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On the 50th anniversary of Wallace’s inaugural speech as the Governor of Alabama, Radio Diaries tells the story behind those infamous words, and th...
Bought by Public Radio Remix
- Added: Feb 26, 2013
- Length: 16:46
- Purchases: 1
African-Americans have endured more than 246 years of slavery, 100 years of racism and segregation. The trauma from that experience continues to im...
- Added: Jan 31, 2013
- Length: 29:00
Professor Michelle Alexander, author of ‘The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness’ makes the case that the US’ criminal ju...
- Added: Dec 03, 2012
- Length: 29:00
- Added: Nov 19, 2012
- Length: 54:42
- Purchases: 1
Listen back as KUT’s Rebecca McInroy talks about what it means to be “American” with UT Anthropology Professor John Hartigan, The Department Chair ...
- Added: Nov 08, 2012
- Length: 01:01:51
As the 2009 ACORN scandal quickly unfolded and funding started to dry up, the groups’ members and organizers had to jump ship. Many formed new loc...
- Added: Oct 19, 2012
- Length: 08:20
It took 40 years to build ACORN, but just a few months to bring it down. Local organizers are trying to rebuild, but how is ACORN’s absence affect...
- Added: Oct 19, 2012
- Length: 29:01
Barack Obama’s first term has been a disappointment for many, and leaves open the question for those with a progressive agenda—is voting for Obama ...
- Added: May 25, 2012
- Length: 29:01
Spoken word. It's poetry it's hip-hop and increasingly, it's the chosen means of expression for today's youth. On this edition, to celebrate Nation...
- Added: Apr 09, 2012
- Length: 29:01
Appalachia is often imagined as rural and white, but a new wave of African-American writers is challenging the notion of a single Appalachian regio...
Bought by 90.5 WSNC, West Virginia Public Broadcasting, and KWMR-FM
- Added: Apr 09, 2012
- Length: 28:57
- Purchases: 3
Features a conversation with August Wilson scholar Jeannie Zeck about Wilson’s plays and the many influences on his work; the show also features pe...
- Added: Mar 27, 2012
- Length: 29:03
A look at pregnancy, and motherhood, inside US jails and prisons. What does the huge number of incarcerated women in prison foretell for the next ...
- Added: Feb 27, 2012
- Length: 29:00
Music of the Harlem Renaissance has been re-purposed to tell the stories of black Americans and introduce music to a new generation.
Bought by WNMU-FM, Robin Hood Radio/ WHDD AM/FM-WLHV FM, WSLR, and KKRN
- Added: Jan 13, 2012
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 4
Kelly Starling Lyons talks about her two new picture books, which draw on African-American history but tell stories that transcend any cultural bou...
- Added: Dec 19, 2011
- Length: 04:51
A dialogue between Princeton University professor Cornel West, and Revolutionary Communist Party USA spokesman Carl Dix about the future of America...
Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio
- Added: Dec 19, 2011
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 1
On this edition, author and political science professor Melissa Harris-Perry speaks about the stereotypes black women face, the resulting impacts o...
Bought by 90.5 WSNC, KHNS, and Yellowstone Public Radio
- Added: Dec 16, 2011
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 3
Gang injunctions are a controversial crime fighting tool that some people say should be illegal, and others say is a necessary last resort for comm...
- Added: Dec 06, 2011
- Length: 29:00
I was once told that the 1960s didn’t reach Maine until the 1980s. I learned that it took longer.
Bought by WMPG and Public Radio Remix
- Added: Jun 01, 2011
- Length: 07:45
- Purchases: 2
Over the next two weeks, we broadcast the documentary film “COINTELPRO 101,” about the secret FBI program which ran from 1956-1971, and disrupted m...
Bought by WXDU
- Added: May 05, 2011
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 1
For most women, the way their pregnancy, labor, and recuperation is handled by the correctional system has a lot to be desired. But there are some...
Bought by KUOW
- Added: Mar 30, 2011
- Length: 09:35
- Purchases: 1
What happens when a women gives birth behind bars? Usually those babies are sent home with family members or put into foster care. But some prison...
Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and Vocalo.org
- Added: Mar 30, 2011
- Length: 14:25
- Purchases: 2
A look at pregnancy, and motherhood, inside US jails and prisons. What does the huge number of incarcerated women in prison foretell for the next g...
- Added: Mar 30, 2011
- Length: 29:00
Professor Michelle Alexander, author of ‘The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness’ makes the case that the US’ criminal ju...
Bought by KSFR
- Added: Feb 09, 2011
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 1
The Midnight Ravers look at the evolution of reggae music and the influence of African-American culture on it in general and on Bob Marley, specifi...
- Added: Jan 26, 2011
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 5
Stretched by fighting two wars, the US military has stepped up efforts to recruit teenagers and young adults. Guest host Anna Sussman hosts a roun...
Bought by 90.5 WSNC
- Added: Oct 19, 2010
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 1
