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One of the original 13 Freedom Riders, what Charles Person faced during the Civil Rights Movement was far worse than his time as a Marine in Vietnam.
- Added: Jan 13, 2021
- Length: 01:26:58
Only 11 years old on Bloody Sunday, JoAnne faced the charging horses and the swinging batons of the state troopers.
- Added: Jan 13, 2021
- Length: 01:06:54
Her mugshot has been called one of the most iconic in American history. The pretty white southern woman who defied Jim Crow and fought for civil ri...
- Added: Jan 13, 2021
- Length: 01:23:34
The little girl who went to school with federal marshals as escorts has something to say about what she went through and what we are going through ...
- Added: Jan 13, 2021
- Length: 01:02:02
Early one morning in 1948, a phone call woke up the police chief in the small town of Clearwater, Florida. The caller said he’d seen something stra...
- Added: Jan 05, 2021
- Length: 29:23
There’s an old story on Cape Cod about a woman named Maria Hallett who fell in love with a pirate. According to legend, when he died at sea, she be...
- Added: Jan 05, 2021
- Length: 27:04
Bernard Kinsey met Shirley Pooler in 1963, when they were both students at Florida A&M University, after a protest to integrate the movie theaters ...
- Added: Jan 05, 2021
- Length: 31:58
An interview with Danforth Prince, author of "The Seductive Sapphic Exploits of Mercedes de Acosta: Hollywood's Greatest Lover"
- Added: Dec 10, 2020
- Length: 24:30
Super Chikin' and Terry "Harmonica" Bean from Mississippi
- Added: Nov 30, 2020
- Length: 58:58
This week on the show: Legacy of slavery -
We take a closer look at Britain's role in the transatlantic slave trade, the darkest chapter in t...
- Added: Nov 25, 2020
- Length: 30:00
When white people are called out on their racism a response one often hears is, "Well, Black people are just as racist again me." Is racism the exc...
- Added: Nov 12, 2020
- Length: 01:08:24
David Ben Shabat hates being called a prophet. As he sees it, he’s just a guy who stumbled upon a deep truth and wants to share it with the people....
- Added: Oct 26, 2020
- Length: 59:17
Diné activist Amanda Blackhorse responds to the name and mascot change of the Washington NFL football team.
- Added: Sep 04, 2020
- Length: 19:31
A collection of Blues songs that have relevance to current issues in 2020
- Added: Aug 18, 2020
- Length: 59:13
An interview with Bill Levy, author of "Lawman"
- Added: Jul 19, 2020
- Length: 24:38
Our radio adaptation of the film, Let the Fire Burn. Directed by Jason Osder, examines the controversial, 1985 clash between police in Philadelphia...
Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio
- Added: Jul 14, 2020
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 1
We visit a city in Northern Italy where everyone decided to stay quiet to save something beautiful.
- Added: Jun 25, 2020
- Length: 22:26
On May 13, 1862, Robert Smalls took command of a Confederate ship and liberated himself and his family from enslavement. His great-great-grandson, ...
- Added: Jun 24, 2020
- Length: 29:27
Latest Release form Milwaukee -based Blues Band
- Added: May 29, 2020
- Length: 59:57
The question of whether and how to compensate descendants of people formerly enslaved in the United States has hung over the country since the end ...
Bought by KRCB 104.9
- Added: May 28, 2020
- Length: 03:21
- Purchases: 1
In May 1991, a bank robber walked into a bank in Irving, Texas, and without speaking handed the teller a note that read, “This is a bank robbery. G...
- Added: May 19, 2020
- Length: 31:54
In the midst of our dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic, it’s hard to imagine what stories we will ultimately tell our children and grandchildren. T...
- Added: Apr 28, 2020
- Length: 29:00
This show highlights the Delta Blues Museum in Clarksdale, Mississippi. I had the opportunity to interview the Active Executive Director, Shelley R...
- Added: Apr 18, 2020
- Length: 58:40
“The police had surrounded the house. They had been there for quite a while. They didn’t want to try to rush the house because they thought he migh...
- Added: Apr 15, 2020
- Length: 29:07
In the summer of 1922, in a town in southern Illinois, 23 people were murdered over two days. Men, women, and children came out of their houses to ...
- Added: Apr 15, 2020
- Length: 24:23