PRX - Pieces for Topic: Family

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One man witnessed the 1964 Great Alaskan Earthquake and recorded the incredible things he saw onto a cassette tape shortly thereafter to mail to fa...

  • Added: Feb 10, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
Caption: Bridgette McGee holds a photo of her grandfather., Credit: Teri Havens
In 1951, Willie McGee was executed in Mississippi's traveling electric chair for raping a white woman. Six decades later, his granddaughter is on a...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis and Georgia Public Broadcasting


  • Added: Feb 13, 2014
  • Length: 28:11
  • Purchases: 2
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While living on a farm in the Mississippi Delta that was once part of a slave plantation, Randy searches for clues about the life of his great-gran...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, KGNU Community Radio, New Hampshire Public Radio, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Oct 23, 2012
  • Length: 12:11
  • Purchases: 4
Caption: Bridgette McGee holds a photo of her grandfather, Credit: Teri Havens
In 1951, Willie McGee was executed in Mississippi's traveling electric chair for raping a white woman. Six decades later, his granddaughter is on a...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, KUT, WRPI, KUOW and more


  • Added: Oct 12, 2010
  • Length: 22:59
  • Purchases: 8
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Poem about New York City's Potters Field

  • Added: Nov 21, 2005
  • Length: 02:11