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Between Civil War and Civil Rights -3: Democracy's Denial: Revolutions in Wilmington (1898 --
From: Alan Lipke
Series: Between Civil War and Civil Rights
Caption: Wilmington's black newspaper--after the "riot" and coup
In 1898, White Supremacist Democrats in North Carolina overthrew Wilmington's integrated administration. The plotters killed dozens of African Amer...

Bought by WCPN and KUNM


  • Added: May 05, 2009
  • Length: 59:25
  • Purchases: 2
Between Civil War and Civil Rights - 5: White Protestant Nation (1915-25)
From: Alan Lipke
Series: Between Civil War and Civil Rights
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An exploration of American racism as cultural and commercial mass-phenomenon, covering the "reincarnation" of the Klan as a fraternal movement whic...

Bought by WCPN


  • Added: May 05, 2009
  • Length: 57:56
  • Purchases: 1
Between Civil War and Civil Rights -8: American As Apple Pie--How Terrorism Lost (1940-55)
From: Alan Lipke
Series: Between Civil War and Civil Rights
Caption: Paul Robeson testifies
Equality under the law became viable for African Americans only after hard, dangerous work turned public opinion and federal policy against the whi...

Bought by WCPN and KSJD


  • Added: May 05, 2009
  • Length: 58:51
  • Purchases: 2
Independent Minds: Winston Churchill -- Into the Storm
From: Murray Street Productions
Series: Independent Minds
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Winston Churchill -- known for powerful prose, undaunted persistence, and uncompromising ideals -- led Britain against all odds, to overcome the Na...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WNIN, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, WRIR, WGBH Radio Boston and more


  • Added: Apr 30, 2009
  • Length: 57:29
  • Purchases: 15
Malaga Island: A Story Best Left Untold
From: Rob Rosenthal
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(NOTE: This program was updated in 2012 for the 100th anniversary of the eviction.) In 1912, the state of Maine evicted a mixed-race community fro...

Bought by WERU, KFAI Minneapolis, KUER, WCQS, WFAE and more


  • Added: Mar 23, 2009
  • Length: 58:39
  • Purchases: 21
Ernesto Che Guevara, the myth
From: Anton Foek
Caption: PRX default Piece image
How a myth destroys the truth in ourselves

  • Added: Nov 16, 2008
  • Length: 43:53
THE COLOR OF NIGHT
From: Phillip Martin
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Race and the Sexual Politics of Nightlife in Chicago

  • Added: Feb 11, 2008
  • Length: 29:36
Between Civil War and Civil Rights -7a: Lynching's End?: A Texas Whydunnit Murder Mystery (1930)
From: Alan Lipke
Series: Between Civil War and Civil Rights
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Mob madness leads to a pivotal feminist protest during the dark days of Jim Crow racism.

Bought by KGNU Community Radio, KUER, WCPN, KFAI Minneapolis, WMNF and more


  • Added: Feb 07, 2008
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 6
Epicentro Latino: Spanish and English. Are We a Bilingual Nation? (2 of 4)
From: Rebeca Logan
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Hispanic issues, history, politics

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KTSW 89.9, 90.5 WSNC, KBRP Community Radio, KBGA 89.9 FM and more


  • Added: Oct 05, 2007
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 12
The Tristan Mysteries: The Five Hour Mysteries
From: WNYC
Series: The Tristan Mysteries
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Wagner's classic love story "Tristan und Isolde" revealed.

Bought by Remix Radio and WBEZ


  • Added: Jun 06, 2007
  • Length: 16:37
  • Purchases: 2
Tejidos Culturales #8: Culture and La Sierra...Taylor Ranch part 2
From: KRZA
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Eight in a 13 part series focussing on culture in the San Luis Valley, this is part 2 in looking at La Sierra or Taylor Ranch which was illegaly cl...

Bought by KCEI 90.1 FM Red River/Taos, NM and KWCW


  • Added: Nov 05, 2006
  • Length: 29:06
  • Purchases: 2
Tejidos Culturales #7: Who Chained the Road up, y quien es Jack Taylor?
From: KRZA
Caption: PRX default Piece image
In this program we look at the closing off of a Land Grant easment by Jack Taylor, the decision in this will set precedent for land rights all over...

Bought by KCEI 90.1 FM Red River/Taos, NM


  • Added: Oct 22, 2006
  • Length: 29:05
  • Purchases: 1
Tejidos Culturales 4-The Chicano Movement
From: KRZA
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Cultural Program focussing on the Chicano Movement in the San Luis Valley, CO.

Bought by KCEI 90.1 FM Red River/Taos, NM and KRCC-FM


  • Added: Sep 12, 2006
  • Length: 29:24
  • Purchases: 2
Stories from the NYPD
From: jrudolph group
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An audio history of the New York Police Department

Bought by WNYC, WFUV, Connecticut Public (WNPR), WGBH Radio Boston, and WAMU


  • Added: Aug 25, 2006
  • Length: 59:45
  • Purchases: 5
Nuclear Plowshares
From: Gabriel Spitzer
Caption: PRX default Piece image
What if the government wanted to blow up thermonuclear bombs near your house -- and forgot to tell you about it.

Bought by RadioFreePalmer, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KPFA, and KSUT


  • Added: Jun 25, 2006
  • Length: 14:33
  • Purchases: 4
Crossing East: New Waves, New Storms - Program Eight
From: Dmae Lo Roberts
Series: Crossing East - Asian American History series
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Recently, Asian Americans have faced discrimination, but remained strong. THE ACTUAL SHOW LENGTH IS 59 MINUTES. THERE ARE SEVERAL VERSIONS OF THIS ...

Bought by KRCB 104.9, WCPN, WCPN, KQED, Connecticut Public (WNPR) and more


  • Added: Apr 18, 2006
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 21
House of the Lord
From: Helen Borten
Series: A Sense of Place
Caption: PRX default Piece image
The history of a black church on an antebellum plantation and how it was saved from destruction.

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, KVNF, KUT, KDUR, WJAB and more


  • Added: Feb 01, 2006
  • Length: 29:33
  • Purchases: 7
The Afro: Personal Reflections
From: David Person
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A personal and historical look at the Afro hairstyle as a cultural and political phenomenon.

Bought by WJAB, KCUR, WNCU, and WFUV


  • Added: Feb 01, 2006
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 4
Hart Island
From: Barrett Wolf
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Poem about New York City's Potters Field

  • Added: Nov 21, 2005
  • Length: 02:11
Sam Cooke: Bring it on Home to Me
From: Joyride Media
Series: Black History Month Specials
Caption: PRX default Piece image
One-hour documentary details the life and music of Sam Cooke.

Bought by KPSQ-LP, Prairie Public, WKMS, KMUW, KAAD-LP and more


  • Added: Nov 18, 2005
  • Length: 59:05
  • Purchases: 44
He Looked Like the Devil
From: angie blake
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Gay men, aged 50-86, talk about the beginnings of butch "leather" and SM culture from 1950s to 1970s.

Bought by WGBH Radio Boston


  • Added: Oct 21, 2005
  • Length: 13:34
  • Purchases: 1
The Beat Generation
From: Don McIver
Caption: PRX default Piece image
In honor of the Six Gallery reading, this show looks at the Beat Generation.

Bought by WBEZ


  • Added: Sep 17, 2005
  • Length: 58:52
  • Purchases: 1
In Love with the Mob
From: Helen Borten
Series: A Sense of Place: Third Season
Caption: PRX default Piece image
One hundred years of mob rule in Youngstown, Ohio.

Bought by Audible


  • Added: May 24, 2005
  • Length: 29:28
  • Purchases: 1
RN Documentary: A Beginner’s Guide to the "Ode to Joy"
From: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Series: RN Documentaries
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Radio Netherlands looks at what inspired Beethoven to write one of the most universally loved pieces of classical music.

Bought by WMNR, KPIK-LP, South Dakota Public Broadcasting - Radio, WEKU, Yellowstone Public Radio and more


  • Added: Apr 19, 2005
  • Length: 29:29
  • Purchases: 6
Sing To The Glory of God
From: Richard Paul
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The legacy of anti-Semitism in choral music

Bought by PRX to iTunes, WCPN, Audible, Morehead State Public Radio, KUNR and more


  • Added: Feb 11, 2005
  • Length: 54:12
  • Purchases: 6

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