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From: Garrett Stack
Series: American Jukebox®

The second half of the 20th century saw the beginning of the culmination of American Black Music styles explode into the mainstream. But the genesi...

Bought by KSRQ

Uncovering the History of the Massacre of Black Wall Street (Encore)

From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact

Caption: B.C. Franklin (right), I.H. Spears (left) and Effie Thompson (center) filing insurance claims for survivors of the 1921 Tulsa race massacre in a Red Cross tent. , Credit: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from Tulsa Friends and John W. and Karen R. Franklin

In the first of our 3 part series leading up to Black History Month, we focus in on how journalists and historians today are covering the Tulsa Rac...

Bought by KALW, RadioStPete Florida, RadioFreePalmer, and KMUN

SPECIAL ISeeU EPISODE: The Gay Black Civil Rights Financier

From: I See U with Eddie Robinson
Series: I SEE U with Eddie Robinson Specials

I SEE U examines the mystique behind the late millionaire, Norris Herndon, as a disappearing family legacy looms and the public knows little about ...

Bought by KUHF

Civics 101: The True Story Of Reconstruction

From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Civics 101

Reconstruction has long been taught as a lost cause narrative. We talk about what that narrative leaves out.

Making their Mark

From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices

Caption: Rekhet and Anura Si-Asar run In Black Ink, Credit: J. M. Maddix

Nestled in the Rondo community of St. Paul, among the burgeoning business district of a revitalized neighborhood, is a publishing entity ready and ...

The Healing Place

From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices

In 2016, genealogist Mica L. Anders interviewed 7 families about their summer cabins in the north woods of Minnesota for the Minnesota Historical S...

Take a road trip across America's queer history with Zaylore Stout

From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices

Caption: Zaylore Stout's "Our Gay History in 50 States", Credit: Zaylore Stout

Zaylore Stout (he/him) is a gay, African American attorney and author of "Our Gay History in Fifty States," which illustrates stories of queer Amer...

Last Witness: The Kerner Commission

From: Joe Richman

Caption: The Kerner Commission, Credit: Fred Harris

Former Senator Fred Harris is the last surviving member of the 1968 Kerner Commission, which was tasked to solve the problem of riots spreading thr...

The Almost Astronaut

From: Joe Richman

The story of how Ed Dwight went from being an Air Force captain to almost becoming the first Black astronaut in the world.

Blindspot: Tulsa Burning and Focus: Black Oklahoma

From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact

On this episode, we turn our focus to how journalists and historians today are covering the Tulsa Race Massacre. KalaLea, producer and host of the ...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer

God’s Little Acre: America’s Colonial African Cemetery preserving history in stone – Part 1

From: World Footprints LLC
Series: God's Little Acre

Caption: Arthur Flagg and family markers, Credit: Photo: Tonya Fitzpatrick

Tonya and Ian Fitzpatrick walk through the grounds of God's Little Acre--the oldest and largest colonial African burial ground, and they share unde...

THE EMERGENCE OF MARVIN GAYE - E 2 of 2 - [1972 - 1984]

From: Paul Ingles

Music specials host Paul Ingles and a panel of music scholars recall and celebrate the career of Motown music legend Marvin Gaye. This second of 2 ...

Bought by Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), KAZU Seaside, Calif., WXXI Rochester, North State Public Radio, WRVO Public Media and more

Black Infusion Into American Music

From: Garrett Stack
Series: American Jukebox®

Without Pat Boone, how much longer would white kids have waited for real rock 'n roll?

Bought by KSRQ

Gail Myers, Ph.D,, creator and director of the multimedia documentary film project, Rhythms of the Land: A Love Story of Land and Family

From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio

Did you know that Black farmers faced grave injustices, racist policies and land loss while attempting to feed their families and communities? Join...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer

Black History Month -- Remember the Ladies

From: KSFR
Series: Equal Time with Martha Burk

It's Black History Month, and that means the gals along with the guys. Visit two women you probably never heard of who were "firsts" in their field...

CRUISIN' WITH SMOKEY ROBINSON: An Appreciation (Optional Hour #2)

From: Paul Ingles

Caption: Smokey Robinson & Stevie Wonder perform at the 2023 Grammy Awards

Hour 2 of CRUISIN’ WITH SMOKEY ROBINSON: AN APPRECIATION is hosted by music specials producer Paul Ingles and features a more music intensive colle...

Bought by Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), WUTC, North State Public Radio, WRVO Public Media, KUHF and more

Digging Into Broadway's Black History

From: Garrett Stack
Series: Broadway Bound

Black Americans have been major stars of the musical theater since 1906. Who was the first black Broadway star? What was the first all-black musica...

Black Composers in Hollywood: Duke Ellington and John Lewis

From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights Classic Jazz: Specials

This hour explores Duke Ellington’s music for the 1959 film Anatomy Of A Murder and John Lewis’ score for Odds Against Tomorrow, released the same ...

Bought by KRCU Public Radio and KAZU Seaside, Calif.

NL 22-36: Duke Ellington's Black, Brown and Beige, 8/29/2022

From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights

In January 1943, bandleader and composer Duke Ellington took his orchestra into Carnegie Hall for the first time and chose to make his debut with a...

RDD: The Freedom of Choice

From: WGTE Public Media
Series: The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor

On this episode of The Rough Draft Diaries, we tell the story of Chuck Ealey's long and winding road to the College Football Hall. Especially long ...

Bought by WRFA-LP

The People Could Fly

From: La Siréna Imakhu
Series: Black History Month

Queen Mother Imakhu's rendition of the African American folktale about a group of mystical enslaved Africans who escaped their oppression by regain...

Mavis Staples' Soul: A Celebration (Single Hour Version)

From: Paul Ingles

A music and talk celebration of the indomitable spirit and talent that Mavis Staples has shown over a career that tacks from the late 1940’s, into ...

Bought by WJCT, KUHF, WABE, WVIA, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio] and more

Mavis Staples' Soul: A Celebration (Hour 2 of 2)

From: Paul Ingles

Caption: Mavis Staples, Credit: Michael Ochs Archives

Hour 2 of a music and talk celebration of the indomitable spirit and talent that Mavis Staples has shown over a career that tacks from the late 194...

Bought by KRVS, WDDE, WVIA, WPVM 103.7, WILL and more

Paul Ingles' MUSIC ARCHIVE SHOWCASE #145 - Mavis Staples' Soul: A Celebration (Hour 2 of 2)

From: Paul Ingles
Series: Paul Ingles' Music Archive Showcase

Hour 2 of a music and talk celebration of the indomitable spirit and talent that Mavis Staples has shown over a career that tacks from the late 194...

Bought by KFSK, KNCT FM, Capital Public Radio, WXXI Rochester, KSJE and more

Swing It Loud: Duke Ellington’s Early Black-Pride Music

From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights Classic Jazz: Specials

Long before the rise of the black-pride movement in the 1960s, Ellington was writing music that celebrated African-American culture, personalities,...

Bought by WJCT, KAZU Seaside, Calif., KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., Northeast Indiana Public Radio, KTXK and more

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