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Henry Allen Bullock
From: KUHF
Series: Texas Originals
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Henry Allen Bullock devoted his life to African-American education.

Bought by KTTZ and KAMU


  • Added: Sep 16, 2015
  • Length: 01:59
  • Purchases: 2
The Living Legacy: Black Colleges in the 21st Century
From: American Public Media
Series: APM Reports: Focus on Education
Caption: Students at Howard University graduation, class of 2015, Credit: Emily Hanford
Graduates of historically black colleges and universities helped launch the civil rights movement and built the black middle class. But after deseg...

Bought by WMUU-LP, WUFT, Georgia Public Broadcasting, WESM 91.3 FM, and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Sep 10, 2015
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
Dr. John Hope Franklin
From: LaGuardia and Wagner Archives
Caption: PRX default Piece image
In this podcast, Dr. John Hope Franklin speaks on the exploitation of young African Americans in college athletics. Franklin was one of the most re...

  • Added: Aug 11, 2015
  • Length: 06:34
Summer Learning Series: Graduation Rates Get Boost Through Summer Learning
From: WBHM
Series: Summer Learning Lifts Graduation Rates
Caption: Scholars dance out to the beat of “Uptown Funk – Bell Edition.” The YMCA of Greater Montgomery Power Scholars Academy Culmination Ceremony was held Friday, July 10, in the auditorium of Carver Elementary School in Montgomery, Credit: Shannon Heupel/Montgomery Advertiser
National education leaders are trumpeting recent increases in high school graduation rates, yet about 20 percent of kids still dropout before compl...

  • Added: Jul 30, 2015
  • Length: 04:06
Sights and Sounds of Bayview: Bayview Youth Advocates
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
Caption: Bayview Youth Advocate John Vuong prepares to outreach to other students about the Bayview Youth Summit., Credit: Kevin Jones
Around 20 teenagers are settling into a classroom at this year’s Bayview Youth Summit. After a few minutes, they’re quiet, eyes focused on someone ...

  • Added: Jul 16, 2015
  • Length: 08:54
A neighborhood history tour aims to strengthen Bayview-Hunters Point
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
Caption: Oscar James stands in front of the old Chinese seafood restaurant where he used to buy bags of shrimp, Credit: KYUNG JIN LEE
Sixty-eight-year-old Oscar James stands on a hill overlooking the old Hunters Point Shipyard. He points out a street that’s now closed off by a cha...

  • Added: Jul 16, 2015
  • Length: 06:46
This is The Blues
From: Stories from Deep in the Heart, a project of Texas Folklife
Series: Stories Summer Institute 2015
Caption: Austin musician Sly Campbell, Credit: Joe Hollowy
An illustrative profile of the Austin's Long Branch Inn weekly blues jam, coordinated by Harold McMillan of DiverseArts Culture Works.

  • Added: Jul 12, 2015
  • Length: 05:19
Jen Anderson and Jane Mitchell of The Reset Foundation, Creating an Alternative to America's Prisons
From: Arch Street Press
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Jen Anderson and Jane Mitchell discuss how they met and discovered a passion for changing America's approach to criminal justice, leading to their ...

  • Added: Jul 07, 2015
  • Length: 45:32
StoryCorps Griot: Mario Loiseau and Mabou Loiseau
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Mario Loiseau (L) and Mabou Loiseau (R)
Mario Loiseau talks with his 9-year-old daughter, Mabou, about why he works so hard to provide for her education.

  • Added: Jul 01, 2015
  • Length: 01:48
Interchange - The Significant Insignificance of Juneteenth
From: WFHB
Series: Interchange
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Last Friday, June 19th, was Juneteenth--do you know what that is?

  • Added: Jun 23, 2015
  • Length: 01:01:56
The Jazz-O-Rama Hour #36: Boogie Woogie
From: Joe Bevilacqua
Series: The Jazz-O-Rama Hour
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Joe Bev presents 78 RPM Jazz with a Sense of Humor: "Roots of Rock: Boogie Woogie".

Bought by Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: May 27, 2015
  • Length: 59:36
  • Purchases: 1
The Jazz-O-Rama Hour #39: Java Jive
From: Joe Bevilacqua
Series: The Jazz-O-Rama Hour
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Joe Bev presents 78 RPM & Early LP Jazz with a Sense of Humor: "Java Jive: Jazz About Coffee",

Bought by Spokane Public Radio and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: May 27, 2015
  • Length: 58:27
  • Purchases: 2
The Jazz-O-Rama Hour #38: Favorite LP Cuts
From: Joe Bevilacqua
Series: The Jazz-O-Rama Hour
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Joe Bev presents 78 RPM & Early LP Jazz with a Sense of Humor: "My Favorite LP Cuts of the 1950s & 60s.

Bought by Spokane Public Radio and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: May 27, 2015
  • Length: 59:24
  • Purchases: 2
The Jazz-O-Rama Hour #37: Chicago Dixieland
From: Joe Bevilacqua
Series: The Jazz-O-Rama Hour
Caption: Chicago Dixieland, Credit: Lorie Kellogg - Waterlogg Design
Joe Bev presents 78 RPM Jazz with a Sense of Humor: "Going to Chicago: "Windy City 78s".

Bought by Spokane Public Radio and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: May 27, 2015
  • Length: 59:27
  • Purchases: 2
The Jazz-O-Rama Hour #55: A Jazz-O-Rama New Year
From: Joe Bevilacqua
Series: The Jazz-O-Rama Hour
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Joe Bev and Mr. Jazzbo presents 78 RPM Jazz with a Sense of Humor: "Songs with HAPPY, NEW or YEAR in the Title".

Bought by Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: May 27, 2015
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 1
The Jazz-o-Rama Hour #41: The Battle of the Drums 1
From: Joe Bevilacqua
Series: The Jazz-O-Rama Hour
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Joe Bev presents 78 RPM & Early LP Jazz with a Sense of Humor:"Papa Jo Jones vs. Philly Joe Jones".

Bought by KMUW, Spokane Public Radio, and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: May 27, 2015
  • Length: 59:21
  • Purchases: 3
The Jazz-O-Rama Hour #40: A Java Jive Refill
From: Joe Bevilacqua
Series: The Jazz-O-Rama Hour
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Joe Bev presents 78 RPM & Early LP Jazz with a Sense of Humor: "A Java Refill: More Coffee Jazz" including Jack Buchanan and Gertrude Lawrence, Car...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: May 27, 2015
  • Length: 59:59
  • Purchases: 2
The Jazz-O-Rama Hour #42: The Battle of the Drums 2
From: Joe Bevilacqua
Series: The Jazz-O-Rama Hour
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Joe Bev presents 78 RPM & Early LP Jazz with a Sense of Humor: "Gene Krupa vs. Buddy Rich".

Bought by Spokane Public Radio and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: May 27, 2015
  • Length: 59:35
  • Purchases: 2
The Jazz-O-Rama Hour #43: The Battle of the Drums 3
From: Joe Bevilacqua
Series: The Jazz-O-Rama Hour
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Joe Bev presents 78 RPM & Early LP Jazz with a Sense of Humor: "Max Roach vs. Art Blakey".

Bought by Spokane Public Radio and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: May 27, 2015
  • Length: 58:55
  • Purchases: 2
The Jazz-O-Rama Hour #48: Jerry Colonna
From: Joe Bevilacqua
Series: The Jazz-O-Rama Hour
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Joe Bev presents an hour of 78 RPM Records by and about Jerry Colonna.

Bought by Spokane Public Radio and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: May 27, 2015
  • Length: 58:21
  • Purchases: 2
The Jazz-O-Rama Hour #51: A Jazz-O-Rama Valentine
From: Joe Bevilacqua
Series: The Jazz-O-Rama Hour
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Lorie Kellogg and her alter ego Mrs. Jazzbo fill in for Joe Bev and Mr. Jazzbo, to play jazz about love.

Bought by WNMU-FM and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: May 27, 2015
  • Length: 58:41
  • Purchases: 2
The Jazz-O-Rama Hour #49: Van Alexander Meets Ella Fitzgerald
From: Joe Bevilacqua
Series: The Jazz-O-Rama Hour
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Joe Bev presents an hour of 78 RPM Records and Early LP Cuts by Van Alexander and Ella Fitzgerald.

Bought by Spokane Public Radio and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: May 27, 2015
  • Length: 57:54
  • Purchases: 2
The Jazz-O-Rama Hour #50: Jazz-O-Rama Goes to Outer Space
From: Joe Bevilacqua
Series: The Jazz-O-Rama Hour
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Guest host fictional newsman Walter Cockeyed (Joe Bev) once again substitutes for Joe Bevilacqua while he in outer space creating his Comedy-O-Rama...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: May 27, 2015
  • Length: 58:13
  • Purchases: 1
The Jazz-O-Rama Hour #54: A Jazz-O-Rama Christmas
From: Joe Bevilacqua
Series: The Jazz-O-Rama Hour
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Joe Bev presents an hour of Christmas 78s & early LP cuts.

Bought by WVAS and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: May 27, 2015
  • Length: 58:42
  • Purchases: 2
Poster School
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Students at Lewiston High launched a town wide dialogue about race after the principal ordered to students to take down posters proclaiming “Black ...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and PRX Remix


  • Added: May 27, 2015
  • Length: 07:35
  • Purchases: 3

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