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A piece of local history audio storytelling exploring a now-defunct predominantly black church in Mount Vernon, Ohio, through the voices of its for...
- Added: Sep 16, 2020
- Length: 16:07
Interviews with authors David Blight and Miles Harvey.
Bought by WCMU Michigan and WKAR
- Added: Jul 23, 2020
- Length: 54:30
- Purchases: 2
Monday, January 21 is a special day in the United States. It is the day we come together to celebrate the life and accomplishments of Rev. Dr. Mart...
- Added: Jan 23, 2019
- Length: 57:35
- Purchases: 3
Once you forget the struggle, you won’t appreciate where you are.
- Added: Jul 31, 2018
- Length: 04:15
Melba Beals, one of the nine African-American students chosen to integrate Central High School in Little Rock, tells her story of faith under fire.
- Added: Mar 12, 2018
- Length: 53:59
- Purchases: 2
This is a special edition of TriPod New Orleans @300. Producer Laine Kaplan-Levenson handed the mic over to the New Orleans Scholars, a group of st...
- Added: Oct 19, 2017
- Length: 11:10
TriPod: New Orleans at 300 returns with a portrait of Mother Catherine Seals, one of the city’s most prominent 20th century spiritual church leaders.
- Added: Oct 19, 2017
- Length: 12:24
TriPod New Orleans at 300 returns with a story of The Sisters of the Holy Family, the religious order of nuns for free women of color founded by He...
- Added: Oct 19, 2017
- Length: 11:25
With a small gesture of good will toward Syrian refugees, one woman incurred the wrath of evangelical Christians on social media. The resulting cha...
- Added: Feb 13, 2017
- Length: 47:05
Radio Curious tours the town of New Bedford, Massachusetts, a safe haven for black slaves seeking refuge from the south through the underground rai...
Bought by KVMR
- Added: Oct 12, 2016
- Length: 29:01
- Purchases: 1
From: SLB Radio
Series: Crossing Fences: Connecting African American Men & Boys through the Oral Tradition
Series: Crossing Fences: Connecting African American Men & Boys through the Oral Tradition
Hill District pastor and community leader Johnnie Monroe (b.1941) reflects on the importance of the church and his faith in today’s youth to become...
- Added: Jan 29, 2016
- Length: 06:33
The African Methodist Episcopal Church, or AME Church, evolved from the Free African Society in Philadelphia in 1787, and played a critical role du...
Bought by KSRQ
- Added: Nov 19, 2014
- Length: 05:00
- Purchases: 1
From: Laine Kaplan-Levenson
The Episcopal Church of Louisiana spent the past year making plans for a new ministry, aiming to address its history of racism, as well as other fo...
- Added: Feb 04, 2014
- Length: 05:23
St. Peter Claver Catholic Church sits in the heart of the historic Rondo neighborhood in St. Paul. Originally founded by Archbishop John Ireland in...
- Added: Apr 18, 2013
- Length: 05:28
A history of St. Philips Moravian Church, the only historic African-American Moravian congregation in the U.S.
- Added: Jan 03, 2013
- Length: 18:59
What does an ancient African deity have to do with a Reese's cup? Meet Elegba, trickster spirit of chaos.
Bought by KMUN, XRAY.fm, Louisville Public Media, KOSU, and Aspen Public Radio
- Added: Nov 16, 2012
- Length: 28:30
- Purchases: 5
Montana has the smallest African-American population in the U.S., but the state has had a continuous Black presence since the days of the first pio...
Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio and KUFM - Montana Public Radio
- Added: Jan 31, 2011
- Length: 05:00
- Purchases: 2
"Can Your Hear Me?" is an hour-long audio documentary exploring the history of conflict and coalition between Blacks and Jews in America.
Claire Sc...
Bought by WORT, WWNO, WCPN, Talking Information Center, WCPN and more
- Added: Nov 12, 2007
- Length: 59:01
- Purchases: 16
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
