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Chapter 23 - On the Line
From: Margaret Poethig
Series: On the Sidewalks of New York
Caption: Artwork by Richard Creps
On the job in the steel mills, the Ministers-in-Industry participants continue to shield their identities as seminarians to keep the situation real...

  • Added: Feb 18, 2013
  • Length: 15:41
B-Berlin (East)
From: cristina marras
Series: Alphabet
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After the wall came down, people in East Berlin realised that the freedom to have a passport still doesn't allow you to travel, unless you have the...

Bought by Public Radio Remix


  • Added: Jan 01, 2013
  • Length: 01:55
  • Purchases: 1
LGBTQ Immigrants Speak Out
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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On this edition, we hear from LGBTQ immigrants in the U.S. who not only have to hide their legal identity, but their sexuality too. Their stories d...

Bought by WXDU, KRUA, and WRNC-LP


  • Added: Apr 20, 2010
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
NASA Boldly Goes...
From: BBC Americana
Caption: NASA, Credit: NASA
Matt Frei looks at how the space industry helped racial integration. 40 years on from those first steps on the moon, Morgan Watson was one of the f...

Bought by KUNM


  • Added: Nov 05, 2009
  • Length: 04:33
  • Purchases: 1
Vaguer than Roots
From: Gilad Shanan
Caption: Gilad Shanan with his parents, Amir and Liat, and two brothers, Avner and Yoram, in Buenos Aires, 2008.
Home can have interesting definitions for the children of immigrants. Often the roots of the family tree are planted in distant soil, or have been...

  • Added: Jul 21, 2009
  • Length: 23:00