PRX - Pieces for Topic: Historical
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In the late 1930’s, dancer Dorothy Toy debuted on Broadway with her partner Paul Wing. It capped years of hard work on the Vaudeville circuit and l...
- Added: Apr 06, 2021
- Length: 03:08
- Purchases: 2
Norman and Ora Bell have been a household name within the Toledo community for more than half a century. Known for working in local county governme...
- Added: Jun 15, 2020
- Length: 06:09
Charisse Spencer tells her teenage son Myles what it was like integrating her elementary school in Norfolk, Virginia in the 1960s.
Bought by WEZU
- Added: May 17, 2018
- Length: 02:41
- Purchases: 1
In this special StoryCorps production, Joel Tucker and his friend Gordon Blake share Joel’s experiences following an anti-LGBTQ incident from 2000.
- Added: Jul 11, 2016
- Length: 02:34
- Purchases: 2
Gwen Moten remembers her childhood best friend, Denise McNair, who was killed in the 1963 bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, ...
Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and WTJU
- Added: Jun 26, 2015
- Length: 01:41
- Purchases: 2
The nation's last sardine cannery in Gouldsboro, Maine closed its doors in April 2010. Lela Anderson worked at the cannery for fifty-four years.
- Added: Jun 03, 2010
- Length: 07:46
On March 27, 1964, the largest earthquake ever to strike North America sparked tsunamis that destroyed a village. Paul Timothy Selanoff lived to te...
Bought by KRUA
- Added: Mar 24, 2008
- Length: 06:39
- Purchases: 1
"Out of the Ashes: Teatro la Fenice" is a feature on the tragedy and triumphant return of this iconic Venetian opera and music house.
Bought by WHQR
- Added: May 25, 2004
- Length: 17:14
- Purchases: 1
