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Monumental - A Tale from The Heart of America
From: Journeys to Love
Series: Tales From the Heart of America
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Uncover the layers of sacrifice, courage, and unity at the heart of America's story through the historic battlefield of Gettysburg and the inspirin...

  • Added: Feb 25, 2024
  • Length: 10:28
Ulysses and Julia Grant - A More Perfect Union
From: Journeys to Love
Series: Love Is History
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Love triumphs, even through the Civil War, and the story of a union within the Union - the profound love of Ulysses and Julia Grant

  • Added: Feb 20, 2024
  • Length: 15:10
OHR180: OHR Presents: 50 Years of the Ozark Folk Center, 10/16/2023
From: Ozark Highlands Radio
Series: Ozark Highlands Radio
Caption: OFC - Jubilee!
A celebration of 50 years of the Ozark Folk Center State Park presented through archival audio from its 1973 grand opening as well as interviews of...

  • Added: Oct 05, 2023
  • Length: 58:59
StoryCorps Griot: Raynita Snipes Johnson and Gene Robinson
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: United States Army veteran Maceo Snipes. He served in World War II, and was murdered shortly after returning home from service., Credit: Courtest of Raynita Snipes Johnson.
Raynita Snipes Johnson remembers her great-uncle, US Army veteran Maceo Snipes, a Black man lynched for voting in 1946.

Bought by WYAP


  • Added: Jan 18, 2022
  • Length: 02:23
  • Purchases: 1
GN_3.33_National Freedom Day
From: Good News Good Planet
Series: Good News Good Planet - Season 3
Caption: Good News for a Good Planet - Change your focus, change your world.
February 1st is National Freedom Day, made into a holiday due to one man's efforts.

  • Added: May 17, 2021
  • Length: 02:30
Top of Mind - Memorial Day Special
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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In this special episode marking Memorial Day, we learn about an effort to write the stories of every American service member who died in World War ...

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, WLPR , WYPL, KRWG, WAMC Northeast Public Radio and more


  • Added: Apr 14, 2021
  • Length: 51:36
  • Purchases: 18
Outbeat Extra Celebrates The 50th Anniversary of Stonewall with Making Gay History - Part 1
From: KRCB 104.9
Series: Outbeat News In Depth
Caption: LGBTQ News From The North Bay And Beyond, Credit: Greg Miraglia, Host and Producer
Features interview by Eric Marcus with Phyllis Lyon and Del Martin.

  • Added: Aug 04, 2019
  • Length: 58:39
Day Four 22:00 (September 14, 2001)
From: Erika McGinty
Caption: Ludlow Street, NYC
Three days after 9/11, I run into a cop who is just up from Ground Zero to get cigarettes and something warm. Something real.

  • Added: Sep 01, 2016
  • Length: 09:20
Monacan Voices Promo #1
From: Kimberley Little White Owl Lambert
Series: Native American Heritage
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:30 Promo for the full length program

  • Added: Mar 09, 2016
  • Length: :30
Indigenous People's Day in Grand Rapids, MN
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Close to Home
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Grant Frashier attends the Indigenous People's Day celebration and mini-powwow in Grand Rapids, MN. October 12, 2015.

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Oct 20, 2015
  • Length: 06:55
  • Purchases: 1
Culturology: "North Country: The Making of Minnesota" by Mary Lethert Wingerd
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Culturology
Caption: "North Country: The Making of Minnesota" by Mary Lethert Wingerd
For a lot of us the history of Minnesota begins at the time of statehood in 1858, and is a history of progress from then to the present. Historia...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio and KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle


  • Added: Oct 01, 2012
  • Length: 16:12
  • Purchases: 2
Freedom Rider "Rip" Patton Tells His Story
From: Candice Ludlow
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Freedom Rider "Rip" Patton tells his story about taking that eerie ride to Jackson, Mississippi.

  • Added: May 18, 2012
  • Length: 04:47
A Conversation Between a Peace Activist and a Vietnam Veteran
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
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During this program, Betsy Mulligan-Dague, executive director of the Jeannette Rankin Peace Center in Missoula, Montana, and Dan Gallagher, Vietnam...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WITF, WLPR , KBRP Community Radio, and KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: Nov 01, 2011
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 5
Living Nine Eleven
From: WNYC
Series: WNYC 9/11 Anniversary Programming
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Ten years after the terrorist attacks of September 11th, as part of WNYC's "Decade: 9/11" coverage, this special explores people's most visceral a...

Bought by KICI Iowa City, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KUAF Public Radio, WRGY, KVMR and more


  • Added: Aug 23, 2011
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 51
Producer Profile: Christine Lesiak and Princella Parker
From: Vision Maker Media
Caption: Christine Lesiak
Reporter Ben Kreimer speaks with film producers Christine Lesiak and Princella Parker.

  • Added: Jun 21, 2011
  • Length: 16:00
Ms. Joanne Bland Presents: Growing Up in the Segregated South: Selma Voting Rights Movement
From: KQAL
Series: Culture Clique
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In 1965 the Southern Christian leadership Conference (SCLC) joined a Joanne Bland is the co-founder of the National Voting Rights Museum and Insti...

Bought by KWMR and WJAB


  • Added: Mar 04, 2011
  • Length: 31:50
  • Purchases: 2
An Interview with Ms. Joanne Bland: Civil Rights Activist for the Selma Voting Rights Movement
From: KQAL
Series: Culture Clique
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On the last edition Culture Clique, Ms. Joanne Blackmon Bland discussed on Growing up in the Segregated South: The Selma Voting Rights Movement. Sh...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Mar 04, 2011
  • Length: 32:18
  • Purchases: 1
9/11: A View from Adolescence
From: Ken Cormier
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On September 11, 2001, Kenzi was eleven years old, Chelsea was twelve, and Iliana was fourteen. This project aims to give voice to those who witnes...

Bought by Connecticut Public (WNPR), KRUA, and WMNF


  • Added: Dec 26, 2009
  • Length: 07:36
  • Purchases: 3
World Trade Organization Demonstrations Seattle 1999
From: KUOW
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Excerpts of KUOW-FM's live coverage of the WTO demonstrations.

  • Added: Sep 28, 2009
  • Length: 16:08