
  • Purchases: 2
Moyers & Company Show 234: Encore: John Lewis Marches On
From: Moyers & Company
Series: Moyers & Company
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A special encore broadcast of Bill Moyers and Rep. John Lewis revisit the 1963 March on Washington. How did it transform America? Next on Moyers & ...

Bought by KBBI Alaska, KBRP Community Radio, KTRL, KUOW, WCWP and more


  • Added: Aug 28, 2013
  • Length: 53:00
  • Purchases: 26
The Fierce Urgency of Now: The 1963 March on Washington
From: BackStory with the American History Guys
Caption: Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., at the March on Washington, August 28th, 1963, Credit: National Archives
August 28th marks the 50th anniversary of the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s famous speech in front of the Lincoln memorial in Washington, D.C., wh...

Bought by WAER Syracuse, NY, WUFT, WESM 91.3 FM, WCSU-FM, Georgia Public Broadcasting and more


  • Added: Aug 23, 2013
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 14
StoryCorps: Lawrence and Simeon Cumberbatch
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Lawrence Cumberbatch (R) tells his son, Simeon (L), how he traveled from New York City to Washington DC with Brooklyn CORE for the March on Washing...

Bought by WEZU, WRIR, KIDE Hoopa Tribal Radio 91.3fm, and WTJU


  • Added: Aug 23, 2013
  • Length: 02:38
  • Purchases: 4
The Letter from Birmingham Jail and an Anthem for a Changing Nation
From: AARP Radio
Series: Prime Time Radio
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First, fifty years later the message of the Letter from Birmingham Jail still rings as true as the day it was written. Scholar Jonathan Rieder reve...

Bought by WCNY, KRCB 104.9, and WCWP


  • Added: Aug 20, 2013
  • Length: 59:54
  • Purchases: 3
Minnesota 1963 Marchers Reflect on 50th Anniversary of March on Washington
From: Susan Gray
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This week marks the 50th anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington where Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his iconic "I Have a Dream" sp...

Bought by Prairie Public


  • Added: Aug 19, 2013
  • Length: 22:10
  • Purchases: 1
The Other Half Had a Dream Too
From: KSFR
Series: Equal Time with Martha Burk
Caption: Host Martha Burk
The historic 1963 March on Washington with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech featured a number of other speakers -- all male. Or...

Bought by KRZA and WSLR


  • Added: Aug 19, 2013
  • Length: 02:30
  • Purchases: 2
William Anderson
From: New Visions, New Voices
Series: Moments of the Movement
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Americus, Ga., native Dr. William Anderson founded the Albany Movement in Georgia in 1961 in an effort to forge a broad-based coalition for change....

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KFAI Minneapolis, 90.5 WESA, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WVAS and more


  • Added: Aug 16, 2013
  • Length: 03:29
  • Purchases: 6
Robert Hayling
From: New Visions, New Voices
Series: Moments of the Movement
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Dentist Robert Hayling has been hailed as the "father" of the Saint Augustine, Fla., civil rights movement. The NAACP recruited Hayling in the earl...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KFAI Minneapolis, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WVAS, and WEAA


  • Added: Aug 16, 2013
  • Length: 03:29
  • Purchases: 5
Joyce Ann Ladner and Dorie Ann Ladner
From: New Visions, New Voices
Series: Moments of the Movement
Caption: Joyce Ann (left) and Dorie Ann Ladner
As two sisters from Mississippi—Dorie Ann and Joyce Ann Ladner—worked to prepare for the March on Washington in 1963, they realized there was a far...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KSKA, KFAI Minneapolis, 90.5 WESA, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and more


  • Added: Aug 16, 2013
  • Length: 03:29
  • Purchases: 7
Gwendolyn Simmons
From: New Visions, New Voices
Series: Moments of the Movement
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With themes of civil resistance, nonviolent protests, boycotts and voting rights at the helm of the Civil Rights Movement, there was another consta...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KFAI Minneapolis, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WVAS and more


  • Added: Aug 16, 2013
  • Length: 03:29
  • Purchases: 6
Esther Terry
From: New Visions, New Voices
Series: Moments of the Movement
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Much of the credit for the growth of the Civil Rights Movement in the South rightly went to college students from the nation's HBCUs. Dr. Esther Te...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KFAI Minneapolis, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WVAS, and WEAA


  • Added: Aug 16, 2013
  • Length: 03:29
  • Purchases: 5
Courtland Cox
From: New Visions, New Voices
Series: Moments of the Movement
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As a Howard University student, Courtland Cox served on the steering committee for the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom as a represent...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KFAI Minneapolis, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WVAS, KUT and more


  • Added: Aug 16, 2013
  • Length: 03:29
  • Purchases: 7