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Uncovering the History of the Massacre of Black Wall Street (Encore)
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: B.C. Franklin (right), I.H. Spears (left) and Effie Thompson (center) filing insurance claims for survivors of the 1921 Tulsa race massacre in a Red Cross tent. , Credit: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from Tulsa Friends and John W. and Karen R. Franklin
In the first of our 3 part series leading up to Black History Month, we focus in on how journalists and historians today are covering the Tulsa Rac...

Bought by KALW, RadioStPete Florida, RadioFreePalmer, and KMUN


  • Added: Jan 23, 2024
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 4
Henrietta Lacks' Immortal Cells
From: David Kattenburg
Caption: Henrietta Lacks, Credit: Courtesy: Lacks family & Estate
David Kattenburg speaks about Henrietta Lacks and medical racism in America with Dorothy Roberts. Roberts is Professor of Law and Sociology at the ...

  • Added: Oct 01, 2023
  • Length: 34:56
Return, Rebury, Repatriate
From: Distillations
Series: Innate
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Activists were angry that a museum held the skulls of enslaved people. Then they discovered it also had remains of Black children killed in 1985.

  • Added: May 14, 2023
  • Length: 56:58
A Monumental Change, Part 1
From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand
Caption: State Senator Jennifer McClellan, Credit: Charles McGuigan
This is part 1 of A Monumental Change about how the brutal murder of George Floyd has propelled the entire country forward toward a more perfect Un...

  • Added: Apr 14, 2023
  • Length: 26:48
The Whipping Man
From: L.A. Theatre Works
Series: L.A. Theatre Works
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A gripping Civil War drama with an unusual twist.

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, KFCF FM, KWMR, KMUN, KUOW and more


  • Added: Feb 14, 2023
  • Length: 01:58:02
  • Purchases: 25
North Carolina: Courageous Conversations in a Climate of Fear
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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Many questions remain about the recent attack on North Carolina’s electrical grid, which left tens of thousands of citizens unsettled, frightened a...

Bought by KWMR, RadioFreePalmer, KMUN, RadioStPete Florida, KDNK and more


  • Added: Dec 14, 2022
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 6
The Forgotten Coup, January 6th & the Small Town Americans on the Frontlines of Democracy
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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Could a successful coup happen in the US? The ongoing Congressional hearings into the events of January 6 show that just a handful of election offi...

Bought by KWMR, RadioFreePalmer, RadioStPete Florida, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, KMUN and more


  • Added: Jul 20, 2022
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 7
Behind the Sheet
From: L.A. Theatre Works
Series: L.A. Theatre Works
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A story of bravery in the face of inhuman treatment.

Bought by KWMR, Spokane Public Radio, KUOW, WPCA-LP, Harford Community Radio and more


  • Added: Feb 02, 2022
  • Length: 01:58:00
  • Purchases: 17
MOVE Demands Justice for Children and The Return of Stolen Remains
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: On April 28, 2021, MOVE and community members gathered in front of Penn Museum to protest and demand the remains be returned., Credit: Joe Piette
On Making Contact - Members of MOVE, a Black radical liberation group, demand that the University of Pennsylvania and Princeton University return t...

Bought by WXDU


  • Added: May 12, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
A Monumental Change Part 2
From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand
Caption: Rose Simmons
How the murder of George Floyd at the hands of four Minneapolis police officers led to an ever-expanding ripple of protests across the country and...

  • Added: Jul 01, 2020
  • Length: 27:51
The United States of America v. Billie Holiday
From: Drew Darling
Series: Adagio
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A look into Billie Holiday's last year, and those whose mission it was to silence her.

  • Added: Apr 27, 2020
  • Length: 58:00
National Writers Series: Greg Iles
From: Interlochen Public Radio
Series: National Writers Series
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Author Greg Iles talks with National Writers Series co-founder Doug Stanton.

Bought by WKAR


  • Added: Jan 26, 2019
  • Length: 54:30
  • Purchases: 1
The Skin Off His Back: Exposing the North to Slavery's Lash
From: WFHB
Series: Interchange
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The image is of a badly abused enslaved man called variously “A Typical Negro,” “The Scourged Back,” “Gordon the Slave,” or “Poor Peter," who is tu...

  • Added: Jan 09, 2019
  • Length: 59:25
Beth Macy, author of "Truevine"
From: Boise State Public Radio
Series: Reader's Corner with Bob Kustra
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Host Bob Kustra interviews Beth Macy, author of "Truevine: Two Brothers, a Kidnapping, and a Mother’s Quest: A True Story of the Jim Crow South."

  • Added: Apr 28, 2017
  • Length: 30:00
Pamela Newkirk, author of "Spectacle"
From: Boise State Public Radio
Series: Reader's Corner with Bob Kustra
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Host Bob Kustra talks with Pamela Newkirk about her book about a young African man who was displayed in a cage in the Bronx Zoo in 1906.

  • Added: Jul 01, 2016
  • Length: 29:51
Pamela Newkirk, author of "Spectacle"
From: Boise State Public Radio
Series: Reader's Corner with Bob Kustra
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Newkirk and Reader's Corner host Bob Kustra discuss Newkirk's book about "The Astonishing Life of Ota Benga."

  • Added: Feb 19, 2016
  • Length: 30:10
Truths from the 1960's Deep South
From: Peter Johnson
Series: The Author's Corner on Public Radio daily show: MAY 2015
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Another authentic author's voice -- Jo Ivestor reads from her touching book, The Outskirts of Hope: A Memoir of the 1960's Deep South. Her true sto...

  • Added: May 03, 2015
  • Length: 01:40
Trial by Mob - The Duluth Lynchings by Michael Fedo Part 2
From: KVSC
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KVSC Radio at St. Cloud State University presents Trial by Mob: The Duluth Lynchings. On the evening of June 15, 1920, a crowd of thousands attacke...

  • Added: Mar 04, 2015
  • Length: 30:00
Act
From: Michelle Boyd
Series: "I don't recall."
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The first of a three-part sound collage that memorializes African American men and women who were tortured by Chicago Police officers in the 1970s ...

  • Added: Feb 18, 2015
  • Length: 01:45
Bloodier Than Tarantino: The Real Slave Narrative and Its Complexities
From: WFHB
Series: Interchange
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The last few years in particular have seen a re-popularization of slave narratives: from Tarantino's fictional Django Unchained to the award-winnin...

  • Added: Feb 17, 2015
  • Length: 59:51
A President's Curious Choice
From: Peter Johnson
Series: The Author's Corner on Public Radio daily show: FEBRUARY 2015
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Presidents often disappoint us. Professor Rowland Brucken reads from his book, A Most Uncertain Crusade: The United States, the United Nations, and...

  • Added: Feb 13, 2015
  • Length: 01:40
Blues Unlimited #274 - A Conversation With The Blues (Language Advisory)
From: Steve c/o Ernest Franz
Series: Blues Unlimited
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Join us for a special program featuring two legendary albums. The first, a "Conversation With The Blues," was recorded by Paul Oliver during the su...

Bought by Radio New Zealand and WJSU


  • Added: Feb 06, 2015
  • Length: 01:58:59
  • Purchases: 2
Episode 8: Can't Rock This Boat
From: Criminal
Series: Criminal
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In March 1964, a 35-year-old African American woman named Johnnie Mae Chappell was walking along the side of the road in Jacksonville, Florida. Fou...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Aug 10, 2014
  • Length: 17:10
  • Purchases: 1
A Conversation with Actor/Activist, Rachael Holmes
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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At the intersection of theater and social activism: Citizen Artist Rachael Holmes. [26:52]

Bought by Harford Community Radio, KZUM, KPIP-LP, and Marfa Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 18, 2014
  • Length: 26:52
  • Purchases: 4
Denial
From: Michelle Boyd
Series: "I don't recall."
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The second of a three-part sound collage that memorializes African American men and women who were tortured by Chicago Police officers in the 1970s...

  • Added: Nov 28, 2012
  • Length: 01:05