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Michael Eric Dyson's new book, "The Black Presidency Barack Obama and the Politics of Race in America", explores the powerful, surprising way the p...

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  • Length: 01:00:50
Caption: Bogaerts, Rob / Anefo – Nationaal Archief Fotocollectie Anefo Item number 927-7839
Though he first emerged in the public consciousness as a world-class athlete, Arthur Ashe’s subsequent contributions as an author, activist, humani...

Bought by WCNY, KEDT, WRST-FM Oshkosh, WMUU-LP, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash. and more


  • Added: Feb 19, 2016
  • Length: 53:56
  • Purchases: 7
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Author and CEO of A Diet Free Life, Robert Ferguson provides information on how you can maintain your three meals a day and still lose weight.

  • Added: Dec 01, 2015
  • Length: 15:46
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Last Friday, June 19th, was Juneteenth--do you know what that is?

  • Added: Jun 23, 2015
  • Length: 01:01:56
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New York Times columnist Charles Blow, one of America's most innovative and respected journalists, has written a redemptive memoir that fits both t...

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  • Length: 59:49
Caption: Sharon Wirtz, left, talks to Marquell Hicks, right, in front of a panel from the NM AIDS Memorial Quilt, Credit: Katy Gross
N’MPower participant, Marquell Hicks, interviews quilt artists Sharon Wirtz and Jane Gabaldon, in a community engagement project between the Museum...

  • Added: Apr 09, 2014
  • Length: 10:00
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IN THIS EDITION OF THE CUTTING EDGE, WE BRING YOU A DIALOGUE BETWEEN HISTORIAN ERIC FONER AND SYLVIAN DIOUF, AUTHOR OF “SLAVERY’S EXILES: THE STORY...

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  • Length: 59:56
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Bassist Dave Holland started his performing career in London. One night, he received word that a visiting musician from the states wanted to hire ...

  • Added: Dec 18, 2013
  • Length: 09:46
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Interview conducted by radio journalist Jake Feinberg with Roots Music Icon Taj Mahal. A discussion about the genesis of roots music and the music ...

  • Added: Dec 18, 2013
  • Length: 11:13
Caption: Africa's first canopy ropewalk at Kakum National Park, Credit: Kelly Ramundo
Ghana has long been a special place for the African American diaspora. For many, "roots tourism" is a rite of passage. But in the early 90s, the We...

Bought by XRAY.fm


  • Added: Dec 14, 2013
  • Length: 11:13
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: James at Phillips Exeter
James Simmons lives on the south side of Chicago. For five weeks, he was granted the opportunity to attend a summer program at Phillips Exeter Acad...

  • Added: Aug 03, 2013
  • Length: 08:08
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Songs and my rants about the heart and soul of New Orleans plus the usual (unusual?) music you never heard by musicians you've never heard of.

  • Added: Jan 27, 2013
  • Length: 02:40:52
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In this first of a two-part series, Dred-Scott Keyes interviews winners of the 2012 Anisfield-Wolf Awards David W. Blight, author of "American Ora...

  • Added: Aug 26, 2012
  • Length: 56:00
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A high school student and recent graduate detail their struggles staying in school and what pushed them to persevere.

  • Added: Aug 17, 2012
  • Length: 42:54
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Sondra Samuels of North Side Achievement Zone and Eric Mahmoud of Seed Academy and and Harvest Preparatory School discuss solutions and impact to t...

  • Added: Aug 17, 2012
  • Length: 59:07
Caption: Aaron Jones
WUNC is a part of the American Graduate Project. It's a public media initiative looking at the drop out crisis across the country. As a part of thi...

Bought by KZYX and Marfa Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 15, 2012
  • Length: 10:23
  • Purchases: 2
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Tyrese Graham remembers his first day as a teacher at John Marshall Metropolitan High School in Chicago, IL.

Bought by WEZU and KUOW


  • Added: May 29, 2012
  • Length: 02:16
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Cobi teaching some of her 200 orphans, Credit: Anton Foek.
Cobi is a Dutch nurse liiving and working in a South African township. She helps orphans getting over their Aids HIV stigma and against the violenc...

  • Added: Jan 11, 2012
  • Length: 10:38
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Meet Morris Robinson, who was an All-American at The Citadel, started studying voice at the age of 30, and sings at the great opera houses througho...

  • Added: Oct 11, 2011
  • Length: 27:03
Caption: James Farmer, Credit: Library of Congress
A college professor is following the footsteps of a civil rights icon James Farmer, by training his students in the art of debate. Lydia Wilson, ...

Bought by KUAC, WJAB, WCSU-FM, and WFIU


  • Added: Feb 05, 2010
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 4
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Changing our place in the world, through philosophy and math skills.

  • Added: Jan 28, 2010
  • Length: 29:01
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The docu-drama LITTLE ROCK, by Rajendra Ramoon Maharaj. is the untold individual stories of the "Little Rock Nine." It is an intimate story about t...

  • Added: Dec 01, 2009
  • Length: 01:28:41
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Educator and social activist Geoffrey Canada says he believes all children can learn and succeed.

Bought by WEZU, WCSU-FM, WEZU, and KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 05, 2009
  • Length: 04:44
  • Purchases: 4
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Fifty hours a week, at the University of Washington Medical Center ER, Crystal Patterson is so busy that she barely has time to go to the bathroom....

  • Added: Jul 30, 2008
  • Length: 08:55
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Novelist Alice Walker discusses the theme of revival in Zora Neale Hurston's "Their Eyes Were Watching God."

Bought by KOSU


  • Added: Mar 25, 2008
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 1