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Setting Katrina to Music - Spike Lee, Terence Blanchard and New Orleans
From: Reese Erlich
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Spend some time with Spike Lee and Terence Blanchard to hear how they score Spike's latest film about Hurricane Katrina and New Orleans.

  • Added: Aug 08, 2007
  • Length: 29:00
To Dream an Anarchist's Dream...
From: Mary Rose Madden
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Anarchists in Baltimore try to open and run a totally free store

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis and KUOW


  • Added: Jul 17, 2007
  • Length: 12:00
  • Purchases: 2
WWOZ Street Talk-The American Dream
From: David Weinberg
Series: WWOZ- Street Talk
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This is the story of how, NHS a non-profit organization, helped the Venerable and other low income families become homeowners.

  • Added: Jul 09, 2007
  • Length: 07:56
Bayview: Urban Renewal or Utter Removal?
From: Jarrod Sport
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The Bayview community's apprehension to a proposed redevelopment plan.

  • Added: Jul 07, 2007
  • Length: 14:13
The "N" Word: It Represents Hatred
From: Radio Rookies
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Rookie Reporter Veralyn Williams reports on the use of the N-word.

Bought by WRNC-LP, KFAI Minneapolis, YouthCast, WBEZ, SpiritHouse Inc/Youth Noise Network and more


  • Added: Jul 05, 2007
  • Length: 06:28
  • Purchases: 6
It's changed
From: LA Lands
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This piece focuses on locals' perceptions and views of changes in South Rome, an historically black neighborhood in Rome (Floyd County), Georgia, c...

  • Added: Jun 08, 2007
  • Length: 05:50
Running On Fumes Part 1: Opportunity
From: Elliot Ward
Series: Running On Fumes: An Adventure in America
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Exploring the American dream through a homless shelter in Charleston and a lawyer in Baton Rouge

  • Added: Jun 04, 2007
  • Length: 24:59
Sprawling of America
From: The Environment Report
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Hour-long documentary on the costs and causes of urban sprawl.

Bought by KTSW 89.9, WRPI, KXOT Public Radio, WBEZ, Iowa Public Radio and more


  • Added: Jun 01, 2007
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 18
Sisters in Action for Power
From: KBOO Youth Collective
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Breana conducts an interview with Chirece of SAP.

Bought by WXLV-FM


  • Added: Mar 21, 2007
  • Length: 07:15
  • Purchases: 1
Young & Exonerated
From: National Black Programming Consortium
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Shareef Cousin was wrongly convicted and sent to death row for over a decade.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, 90.5 WSNC, and KTNA


  • Added: Mar 16, 2007
  • Length: 07:57
  • Purchases: 3
Daryl Davis - Klan - Destine Relationships - Part Two
From: Donna Descoteaux
Series: Living Well Show
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The quest for understanding between peoples is always challenging. But that challenge can be extremely intense, even dangerous, when an African-Am...

  • Added: Feb 25, 2007
  • Length: 28:29
Daryl Davis - Klan - Destine Relationships - Part One
From: Donna Descoteaux
Series: Living Well Show
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The quest for understanding between peoples is always challenging. But that challenge can be extremely intense, even dangerous, when an African-Am...

  • Added: Feb 25, 2007
  • Length: 28:47
Making History in Massachusetts: Governor Deval Patrick, From the South Side to the State House
From: 90.9 WBUR - Boston's NPR News Station
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A profile of Governor Deval Patrick, his history making election and his place in the new politics of race nationally.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, WCPN, KUT-HD, WFIU, Connecticut Public (WNPR) and more


  • Added: Feb 21, 2007
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 7
The Legacy of Torture
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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In 1971, a San Francisco police officer was killed. Black Panther members were arrested and tortured, then charges were dismissed. In 2007 the case...

Bought by KUT-HD and KMUN


  • Added: Feb 20, 2007
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
CL 2006 Taylor Branch "Miracles and myths from the King era."
From: WQLN
Series: Chautauqua Lectures
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Historian and Martin Luther King biographer Taylor Branch talks about the civil rights movement.

Bought by WDSE, WSKG, WRPI, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., and KSJD


  • Added: Jan 03, 2007
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
CL 2006 Ruth Simmons "5th ward revisited: a perspective on inner city education today."
From: WQLN
Series: Chautauqua Lectures
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A university president revisits her segregated past and looks to the future.

  • Added: Nov 13, 2006
  • Length: 58:59
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
Dirty Dozen Brass Band - Going on Again: Hurricane Katrina Anniversary Special
From: Tres Hombres Productions
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This new music-intensive one-hour special features the Dirty Dozen Brass Band?s unique tribute to their New Orleans home on the one-year anniversar...

Bought by KMUW, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KRPS, KALW, North Country Public Radio and more


  • Added: Aug 01, 2006
  • Length: 59:12
  • Purchases: 18
Part 2: Judge Rules Suspension Justified
From: Vermont Public
Series: When Student Suspension Becomes Controversial
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Vermont Public Radio examines the circumstances surrounding the suspension of an African-American senior on allegations he intruded into other stud...

  • Added: Jul 11, 2006
  • Length: 02:56
Part 1: Suspended Student Accuses College of Racial Bias
From: Vermont Public
Series: When Student Suspension Becomes Controversial
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Vermont Public Radio examines the circumstances surrounding the suspension of an African-American senior on allegations he intruded into other stud...

  • Added: Jul 11, 2006
  • Length: 08:20
The Softer Iron Triangle
From: Hana Baba
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The most dangerous city in California actually has much more to offer

  • Added: Jun 19, 2006
  • Length: 06:54
The Angry Black Woman Show with Sunny James #15
From: Sunny James
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News you don't get delivered to your front door or tune into at 6 and 11. A Small Voice from the Nation's Capital

  • Added: Jun 05, 2006
  • Length: 56:07
The Angry Black Woman Show with Sunny James #14
From: Sunny James
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News you don't get delivered to your front door or tune into at 6 and 11. A Small Voice from the Nation's Capital

  • Added: Jun 04, 2006
  • Length: 01:00:09
Handcuffs-Observations in a Courtroom
From: Jacob C. Norman
Series: Practical Perspecitves
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Observations in a Courtroom

  • Added: Feb 23, 2006
  • Length: 02:50
Going in the Wrong Direction
From: Judah Bruce Leblang
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A commentary about Alito, Corretta Scott King and Civil Rights

  • Added: Feb 08, 2006
  • Length: 03:10

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