American Public Media

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Description

American Public Media is one of the nation's premier public radio producers, bringing you over 20 national public radio programs and specials. 14.7 million people listen to American Public Media programs each week.

Pieces

An Imperfect Revolution: Voices from the Desegregation Era
From American Public Media
Credit: Smithsonian Institution
The 1970s saw a tidal change in American race relations: for the first time, large numbers of white, black and other children of color began attend...

Bought by KQED, WRIR, and Georgia Public Broadcasting


  • Added: Nov 19, 2009
  • Length: 00:59:59
  • Licenses: 3
Thurgood Marshall: Before the Court
From American Public Media
Credit: Library of Congress
In 1967, Thurgood Marshall became the first African American appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court. But Marshall had already earned a place in histor...

Bought by KXOT Public Radio, WRIR, WRPI, KUT, KUOW and more


  • Added: Nov 19, 2009
  • Length: 01:00:00
  • Licenses: 6
Remembering Jim Crow
From American Public Media
Credit: Photo: Library of Congress
For much of the 20th Century, African Americans in the South were barred from the voting booth, sent to the back of the bus, and walled off from ma...

Bought by Georgia Public Broadcasting and WRIR


  • Added: Nov 19, 2009
  • Length: 00:59:56
  • Licenses: 2
Say It Plain: A Century of African American Oratory
From American Public Media
Credit: Flip Schulke/CORBIS
For generations, African American orators have been demanding justice and equality, reminding America to make good on its founding principles of de...

Bought by WRIR, WCQS, KWIT, WFPL - Louisville Public Media, WNYC Radio and more


  • Added: Nov 19, 2009
  • Length: 00:59:59
  • Licenses: 8
King's Last March
From American Public Media
Credit: Courtesy Mississippi Valley Collection
Although it was one of the most challenging and controversial chapters of his career, the final year of King's life has not been the focus of signi...

Bought by Georgia Public Broadcasting, KQED, WRIR, WGUC, KUOW and more


  • Added: Nov 19, 2009
  • Length: 00:59:59
  • Licenses: 14
Divorced Kid
From American Public Media
Caption: "Divorced Kid" producer Sasha Aslanian at her own wedding in September 1999., Credit: Liz Banfield Photography
America's divorce rate soared in the 1970s. Thirty years later, kids who grew up in the divorce revolution look back at that experience, and descri...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, 90.5 WSNC, WGBH Radio Boston, Remix Radio, WHRV and more


  • Added: Nov 02, 2009
  • Length: 00:54:00
  • Licenses: 21

Staff of American Public Media

Caption: PRX default User image Chris Kohtz (Admin) Director -- American Public Media www.apmstations Saint Paul, MN
Caption: PRX default User image Steve Griffith Cambridge, MA
Caption: PRX default User image Nick Kereakos (Admin) Managing Director, Broadcast Production and Operations Saint Paul, Minnesota
Chris Kohtz (Admin) Director St. Paul, MN
Caption: PRX default User image Ellen Guettler Saint Paul, Minnesota
Sasha Aslanian Producer/Reporter Saint Paul, Minnesota

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