PRX - Pieces for Topic: African-American
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Saidu Tejan-Thomas is a young poet. For a long time, he had a story he needed to tell: an homage and apology to his mother. It's a tragic love stor...
Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and PRX Remix
- Added: Apr 15, 2020
- Length: 38:13
- Purchases: 2
The Indiana legislature is currently debating SB 449, which would expand the range of situations that would send children to adult court and adult ...
- Added: Mar 12, 2020
- Length: 29:00
When Hurricane Florence hit coastal North Carolina, Shecoria Smith, age 16, was worried about her father returning from a work trip.
- Added: Mar 12, 2020
- Length: 02:49
My piece depicts the systemic racism that has infested the educational system and environment.
- Added: Dec 30, 2019
- Length: 04:06
My Grandmother, who I loved dearly, passed away, and nobody spoke up until three days later: I was told.
- Added: Dec 30, 2019
- Length: 06:59
Being told by my mother that I’m Ethiopian is the only connection that I have to this stranger: my father.
Bought by WOUB
- Added: Dec 11, 2019
- Length: 04:07
- Purchases: 1
I’m fifteen and a student at Epic Academy. My podcast is about how stereotypes against your race can affect what music people think you listen to, ...
- Added: Dec 06, 2019
- Length: 05:11
According to Junious Brickhouse--Urban dance or Piedmont Blues—it’s all artistic legacy
Bought by KZUM, Harford Community Radio, and WMPG
- Added: Nov 14, 2019
- Length: 28:56
- Purchases: 3
Older, middle and younger generation guests discussing the evolving attitudes and issues for reparations
- Added: Sep 07, 2019
- Length: 51:26
Five years after they met in Ferguson protesting the killing of Michael Brown Jr. by police officer Darren Wilson, Jamell Spann and Elizabeth Vega ...
Bought by KWMU St. Louis, KVNF, and WHRV
- Added: Aug 14, 2019
- Length: 02:23
- Purchases: 3
Our piece is about Tobias’ brother and Miracle’s uncle and how they live their lives in and outside of prison.
Bought by WMMT
- Added: Aug 08, 2019
- Length: 08:02
- Purchases: 1
Segregation in Education is as bad as ever, and no end appears to be in sight. So what approaches might make a difference. What if Segregation, per...
Bought by KDNK
- Added: Apr 25, 2019
- Length: 28:00
- Purchases: 1
Recent events in America have once again turned the spotlight on the issues of race. Just when we think we are overcoming our racial divide, anothe...
Bought by KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., KVSC, and KCBX
- Added: Mar 28, 2019
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 3
Anthony Clary grew up in the bricks. Buildings linear as Legos, lining block after block of city streets, stretching from Porter to Dinwiddie, from...
Bought by KVSC
- Added: Mar 26, 2019
- Length: 26:58
- Purchases: 1
Some guys come in and think you can turn pro next week, but once they come in here and find out what you have to go through, it’s like a wake-up ca...
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Dec 05, 2018
- Length: 04:08
- Purchases: 1
Hear how guest Cathy McGill responds to Marcus Garvey’s words “A people who lack the knowledge of their past history, origin and culture are like a...
- Added: Oct 01, 2018
- Length: 12:48
Students at several prominent historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs), have demanded that school administrators address sexual assault...
Bought by WVAS
- Added: Aug 31, 2018
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 1
My story is about the Mixed/Biracial experience in America (specifically Chicago). I chose to do this because I am mixed race. I identify as Black ...
- Added: Aug 03, 2018
- Length: 07:40
Thousands of Senegalese street traders in New York and other big cities around the world are organised around Sufi
- Added: Aug 01, 2018
- Length: 27:56
Pushout: The Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools is an examination of the experiences of black girls across the country whose intricate lives...
- Added: Jun 11, 2018
- Length: 58:00
- Purchases: 3
Before he was 10 years old, Willie Bosket had skipped school, started fires, picked pockets, and stolen a car. A psychiatrist at Bellevue called hi...
- Added: Mar 12, 2018
- Length: 26:45
- Purchases: 3
The story of a shy teenager who wanted to meet the man of her dreams. Or at the very least, a straight guy. But some things are easier dreamed than...
- Added: Mar 11, 2018
- Length: 19:49
"Freedom"
A special edition of HumaNature formatted for air: 150 years ago, two girls crossed the Missouri River trying to escape a life of slaver...
Bought by KSTK
- Added: Mar 08, 2018
- Length: 27:59
- Purchases: 1
For Valentines Day, we have a special love story – part fiction, part fact, based on a landmark US Supreme Court case. It’s called "Loving Vs. Virg...
- Added: Feb 13, 2018
- Length: 19:15
33-year-old April Gibson talks to her teenage son, Gregory Bess, about how she felt when he was born.
- Added: Jan 25, 2018
- Length: 02:10
- Purchases: 2
