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"I have been challenged to fight for saying 'can't we all get along.' I’ve had people say I want to kick your ass for saying that." - Rodney King I...

Bought by Public Radio Remix


  • Added: Nov 14, 2012
  • Length: 06:48
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Jo Bai and her fellow English teachers in Yuyao, China.
Jo is African American. Jo lives in Yuyao, China. Jo gets a lot of attention.

Bought by Public Radio Remix


  • Added: Aug 27, 2012
  • Length: 13:14
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Ashford & Simpson
The musical story of "ASHFORD & SIMPSON", today plus the celebration of the life of NICHOLAS ASHFORD (May 4, 1941 – August 22, 2011). ASHFORD & SIM...

  • Added: Sep 26, 2011
  • Length: 56:01
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"Well, growing up in Detroit I was exposed to a lot of different music, a lot of different cultures at a very young age without ever having to leav...

Bought by WCSU-FM, 90.5 WSNC, WNCU, and KFOK-LP


  • Added: Jun 13, 2011
  • Length: 07:23
  • Purchases: 4
Caption: My grandmother as an infant, Credit: Family collection
When Afi Scruggs digitized an interview with her late grandmother, she recalled truism about technology: every time a format changes, important inf...

Bought by KUT and Public Radio Remix


  • Added: May 26, 2011
  • Length: 02:12
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Josh White Jr. , Credit: Silverwolf
Interview and discussion on the subject of the legendary JOSH WHITE with his son JOSH WHITE, Jr. his daughter JUDY WHITE-GOARD and his granddaughte...

  • Added: Apr 01, 2011
  • Length: 54:27
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In 1965 the Southern Christian leadership Conference (SCLC) joined a Joanne Bland is the co-founder of the National Voting Rights Museum and Insti...

  • Added: Mar 04, 2011
  • Length: 31:50
Caption: Breanna Koger (l) and Jazzmin Keys, Credit: Phil Nusbaum
High School is not an easy time of life. Minneapolis Edison students Breanna Koger and Jazzmin Keys collaborate to tell the world about it.

  • Added: Feb 12, 2011
  • Length: 01:00
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Meet Tulane graduate Bayoji Akingbola. On paper, he was the perfect Teach for America candidate. But even the best teacher needs support. Was Bayoj...

  • Added: Apr 22, 2010
  • Length: 05:11
Caption: Melonyce McAfee
Kwanzaa is known as a pseudo-holiday, but when Melonyce McAfee and her family tried out, back in the early 90s, it turned out to be more meaningful...

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: Dec 18, 2009
  • Length: 02:59
  • Purchases: 1
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A profile of a blues musician in Maine.

  • Added: Jun 22, 2009
  • Length: 06:18
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Samuel Black tells his wife, Edda Fields-Black, about his father, who operated a boiler room.

Bought by Delta College Public Radio, KCUR, KFOK-LP, Remix Radio, and KUOW


  • Added: Jan 09, 2009
  • Length: 02:30
  • Purchases: 5
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Theresa Burroughs tells her daughter Toni Love about registering to vote. Dave Isay narrates and does a fundraising pitch for public radio.

Bought by WMNF


  • Added: Oct 15, 2008
  • Length: 03:12
  • Purchases: 1
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Lynn Weaver remembers his father in a StoryCorps interview and then talks about what it was like to have his story broadcast on public radio.

Bought by Wyoming Public Radio and WMNF


  • Added: Oct 15, 2008
  • Length: 05:38
  • Purchases: 2
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It?s our last podcast of the summer, and we?re going out with two pieces about self-expression. DaeDae Williams shares a powerful poem about the c...

  • Added: Aug 28, 2008
  • Length: 07:52
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Joe Buford (BYOO-ferd) tells his literacy tutor, Michelle Miller, about what it was like before he could read.

Bought by KFOK-LP and WMNF


  • Added: Apr 22, 2008
  • Length: 02:20
  • Purchases: 2
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Herb Kneeland tells his son Martavius Jones about being a disc jockey at WDIA in Memphis, TN during the late 1960s.

Bought by KFOK-LP and WMNF


  • Added: Apr 18, 2008
  • Length: 02:17
  • Purchases: 2
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Her fifth year in the competition, Supreme says this piece is about a longing for home (Chicago) and feeling displaced after heading off to college...

  • Added: Apr 02, 2008
  • Length: 02:52
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Mary Ellen Noone (Noon) remembers a story from her great grandmother.

Bought by KFOK-LP


  • Added: Mar 24, 2008
  • Length: 02:16
  • Purchases: 1
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Darryl Downes remembers discovering his talent while serving time in Sing Sing Prison.

Bought by KUOW, KFOK-LP, and WMNF


  • Added: Mar 12, 2008
  • Length: 02:20
  • Purchases: 3
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George Hill remembers being homeless. Hill has been off the streets for 10 years.

Bought by KFOK-LP and WMNF


  • Added: Feb 27, 2008
  • Length: 01:52
  • Purchases: 2
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Joe Hunter, who was Ray Charles' road manager, and his wife, Trudy, a back-up singer, remember falling in love.

Bought by KFOK-LP and WMNF


  • Added: Feb 19, 2008
  • Length: 02:07
  • Purchases: 2
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Jerry Johnson interviews his mother, Carrie Conley [CON-lee], about raising six children as a single mother.

Bought by WDET, Detroit Public Radio, The Story, 90.9 WBUR - Boston's NPR News Station, KFOK-LP, WMNF and more


  • Added: Dec 21, 2007
  • Length: 02:07
  • Purchases: 6
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Phyllis Johnson tells her friend Danny Perasa about how she went from Police Department clerk to beat cop.

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KFOK-LP, and WMNF


  • Added: Dec 21, 2007
  • Length: 02:41
  • Purchases: 3
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Donald Taylor tells his son Cheo about falling in love with Cheo's mother, Doris.

Bought by KUOW, KFOK-LP, and WMNF


  • Added: Dec 04, 2007
  • Length: 02:19
  • Purchases: 3