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Southwest Side Stories: The Tracks On Trumbull

From: ashley woods

The death of a man who crossed the tracks.

Added: Jan 25, 2006
Length: 01:41

Improving Race Relations: An African-American Perspective (Peace Talks Radio Series)

From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Half Hour Episodes

A panel of three African-Americans reflect on their greatest challenges and successes in resolving racial conflict throughout their lives.

Bought by KUAC, Radio Catskill, KRZA, KGNU Community Radio, Radio Baha'i, WLGI and more

Added: Dec 05, 2005
Length: 28:55
Purchases: 15

AFSC and the Martin Luther King Legacy

From: Janis Shields

Paul Lacey, the clerk of AFSC's Board of Directors, Speaks at the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C.

Bought by KGOU

Added: Dec 04, 2005
Length: 13:30
Purchases: 1

Voices of Courage in the Civil Rights Movement

From: Janis Shields

Mary Frances Berry, Professor of History at the University of Pennsylvania explores how we can achieve true social and economic justice in American...

Added: Dec 04, 2005
Length: 30:51

Commentary: The New Cold Warriors

From: Dick Meister

Although the Cold War is long over, red-baiting for political advantage continues.

Added: Nov 26, 2005
Length: 03:03

Katrina Survivor: New Orleans jazz singer Charmaine Neville

From: Miae Kim

Hurrican Katrina survivor's first -hand account

Bought by KSJD, KGOU, KTNA, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., and KFAI Minneapolis

Added: Nov 08, 2005
Length: 27:10
Purchases: 5

Saving baby; another harrowing tale of escape and evacuation.

From: Laura Ziegler

One family talks about leaving their home in the New Orleans 9th ward as water rose toward the roof, floating their baby in a cooler toward safer g...

Added: Oct 17, 2005
Length: 04:20

RN Documentary: Faceless – Dire Times for Illegal Immigrants in the Netherlands

From: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Series: RN Documentaries

Due to economic recession and strict government policy the illegal immigrants face dire times in the Netherlands.

Bought by KICI Iowa City and KRZA

Added: Oct 11, 2005
Length: 29:30
Purchases: 2

In Praise of New Orleans Brass Bands

From: Eve Abrams

This oral essay sings the praises of one of New Orleans' greatest gifts to the world: brass bands.

Bought by 90.5 WSNC and WKMS

Added: Sep 25, 2005
Length: 06:00
Purchases: 2

Toilet Paper Scrap Chronicles Civil Rights Ordeal

From: Wisconsin Public Radio

A six-foot piece of jail-grade toilet paper from 1963 captures Civil Rights struggle

Bought by WABE, KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA, KUOW, KFAI Minneapolis, 90.5 WSNC and more

Added: Sep 02, 2005
Length: 07:23
Purchases: 7

James Baldwin - Teacher

From: WGBH Radio Boston
Series: Moments of America

Author James Baldwin ponders the problems confronting the “American Negro.” (1963)

Bought by KUOW and WRVO Public Media

Added: Jul 06, 2005
Length: 01:00
Purchases: 2

The Mayor of Nichols

From: Third Coast International Audio Festival

A remembrance of a friend from junior high school who was murdered in 2000 by a chicago policeman

Bought by PRX Remix and KUT

Added: Jun 28, 2005
Length: 34:33
Purchases: 2

Black Tension

From: Hana Baba

A look at the sometimes tension-filled relationship between African immigrants and Black Americans.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KISU, WRST-FM Oshkosh, KFAI Minneapolis, WMNF and more

Added: Apr 14, 2005
Length: 07:41
Purchases: 10

Destroy It To Save It

From: Richard Paul

A trip back to a neighborhood the Supreme Court ordered destroyed

Bought by WETA, BSR Radio, and KVMR

Added: Mar 08, 2005
Length: 06:00
Purchases: 3

Harmful, Undeserved Punishment

From: Dick Meister

Ex-convicts are unfairly denied voting rights.

Added: Dec 02, 2004
Length: 02:47

King Joe Harris

From: Patrik Angstrom Poore

Interview Excerpt from Excessive Police force documentary

Added: Oct 03, 2004
Length: 08:33

Movin' Out the Bricks

From: Long Haul Productions
Series: Homeplace Series

A year in the life of Catherine "Coco" Means, as she leaves her long-time home in a Chicago public housing development and moves to her first priva...

Bought by 90.5 WSNC, KGNU Community Radio, Vocalo.org, PRX Remix, PRX to iTunes and more

Added: Sep 03, 2004
Length: 27:46
Purchases: 8

Maxey's Mansion

From: Long Haul Productions
Series: Homeplace Series

Alva Maxey-Boyd, now in her nineties, defied race covenants, urban renewal bulldozers, and two Mayor Daleys in a seven-decade battle to get and kee...

Bought by PRX Remix, KFAI Minneapolis, WFUV, WLUW, and WYSO

Added: Sep 03, 2004
Length: 25:07
Purchases: 5

House of Pain

From: Long Haul Productions
Series: Homeplace Series

Public housing residents scramble to figure out where to go next when their Chicago public housing high-rise is slated for demolition. It's all p...

Bought by PRX Remix and KFAI Minneapolis

Added: Sep 03, 2004
Length: 29:03
Purchases: 2

Learning to Live: James' Story

From: Long Haul Productions
Series: Waiting it Out Series

The story of an ex-felon's transition from prison to the free world. James, who narrates, is 38 and has been in and out of prison all his adult lif...

Bought by 90.5 WSNC, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KUER, RadioFreePalmer, PRX Remix and more

Added: Sep 03, 2004
Length: 28:47
Purchases: 11

A Danger to Self and Others

From: Long Haul Productions
Series: Waiting it Out Series

"A Danger to Self or Others" documents everyday life inside the Chicago Cook County Jail's Mental Health Division - the largest provider of mental ...

Bought by PRX Remix and WYBC