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The Magna Carta is one of most important legal documents in history and it is now being digitized, translated, and uploaded online.

  • Added: Feb 27, 2012
  • Length: 00:29:00
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In 1959, Prince Edward County, Virginia closed its schools rather than integrate. The closures lasted for five years, and the people who were denie...

Bought by WTIP


  • Added: Jan 12, 2012
  • Length: 00:59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: portrait of Barbara Johns, who led the walkout
In 1951 a group of African American students at Robert R. Moton High School in Prince Edward County, Virginia, organized a strike to protest the su...

Bought by 90.5 WSNC, KGNU, WRPI, and KSFR


  • Added: Jan 09, 2012
  • Length: 00:29:00
  • Purchases: 4
Caption: Photo by, Bmermaid, Flickr
You’ll hear the creative and inspiring voices of young thinkers and writers. This show features the collaborative work of Youth Media Project withi...

  • Added: Dec 20, 2011
  • Length: 00:29:00
Caption: www.mmep.org
Did you know that according to the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development, 16 of the 20 fastest growing occupations in the sta...

  • Added: Jun 01, 2011
  • Length: 00:56:20
Caption: The Stairsteps (with Papa Stairstep) circa 1969
PART TWO(2nd hour) of Volume ONE of the Untold Story of the Five Stairsteps. Joining Howard Burchette is Clarence Burke, Jr., Clarence Burke, Sr. a...

  • Added: Mar 24, 2011
  • Length: 00:56:57
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Isabel Wilkerson is the epic tale teller of the Great Migration of Southern black people that remade America — sound, substance and spirit — in the...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN, 90.5 WSNC, WSKG, WRPI, and KUOW


  • Added: Jan 06, 2011
  • Length: 00:59:59
  • Purchases: 5
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With most modes of communication outlawed, slaves embedded hidden messages inside Christian spirituals to communicate their plans for escape. This...

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WAMC, and Public Radio Remix


  • Added: Dec 13, 2010
  • Length: 00:05:01
  • Purchases: 4
Caption: Miles Davis, Credit: Columbia Records
This is a one hour special history and music of Jazz legend "Miles Davis", hosted by Howard Burchette.

Bought by WNMU-FM and KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: Oct 09, 2010
  • Length: 01:00:02
  • Purchases: 2
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The Youth News Initiative creates a platform for young women of color to give their unique perspective on issues they face in their communities.

Bought by YouthCast


  • Added: Sep 23, 2010
  • Length: 00:06:03
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: The New Birth, Credit: RCA Records
An interview with THE NEW BIRTH - A one hour (Part C) interview with LESLIE WILSON and MELVIN WILSON of THE NEW BIRTH SOUL R&B Group. An inside sto...

  • Added: Dec 20, 2009
  • Length: 00:58:58
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Audio documentary- A young white rapper out of North Side Minneapolis.

  • Added: Oct 07, 2009
  • Length: 00:05:08
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A tour of Chicago's west side and one teenager's memories.

  • Added: May 19, 2009
  • Length: 00:02:42
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This 55 min piece features excerpts from a Feb.24th tribute to folk singer Odetta at the Riverside Church in NYC. Performing artists include Pete S...

Bought by Marfa Public Radio, WNMU-FM, and WETS


  • Added: Feb 26, 2009
  • Length: 00:55:21
  • Purchases: 3
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Popular storyteller Imakhu Mwt Shekemet's contemporary version of Afro-Brazillian folktale, "Mae de Agua."

Bought by KUT, KUT, WJAB, KSFR, KZUM and more


  • Added: Dec 06, 2005
  • Length: 00:12:57
  • Purchases: 8