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Examining Ferguson With Local Advocates, Pat Sansom and Pamela Spoto
From: Doug Bennett
Series: Unspun: An Experiment in Truth-Telling
Caption: Pamela Spoto
Unspun examines the Ferguson, MO, murder of teenager Michael Brown by Officer Darren Wilson and the lack of justice in America today.

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: Dec 01, 2014
  • Length: 57:45
  • Purchases: 1
ABMLI 1- Twisting In the Wind PSA
From: New Jersey Radio Exchange Network
Series: American Black Male Leadership Institute Radio
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The American Black Male Leadership Institute Public Services Announcement #1

  • Added: Oct 15, 2014
  • Length: 01:10
Redd Foxx News
From: The Final Edition Radio Hour
Series: Singles from The Final Edition Radio Hour
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Like Fox News, but wish it was more reactionary, racist, and condescending? Then check out Rupert Murdoch’s newest network: Redd Foxx News.

  • Added: Sep 02, 2014
  • Length: 02:20
American Black Male Leadership Institute Radio Series
From: New Jersey Radio Exchange Network
Series: American Black Male Leadership Institute Radio
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Host Alfred Bundy provide coverage the endeavors of the American Black Male Leadership Institute (ABMLI)

  • Added: Aug 28, 2014
  • Length: 49:24
A Conversation with Filmmaker, Pratibha Parmar
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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Pratibha Parmar discusses making the recent documentary about an iconic American writer, Alice Walker: Beauty in Truth, which can be seen on the Am...

Bought by KPIP-LP, WABE, and WCSU-FM


  • Added: Feb 20, 2014
  • Length: 27:59
  • Purchases: 3
Jerry Blavat
From: Mighty Writers
Series: "Going Black: The Legacy of Philly Soul Radio" Companion Pieces
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Early in his career, Jerry Blavat was a disc jockey at WHAT, one of the two Philadelphia Black AM radio stations at the far right end of the dial. ...

Bought by KTEP, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], WFHB, WDSE, KUER and more


  • Added: Jan 16, 2014
  • Length: 04:29
  • Purchases: 8
Louise Williams
From: Mighty Writers
Series: "Going Black: The Legacy of Philly Soul Radio" Companion Pieces
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Louise Williams is known as the “Gospel Queen of Philadelphia.” For 49 years, she hosted “The Louise Bishop Program” at WDAS, one of the highest-ra...

Bought by KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], KUCB, WFHB, WDSE, PRX Remix and more


  • Added: Jan 15, 2014
  • Length: 04:02
  • Purchases: 6
Dr. Khalil Gibran Muhammad on Conversations With Allan Wolper
From: Conversations with Allan Wolper
Series: Conversations with Allan Wolper, WBGO.ORG
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Dr. Khalil Gibran Muhammad is the Director of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, in Harlem. It is part of The New York City Public...

  • Added: Jan 11, 2014
  • Length: 30:00
Going Black: The Legacy of Philly Soul Radio (One Hour Special)
From: Mighty Writers
Series: Going Black: The Legacy of Philly Soul Radio
Caption: Legenday Philadelphia disc jockey Georgie Woods, Credit: Temple Urban Archives
Starting in the 1950s, Black radio stations around the country became the pulse of African-American communities, and served as their megaphone duri...

Bought by Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, RadioStPete Florida, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., New Hampshire Public Radio and more


  • Added: Jan 08, 2014
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 81
Sonny Hopson
From: Mighty Writers
Series: "Going Black: The Legacy of Philly Soul Radio" Companion Pieces
Caption: Former WHAT disc jockey Sonny Hopson, Credit: Yowei Shaw
For a time in the late ’60s, no one’s microphone in Philadelphia blazed hotter than Sonny Hopson. He was dynamic, exciting and wildly unpredictable...

Bought by KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], KUCB, WFHB, WDSE, PRX Remix and more


  • Added: Jan 07, 2014
  • Length: 04:29
  • Purchases: 6
Doug Henderson Jr.
From: Mighty Writers
Series: "Going Black: The Legacy of Philly Soul Radio" Companion Pieces
Caption: Former WDAS disc jockey Doug Henderson Jr., Credit: Yowei Shaw
Jocko Henderson was one of the most imitated Black personality disc jockeys of all time. He's known as the godfather of rap, the “Ace from Outer Sp...

Bought by KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], KUCB, WFHB, WDSE, PRX Remix and more


  • Added: Jan 07, 2014
  • Length: 03:21
  • Purchases: 7
Joe McEwen
From: Mighty Writers
Series: "Going Black: The Legacy of Philly Soul Radio" Companion Pieces
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Record label executive Joe McEwen was one of the many white kids listening to Black radio in Philadelphia in the 50s and 60s. Here, McEwen talks ab...

Bought by KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], WFHB, and KUOW


  • Added: Jan 07, 2014
  • Length: 04:27
  • Purchases: 3
Dyana Williams
From: Mighty Writers
Series: "Going Black: The Legacy of Philly Soul Radio" Companion Pieces
Caption: Disc jockey Dyana Williams
Dyana Williams started her broadcasting career in 1973 as one of the few African-American women on the air. Her radio handle? Ebony Moonbeams. Sinc...

Bought by KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], WFHB, WABE, and KUOW


  • Added: Jan 07, 2014
  • Length: 04:55
  • Purchases: 4
Sam Reed
From: Mighty Writers
Series: "Going Black: The Legacy of Philly Soul Radio" Companion Pieces
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In the late 50s and 60s, jazz musician Sam Reed was the house leader at the historic Uptown Theater in North Philadelphia. The Uptown was the Phill...

Bought by KTEP, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], WFHB, WDSE, and KUOW


  • Added: Jan 07, 2014
  • Length: 03:26
  • Purchases: 5
Karen Warrington
From: Mighty Writers
Series: "Going Black: The Legacy of Philly Soul Radio" Companion Pieces
Caption: Karen Warrington
Karen Warrington, director of communication for Congressman Robert Brady, has been an independent voice for Black political and social empowerment ...

Bought by KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], WFHB, KUOW, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 07, 2014
  • Length: 06:41
  • Purchases: 4
Harvey Holiday
From: Mighty Writers
Series: "Going Black: The Legacy of Philly Soul Radio" Companion Pieces
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Harvey Holiday was one of the few white disc jockeys who made it big on Black radio in Philadelphia in the 70s. His highly-rated Sunday night “Holi...

Bought by KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], WFHB, and KUOW


  • Added: Jan 07, 2014
  • Length: 05:13
  • Purchases: 3
Going Black: The Legacy of Philly Soul Radio (Two Hour Special)
From: Mighty Writers
Series: Going Black: The Legacy of Philly Soul Radio
Caption: Legendary Philadelphia disc jockey Georgie Woods, Credit: Temple Urban Archives
Starting in the 1950s, Black radio stations around the country became the pulse of African-American communities, and served as their megaphone duri...

Bought by WHYY, WHCP-LP Cambridge, Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota, WOMR, Radio Catskill and more


  • Added: Jan 07, 2014
  • Length: 01:58:00
  • Purchases: 46
FuseBox Radio Broadcast for the Week of August 14, 2013
From: FuseBox Radio Broadcast
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Another 3 hour mixshow episode of Intelligent and fun 21st Century Black Radio of the syndicated FuseBox Radio Broadcast with DJ Fusion & Jon Judah!

Bought by KZYX and KMXT


  • Added: Aug 22, 2013
  • Length: 03:02:01
  • Purchases: 2
Eric Deggans - 'Race Baiter'
From: Mark Hayes
Series: Passing Notes
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Media and TV critic for the Tampa Bay Times explains how the media wields dangerous words to divide a nation in his new book, 'Race-Baiter.'

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Feb 04, 2013
  • Length: 05:20
  • Purchases: 1
(Ball & Chain)The Musical story of Big Mama Thornton
From: Howard Burchette
Series: D Natural BLUES
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Willie Mae "BIG MAMMA" THORNTON was a Blues singer, musician and songwriter. She had a short life and is best known for the songs "Hound Dog" and "...

Bought by KAZU Seaside, Calif., Radio New Zealand, and WVAS


  • Added: Jan 17, 2013
  • Length: 55:36
  • Purchases: 3
A HAUNTED HOUSE -- Marlon Wayans Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
Caption: Marlon Wayans, San Francisco, CA 12/3/12, Credit: Andrea Chase
Marlon Wayans talks Hollywood, going off-script, and the serious business of comedy.

  • Added: Jan 12, 2013
  • Length: 12:32
Untitled by Jasmine Dukes
From: Free Spirit Media
Series: "Where I'm From" North Lawndale College Prep - Collins Campus
Caption: Free Spirit Media
Using the poem "Where I'm From" by Willie Perdomo as a creative prompt, students created poems to share and express where they come from and how th...

  • Added: Nov 12, 2012
  • Length: 01:42
The Place I Reside by Khatiyah Lewis
From: Free Spirit Media
Series: "Where I'm From" North Lawndale College Prep - Collins Campus
Caption: Free Spirit Media
Using the poem "Where I'm From" by Willie Perdomo as a creative prompt, students created poems to share and express where they come from and how th...

  • Added: Nov 12, 2012
  • Length: 01:26
The Lil Boy by Juwan Wooten
From: Free Spirit Media
Series: "Where I'm From" North Lawndale College Prep - Collins Campus
Caption: Free Spirit Media
Using the poem "Where I'm From" by Willie Perdomo as a creative prompt, students created poems to share and express where they come from and how th...

  • Added: Nov 12, 2012
  • Length: 01:47
The Educated Generation by Rohsaun Wimberly
From: Free Spirit Media
Series: "Where I'm From" North Lawndale College Prep - Collins Campus
Caption: Free Spirit Media
Using the poem "Where I'm From" by Willie Perdomo as a creative prompt, students created poems to share and express where they come from and how th...

  • Added: Nov 12, 2012
  • Length: 01:31