PRX - Pieces for Topic: African-American

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Blues File: Little Milton obituary
From: WXPN
Series: Blues File
Caption: PRX default Piece image
obituary for bluesman Little Milton

Bought by KKRN, WEFT, and KDLG


  • Added: Aug 03, 2005
  • Length: 02:31
  • Purchases: 3
West African Muslims, The Mosque and Cultural Connections
From: Stasia DeMarco
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A discussion about the role the mosque plays in keeping West African Muslims connected in Philadelphia

  • Added: Aug 01, 2005
  • Length: 04:39
College-Bound
From: WAMU
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College-bound WAMU Youth Voices reporter Andre knows he’s lucky to be scratching his head over a choice between schools, but the stakes are high, s...

Bought by WCSU-FM, WBEZ, WXLV-FM, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, YouthCast and more


  • Added: Jul 31, 2005
  • Length: 03:52
  • Purchases: 6
HEART-to-HEART Pgm III: Respecting Diversity
From: Claire Schoen
Series: HEART-to-HEART: Caring for the Dying
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Respecting Diversity looks at the influence of culture, race and religion on dying; how the assumptions behind "good end-of-life care" do not nece...

Bought by KMXT, WETA, Audible, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., and KALW


  • Added: Jul 28, 2005
  • Length: 01:00:45
  • Purchases: 5
Redeveloping Oakland
From: Nathanael Johnson
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A history of redevelopment in Oakland, California.

Bought by KZSC


  • Added: Jul 26, 2005
  • Length: 16:06
  • Purchases: 1
Blues File: Pocono Blues Festival 2005 Preview
From: WXPN
Series: Blues File
Caption: PRX default Piece image
preview of Pocono Blues Festival this upcoming weekend

Bought by KKRN, WEFT, WQJC, KUHB, and KDLG


  • Added: Jul 26, 2005
  • Length: 02:24
  • Purchases: 5
Culture of the Mind
From: Hana Baba
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A look at the country's first and only group of "Ethnic Psychiatry" wards.

  • Added: Jul 25, 2005
  • Length: 11:12
Barbara Jordan Speech on Watergate and the Constitution
From: KUT
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History of Barbara Jordan's Constitutional speech on Watergate

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, KZYX, RadioStPete Florida, KZYX, WRIR and more


  • Added: Jul 22, 2005
  • Length: 08:44
  • Purchases: 17
Blues File: Michal Hill- Black Gold & Goddesses Bold!
From: WXPN
Series: Blues File
Caption: PRX default Piece image
review of album "Black Gold & Goddesses Bold!" by Michael Hill

Bought by KKRN, WEFT, WQJC, KUHB, and KDLG


  • Added: Jul 21, 2005
  • Length: 02:20
  • Purchases: 5
Blues File: review Floyd Dixon "Fine! Fine! Thing!"
From: WXPN
Series: Blues File
Caption: PRX default Piece image
review new Floyd Dixon CD

Bought by KKRN, WEFT, WQJC, KUHB, and KDLG


  • Added: Jul 14, 2005
  • Length: 02:09
  • Purchases: 5
Summer on 64th
From: Curie Youth Radio
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Tonette sends an audio postcard from her favorite Chicago block: we eavesdrop on the guys at the corner, see Ms. P come out onto her porch, and hea...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, KSFR, PRX Remix, YouthCast, Radijojo World Children's Radio Network and more


  • Added: Jul 13, 2005
  • Length: 01:58
  • Purchases: 7
The Black Ghosts of Paris
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: CBC Radio's Outfront
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Julia Browne lives in Canada but she feels a strong, even eerie connection to Paris - a feeling that the black writers, intellectuals and performer...

Bought by WTIP, KCUR, WBEZ, and WYSO


  • Added: Jul 12, 2005
  • Length: 13:24
  • Purchases: 4
review: Triple Fret, by Bernard Allison, Larry McCray, & Carl Weathersby
From: WXPN
Series: Blues File
Caption: PRX default Piece image
album review of "Triple Fret"

Bought by KKRN, WEFT, WQJC, KUHB, and KDLG


  • Added: Jul 07, 2005
  • Length: 02:02
  • Purchases: 5
Ray Charles - Criteria
From: WGBH Radio Boston
Series: Moments of America
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Musician Ray Charles speaks about his criteria when writing music. (1995)

Bought by WRVO Public Media


  • Added: Jul 06, 2005
  • Length: :29
  • Purchases: 1
Ray Charles - Teacher
From: WGBH Radio Boston
Series: Moments of America
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Musician Ray Charles recalls the frustration he delivered to his early piano teacher. (1995)

Bought by WNCU, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and WRVO Public Media


  • Added: Jul 06, 2005
  • Length: 01:58
  • Purchases: 3
Ray Charles - Kinds
From: WGBH Radio Boston
Series: Moments of America
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Musician Ray Charles comments on the labels given to the music he played. (1995)

Bought by WRVO Public Media


  • Added: Jul 06, 2005
  • Length: :59
  • Purchases: 1
Ray Charles - Child
From: WGBH Radio Boston
Series: Moments of America
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Musician Ray Charles explains what kind of music was around him growing up. (1995)

Bought by WNCU, WUAL, and WRVO Public Media


  • Added: Jul 06, 2005
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 3
Ray Charles - Nat Cole
From: WGBH Radio Boston
Series: Moments of America
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Musician Ray Charles remembers his early career as a Nat “King” Cole sound-alike. (1995)

Bought by WNCU, WUAL, and WRVO Public Media


  • Added: Jul 06, 2005
  • Length: :59
  • Purchases: 3
James Baldwin - Teacher
From: WGBH Radio Boston
Series: Moments of America
Caption: PRX default Piece image
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
An Unlikely Partnership
From: KVMR
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A California State Prisoner/Poet and a Swedish Classical Composer create "Frihet for de fanga" (Freedom for the prisoners)

Bought by NPR Station Showcase with PRX


  • Added: Jul 06, 2005
  • Length: 08:37
  • Purchases: 1
Blues File: Campbell Brothers "Can You Feel It?"
From: WXPN
Series: Blues File
Caption: PRX default Piece image
review of "Can You Feel It?" album by Campbell Brothers

Bought by KKRN, WEFT, WQJC, KUHB, and KDLG


  • Added: Jun 30, 2005
  • Length: 02:23
  • Purchases: 5
The Mayor of Nichols
From: Third Coast International Audio Festival
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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
Blues File: review Dorothy Moore "I'm Doing Alright"
From: WXPN
Series: Blues File
Caption: PRX default Piece image
review of new album "I'm Doing Alright" from Dorothy Moore

Bought by KKRN, WEFT, WQJC, KUHB, and KDLG


  • Added: Jun 23, 2005
  • Length: 02:26
  • Purchases: 5
Blues File: Chicago Blues Harmonica Project
From: WXPN
Series: Blues File
Caption: PRX default Piece image
review of "Diamonds In The Rough" by Chicago Blues Harmonica Project

Bought by KKRN, WEFT, WQJC, KUHB, and KDLG


  • Added: Jun 16, 2005
  • Length: 03:21
  • Purchases: 5
Blues File: Buckwheat Zydeco "Jackpot!" review
From: WXPN
Series: Blues File
Caption: PRX default Piece image
review of new album "Jackpot!" from Buckwheat Zydeco

Bought by KKRN, KKRN, WEFT, WQJC, KUHB and more


  • Added: May 26, 2005
  • Length: 02:39
  • Purchases: 6

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