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Saladin Ambar, author of "Malcolm X at Union Station"
From: Boise State Public Radio
Series: Reader's Corner with Bob Kustra
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As we mark Black History Month, host Bob Kustra talks with Saladin Ambar about a pivotal speech Malcolm X gave near the end of his life.

  • Added: Feb 03, 2017
  • Length: 30:30
Sekou Kambui
From: WFHB
Series: Kite Line
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This week, we return to the experiences and stories of Sekou Kambui, who was incarcerated for 47 years in Alabama prisons. He was originally charg...

  • Added: Nov 04, 2016
  • Length: 29:57
Pamela Newkirk, author of "Spectacle"
From: Boise State Public Radio
Series: Reader's Corner with Bob Kustra
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Host Bob Kustra talks with Pamela Newkirk about her book about a young African man who was displayed in a cage in the Bronx Zoo in 1906.

  • Added: Jul 01, 2016
  • Length: 29:51
'The Monster': Claiborne Avenue Before And After The Interstate
From: WWNO
Series: TriPod: New Orleans At 300
Caption: Image created for "The Seventh Ward Creoles of New Orleans," an Arts Council of New Orleans publication. View of elevated highway built on neutral ground of North Claiborne Avenue. At center, a man pulls a grocery cart, Credit: THE HISTORIC NEW ORLEANS COLLECTION
TriPod: New Orleans at 300 returns with part two of its highway series. This is the story of the I-10 interstate bridge that sits above Claiborne A...

Bought by KALW


  • Added: May 05, 2016
  • Length: 10:17
  • Purchases: 1
The Heart and Soul Of Community
From: Steven Scher
Series: On The Bus
Caption: On The Bus
For all the ways we devise to pull communities apart, people find ways to rebuild.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Feb 25, 2016
  • Length: 04:59
  • Purchases: 1
Episode 8: CSPD Black -- The True Story of Colorado Springs' First African American Detective
From: KRCC-FM
Series: Wish We Were Here
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On this episode of Wish We Were Here, we bring you the story of Ron Stallworth. In the 1970s, he became the first black detective ever to serve in ...

Bought by Canadian Broadcasting Corporation


  • Added: Jan 29, 2016
  • Length: 45:08
  • Purchases: 1
The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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Journalist Eric Arnold talks with Stanley Nelson, director of the documentary film: The Black Panthers, Vanguard of the Revolution.

Bought by KMUN, KALW, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, WRKF, WFHB and more


  • Added: Oct 28, 2015
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 23
Life After Incarceration
From: Open Source
Series: Open Source with Christopher Lydon
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We speak to four survivors of mass incarceration.

Bought by WMUU-LP, KMXT, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., and KPIP-LP


  • Added: Oct 05, 2015
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 4
Do We Need Guns For Radical Social Change?
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Huey Newton
The Black Panthers weren’t the only ones arming themselves in the 60s and 70s. And as Making Contact producer George Lavender found, not everyone h...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Sep 30, 2015
  • Length: 06:26
  • Purchases: 1
The Lower 9th Ward Lives On
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Robert Green, Lower 9th ward resident, Credit: Andrew Stelzer
We visit the Lower 9th Ward Living Museum, to learn how some are trying to preserve the lessons and legacies of the past. And we talk to a residen...

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio


  • Added: Aug 03, 2015
  • Length: 13:31
  • Purchases: 1
Dana Dane and Mr. Flowe
From: Kenneth Flowe
Caption: Mr. Flowe, Credit: The Flowe Family
In this recording Dana Dane reveals that he was not born in Brooklyn but in Queens. He also expresses why he thinks so much talent comes out of Br...

  • Added: Apr 23, 2015
  • Length: 13:32
"The Changing Same": Race in America
From: Open Source
Series: Open Source with Christopher Lydon
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As a scholar and a father, Harvard sociologist Orlando Patterson has spent his career puzzling over the “immutable force” in American race relation...

Bought by WUFT and KZYX


  • Added: Mar 15, 2015
  • Length: 58:37
  • Purchases: 2
Some Thoughts On Mercy: An Essay on Race and Redemption, written and read by Ross Gay
From: Chris Moore-Backman
Series: Bringing Down the New Jim Crow
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In this provocative radio essay, a commonplace encounter with racial profiling opens the door to the vast and painful reality of racism in the Unit...

Bought by KGNU Community Radio and WYAP


  • Added: Feb 04, 2015
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Thwarting Democracy, the Battle for Voting Rights
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Bloody Sunday-Selma, Alabama
It’s election season! But since the 2013 Supreme Court ruling on the Voting Rights Act, many states have pushed changes to voter laws that raise di...

Bought by KMUN and WNJR


  • Added: Oct 14, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Little Rock Nine, Breaking Back Pain, Art of Living Well, Staying Civil, and Hello Wine
From: 2BoomerBabes Radio Hour
Series: 2 Boomer Babes Radio Hour
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First, Carlotta Walls Lanier, the youngest of the "Little Rock Nine," chronicles her personal story of perseverance and courage in "A Mighty Long W...

Bought by WCWP


  • Added: Aug 05, 2014
  • Length: 54:51
  • Purchases: 1
Liberty in Liberia?
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 Liberian experiment – a project to build a perfect community for free blacks, outside the United States. The ...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis and PRX Remix


  • Added: May 06, 2014
  • Length: 07:24
  • Purchases: 2
Freedom - From Civil War to Civil Rights
From: Sidewalk Radio
Series: Sidewalk Radio with Gene Kansas
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Freedom is a very large and very important concept. Our country is built on it. Our civic and personal identity tied to it. Our physical landscape ...

  • Added: May 01, 2014
  • Length: 28:28
Words vs. Bars: How Prison Poets Escape
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Dwayne Betts
Poetry is form of self-expression that’s become vital to the incarcerated. To mark National Poetry Month, we bring you a special production by the ...

  • Added: Apr 15, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
Objectives of the NAACP
From: New Visions, New Voices
Series: Education Matters with Pedro Noguera
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Internationally renowned education expert Dr. Pedro Noguera reflects on the objectives of the NAACP and other civil rights organizations in the Bro...

  • Added: Mar 06, 2014
  • Length: 01:45
By Government Decree
From: BackStory with the American History Guys
Series: BackStory with the American History Guys: Favorites
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Historian Michael O’Malley tells host Brian Balogh about the strange connections drawn by critics of Reconstruction, between fiat currency on the o...

Bought by Radio Newark and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Feb 24, 2014
  • Length: 11:29
  • Purchases: 2
Along Saint Claude
From: Eve Abrams
Caption: Eppy Livaccari, Credit: Jonathan Traviesa
Gentrification is just the newest name for the changes happening in New Orleans' neighborhoods downriver from the French Quarter. Along Saint Claud...

Bought by WCPN


  • Added: Feb 21, 2014
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Minnesota Freedom Marchers Reflect on the Fight for Justice
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: MinneCulture In-Depth
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January 20, 2014, is Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. This year, many are commemorating the 50th anniversary of his historical march on Washington, whi...

Bought by KPVL, KSRQ, KMSU, KSRQ, KVSC and more


  • Added: Jan 14, 2014
  • Length: 25:52
  • Purchases: 6
Marking the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom
From: WTIP
Series: The Roadhouse
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Aug. 28 is the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, where Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King delivered his historic "I Have a...

Bought by KSRQ and KVSC


  • Added: Aug 27, 2013
  • Length: 20:35
  • Purchases: 2
Charles McDew "We Are The People We Have Been Waiting For" - Part Two
From: KQAL
Series: Culture Clique
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Previously on Culture Clique, we featured Charles McDew's talk "We Are the People We Have Been Waiting For" as presented at Winona State University...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Jun 11, 2013
  • Length: 15:07
  • Purchases: 1
Charles McDew "We Are The People We Have Been Waiting For" - Part One
From: KQAL
Series: Culture Clique
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On Tuesday, January 22nd 2013 at Winona State University, Charles McDew, former chairman of The Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (from 19...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Jun 11, 2013
  • Length: 50:57
  • Purchases: 1