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America's first African American female millionaire.
Bought by 90.5 WSNC, KBEM, KSKA, RadioStPete Florida, KETR-FM and more
- Added: Jan 29, 2015
- Length: 02:02
- Purchases: 8
Lucy Parsons fought tirelessly and effectively for the rights of political prisoners, people of color, workers, the homeless and women.
- Added: Mar 01, 2013
- Length: 02:33
After the Civil War, Haviland became a one-woman cyclone of activity, organizing refugee camps and establishing schools, volunteering as a teacher ...
Bought by Prairie Public
- Added: Mar 01, 2013
- Length: 02:26
- Purchases: 1
Older, overworked, frustrated and unwell, Hamer's famous line "I'm sick and tired of being sick and tired" appears on her tombstone. But she mainta...
Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio
- Added: Mar 01, 2013
- Length: 02:41
- Purchases: 1
Taylor made the cut as an in-your-face woman because she had the brass to go to secret schools as a child and then pass along what she learned as t...
- Added: Nov 05, 2012
- Length: 02:24
Till used the broken body of her only child to give an entire nation a much needed object lesson.
- Added: Nov 05, 2012
- Length: 02:30
Nzingha formed an alliance with the Dutch and spent the rest of her days leading troops into battle against them.
- Added: Nov 05, 2012
- Length: 02:36
After she became a lawyer, Kennedy missed no opportunity to push every envelope she could related to either race or gender.
- Added: Oct 08, 2012
- Length: 02:18
Equal Time Series Host Martha Burk explores the life of Coretta Scott King with biographer Barbara Reynolds, a founding editor of USA Today. Burk...
Bought by Talking Information Center, KRPS, 90.5 WSNC, WAMU, and KAZU Seaside, Calif.
- Added: Jan 26, 2012
- Length: 56:48
- Purchases: 5
Dr. Della Taylor Hardman made it her mission to talk to influential and promising African Americans inside and outside of West Virginia. Her interv...
Bought by High Plains Public Radio, WDDE, WJAB, KWMR, WEMU and more
- Added: May 27, 2010
- Length: 01:57:00
- Purchases: 10
From: WAMC Northeast Public Radio
Series: The Sounds of Progress: The Changing Role of Girls and Women in Science and Engineering
Series: The Sounds of Progress: The Changing Role of Girls and Women in Science and Engineering
Researchers conducting a longitudinal study on the effectiveness of the STEM scholarship program at Norfolk State University have some results. Ear...
Bought by Radio Newark
- Added: Sep 19, 2008
- Length: 10:26
- Purchases: 1
From: WAMC Northeast Public Radio
Series: The Sounds of Progress: The Changing Role of Girls and Women in Science and Engineering
Series: The Sounds of Progress: The Changing Role of Girls and Women in Science and Engineering
Norfolk State University (NSU) created a scholarship program to encourage African American students to pursue degrees in STEM. African American wom...
Bought by Radio Newark
- Added: Sep 19, 2008
- Length: 12:10
- Purchases: 1
