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David and Toko Ackerman
From: New Visions, New Voices
Series: Moments of the Movement
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The husband and wife team of David and Toko Ackerman represented the diversity of the Civil Rights Movement. David, a self-proclaimed product of a ...

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


  • Added: Aug 16, 2013
  • Length: 03:29
  • Purchases: 7
Purcell Conway
From: New Visions, New Voices
Series: Moments of the Movement
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Young people played a key role in the civil rights movement. For some, their involvement came as an objection to their parents’ various fears. For...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KFAI Minneapolis, WVAS, PRX Remix, WTJU and more


  • Added: Aug 02, 2013
  • Length: 03:29
  • Purchases: 9
Phil Hutchings
From: New Visions, New Voices
Series: Moments of the Movement
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Beginning in the 1960s as an interracial group advocating nonviolence, SNCC shifted its focus to political activism and later in the decade to blac...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KFAI Minneapolis, WVAS, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi) and more


  • Added: Aug 02, 2013
  • Length: 03:29
  • Purchases: 7
Freeman Hrabowski on Birmingham Bombing
From: New Visions, New Voices
Series: Moments of the Movement
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The bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham was a turning point in the Civil Rights Movement. But for Freeman Hrabowski, now presid...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KFAI Minneapolis, WVAS, WTJU, WUTC and more


  • Added: Aug 02, 2013
  • Length: 03:29
  • Purchases: 9
Freeman Hrabowski
From: New Visions, New Voices
Series: Moments of the Movement
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Birmingham native Freeman Hrabowski, who was trained to lead and protect younger children during civil rights protests, explains why many middle-cl...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KFAI Minneapolis, 90.5 WESA, WVAS, WEAA and more


  • Added: Aug 02, 2013
  • Length: 03:29
  • Purchases: 10
Carrie Young
From: New Visions, New Voices
Series: Moments of the Movement
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SNCC (snick) found a committed worker in teenaged Carrie Young in 1960s Arkansas. But even Young’s devotion had not prepared her for the illiteracy...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KFAI Minneapolis, KWGS, WVAS, WEAA and more


  • Added: Aug 02, 2013
  • Length: 03:29
  • Purchases: 8
Alfred Moldovan
From: New Visions, New Voices
Series: Moments of the Movement
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Dr. Alfred Moldovan, a founding member of the Medical Committee for Human Rights, shares his experience of treating SNCC workers who were attacked ...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, PRX Remix, KFAI Minneapolis, WVAS, WEAA and more


  • Added: Aug 02, 2013
  • Length: 03:29
  • Purchases: 8
Moyers & Company Show 229: John Lewis Marches On
From: Moyers & Company
Series: Moyers & Company
Caption: Bill Moyers, Credit: Dale Robbins
Bill Moyers and Rep. John Lewis revisit the 1963 March on Washington. How did it transform America? Next on Moyers & Company.

Bought by WPSU, KVMR, KBRP Community Radio, KTRL, KPVL and more


  • Added: Jul 24, 2013
  • Length: 53:00
  • Purchases: 28
Rondo's Red Caps
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
Caption: Red Caps at St. Paul's Union Depot
The Rondo neighborhood in St. Paul was the city's largest African-American community until construction of Interstate-94 split it in half. In its h...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Jul 19, 2013
  • Length: 05:16
  • Purchases: 1
Minneapolis elder Rosa Bogar
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
Caption: Rosa Bogar, Credit: Glen Stubbe
A native of Orangeburg, South Carolina, Rosa Mavins Bogar grew up in a family of 13 children and lived through segregation. Calling Minneapolis her...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Jul 05, 2013
  • Length: 05:04
  • Purchases: 1
Jazz-O-Rama #33: "Open the Door, Richard!" Remastered Count Basie 78s
From: Joe Bevilacqua
Series: The Jazz-O-Rama Hour
Caption: Count Basie 78s on Jazz-O-Rama
Cheek to Cheek, Rat Race, and Open the Door, Richard are among the tunes that will fill the air when the Count Basie 78 RM Records is heard on the ...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 02, 2013
  • Length: 58:21
  • Purchases: 1
Jazz-O-Rama #32: Rahsaan Roland Kirk's Early LPs
From: Joe Bevilacqua
Series: The Jazz-O-Rama Hour
Caption: Rahsaan Roland Kirk's Early LPs on Jazz-O-Rama, Credit: Lorie Kellogg
Skater's Waltz, Serenade to a Cuckoo, and Jive Elephant are among the tunes that will fill the air when the Rahsaan Roland Kirk's Early LPs is hear...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 02, 2013
  • Length: 58:28
  • Purchases: 2
Fighting for Liberation
From: BackStory with the American History Guys
Series: BackStory with the American History Guys: Favorites
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The American History Guys discuss the important moral and tactical contributions of African-American soldiers in the Union Army.

Bought by Radio Newark, PRX Remix, Louisville Public Media, and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Jul 01, 2013
  • Length: 05:37
  • Purchases: 4
The Dream Before the Dream: Detroit, 1963
From: Zak Rosen
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On June 23, 1963, labor and church leaders organized tens of thousands of people in Detroit for the Great March to Freedom. Dr. Martin Luther King ...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, WABE, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jun 22, 2013
  • Length: 07:18
  • Purchases: 3
Despite Celebrations, More Work to do on Civil Rights
From: New Visions, New Voices
Series: Focus Point with Avis Jones-DeWeever
Caption: Edith Lee-Payne at the March on Washington, 1963, Credit: Photo: Roland Scherman
Though the nation is set to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.'s historic speech at the March on Washington, contributor Avis...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Jun 04, 2013
  • Length: 01:59
  • Purchases: 1
Matthew Perry Jr.
From: New Visions, New Voices
Series: Moments of the Movement
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Judge Matthew J. Perry Jr. will be remembered as the first African-American from South Carolina to ascend to the federal bench, but he started out ...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, PRX Remix, KFAI Minneapolis, WVAS, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi) and more


  • Added: May 16, 2013
  • Length: 03:29
  • Purchases: 8
John Churchville
From: New Visions, New Voices
Series: Moments of the Movement
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Activist and black nationalist John Churchville is known best as the founder of Philadelphia's Freedom Library Day School, but as a student of Malc...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, PRX Remix, KFAI Minneapolis, WVAS, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi) and more


  • Added: May 07, 2013
  • Length: 03:29
  • Purchases: 8
Jazz-O-Rama #29: "The Hard Bop & Vocalese of Lambert, Hendricks & Ross & Art Blakey"
From: Joe Bevilacqua
Series: The Jazz-O-Rama Hour
Caption: Remastered LP Cuts of Lambert, Hendricks & Ross & Art Blakey, Credit: Lorie B. Kellogg
The sounds of classic remastered early LP cuts fill the air when the music of Lambert, Hendricks & Ross & Art Blakey is presented on the 29th edit...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 23, 2013
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 2
Jazz-O-Rama #28: "The Early Bebop of Bird, Diz, Tad, Miles & Dexter"
From: Joe Bevilacqua
Series: The Jazz-O-Rama Hour
Caption: Remastered Bebop 78s on Jazz-O-Rama, Credit: Lorie B. Kellogg
Early Bebop fills the air when the remastered 78 RPM records of Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis,Tadd Dameron and Dexter Gordon are hea...

Bought by KTXK, Spokane Public Radio, and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 23, 2013
  • Length: 58:51
  • Purchases: 3
Minneapolis Pioneers and Soldiers Memorial Cemetery
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
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The Minneapolis Pioneers and Soldiers Memorial Cemetery is the oldest existing cemetery in Minneapolis. Since the first burial in 1853, the cemeter...

  • Added: Mar 21, 2013
  • Length: 03:56
Jazz-O-Rama #18: "Fred Frees Favorites"
From: Joe Bevilacqua
Series: The Jazz-O-Rama Hour
Caption: Big band hits on Joe Bev's Jazz-O-Rama, Credit: Lorie B. Kellogg
"One O'Clock Jump", "Take the A Train" and "Perdido" are among the 78 RPM records heard on the 18th edition of Joe Bev's Jazz-O-Rama Hour, selected...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, Spokane Public Radio, and Radio New Zealand


  • Added: Mar 18, 2013
  • Length: 57:27
  • Purchases: 3
Plessy vs. Fergusson
From: Phil Mariage
Series: Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow
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One of the early and most important Supreme Court decisions of the Civil Rights movement

Bought by KVSC


  • Added: Feb 26, 2013
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
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 WCNY, WCSU-FM, KPVL, and KHEN-LP


  • Added: Feb 12, 2013
  • Length: 59:54
  • Purchases: 4
Disney Cartoons and Black Female Doctors -- What's the Connection?
From: KSFR
Series: Equal Time with Martha Burk
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Series host Martha Burk interviews Dr. Myiesha Taylor, prominent emergency room physician and advocate working with the Disney corporation to inte...

Bought by WMMT and KRZA


  • Added: Jan 30, 2013
  • Length: 28:23
  • Purchases: 2
Rodney King on Forgiveness and Being a Negro
From: Blank on Blank
Series: Blank on Blank
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"I have been challenged to fight for saying 'can't we all get along.' I’ve had people say I want to kick your ass for saying that." - Rodney King I...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Nov 14, 2012
  • Length: 06:48
  • Purchases: 2