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From Obama-era task forces to widespread protests, the idea of community policing has become part of our national conversation. Jerry Clayton, the ...

  • Added: Jul 10, 2017
  • Length: 05:25
Caption: Caroline Light
Harvard Professor, Caroline Light, explores the racist "Stand Your Ground" history.

Bought by KPIP-LP and WETS


  • Added: Jun 16, 2017
  • Length: 57:59
  • Purchases: 2
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This week on the RDD, Haley meets with Pete Culp, a member of the Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority board of directors. Baldemar Velasquez nominat...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Feb 06, 2017
  • Length: 06:57
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Kevin Alexander Gray
Pamela Spoto, educator and Peace and Justice advocate, co-hosts again. Our guest is Kevin Alexander Gray. He is is a civil rights organizer and a...

Bought by KMUD


  • Added: May 30, 2016
  • Length: 59:13
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Pamela Spoto
Unspun takes a look at Black History and current Civil Rights and equality issues in America with Pamela Spoto, local educator, activist and host o...

  • Added: Feb 22, 2016
  • Length: 59:56
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Bennett and Porter do their cooking in a shared kitchen that’s part of a transitional house in West Oakland. But they met many years ago. “Well, w...

  • Added: Nov 28, 2014
  • Length: 10:42
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Last June, the U.S. Congress made a landmark decision to pass immigration reform. The new law eliminates the Diversity Immigrant Lottery Visa, also...

  • Added: May 20, 2014
  • Length: 07:07
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100-second module, from our weekday readings for May. Before becoming the first African American on The Supreme Court, Marshall risked his life in ...

Bought by WEZU


  • Added: Apr 24, 2014
  • Length: 01:40
  • Purchases: 1
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Since the 1970s, Republicans have controlled Southern politics, but according to one researcher, the Republican Party has reached its peak in the S...

  • Added: Jan 17, 2013
  • Length: 02:28
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Brigham Young was a rough-hewn transient from New York whose life was electrified by the Mormon faith. He married more than 50 women, and transform...

Bought by WJCT and WFHB


  • Added: Jan 17, 2013
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 2
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It took 40 years to build ACORN, but just a few months to bring it down. Local organizers are trying to rebuild, but how is ACORN’s absence affect...

  • Added: Oct 19, 2012
  • Length: 29:01
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The only generational discussion on Racial Profiling on radio.

  • Added: Aug 02, 2009
  • Length: 28:56
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This week on AVR we're going to explore America's history of slavery with Gerald Horne, Morris Professor of African American studies at the Univers...

Bought by KSFR and KSFR


  • Added: Jun 15, 2007
  • Length: 29:33
  • Purchases: 2
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A profile of Governor Deval Patrick, his history making election and his place in the new politics of race nationally.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, WCPN, KUT-HD, WFIU, Connecticut Public (WNPR) and more


  • Added: Feb 21, 2007
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 7
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This story explores the trend of african americans moving from the northern US back down south.

Bought by NPR Station Showcase with PRX, KCUR, and KSJD


  • Added: Dec 08, 2006
  • Length: 04:51
  • Purchases: 3

  • Added: Nov 30, 2006
  • Length: 04:43
  • Purchases: 2
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Kevin Phinney looks at race relations, as seen through the prism of music.

Bought by KUHB


  • Added: Feb 10, 2006
  • Length: 53:53
  • Purchases: 1
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Julian Bond, chair of the NAACP, whose grandfather was born into slavery, candidly talks about race in America fifty years after the Brown v. Board...

Bought by WTJU, WRPI, and WNCU


  • Added: May 20, 2005
  • Length: 29:13
  • Purchases: 3
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Rev. Jesse Jackson argues for big business to invest in the under classes.

Bought by WUSM, KSFR, KUOW, and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Sep 13, 2004
  • Length: 59:32
  • Purchases: 4