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Caption: Rumbidzai Dube, Daria "DJ" Hudson, Ingrid Cruz, Leehee Rothschild, Credit: Andrew Stelzer
What does it mean to be an ally in a political movement? From white Americans in the civil rights era, to Israelis in Palestine, to Latino-American...

Bought by WXDU


  • Added: May 16, 2013
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
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BackStory producer Chioke I’Anson tells the story of Eugene Bullard, the first African-American fighter pilot in World War I – only he flew for Fra...

Bought by Public Radio Remix


  • Added: Apr 22, 2013
  • Length: 06:22
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Bernard Holyfield (R) and Charles Barlow
Bernard Holyfield (R) tells his friend Charles Barlow (L) about a painful memory from his childhood in the 1960s.

  • Added: Mar 15, 2013
  • Length: 02:18
Caption: Thelonious Monk
Thelonious Monk was an original voice in the shaping the sound of American music. Both his compositions and his inimitable piano playing continue t...

Bought by Public Radio Remix


  • Added: Feb 22, 2013
  • Length: 02:30
  • Purchases: 1
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Radio Curious discusses the N-word with law professor, Randall Kennedy, author of “Nigger-the Strange Career of a Troublesome Word.”

  • Added: Feb 18, 2013
  • Length: 29:01
Caption: Breaking the chains of slavery, Credit: empirical_perception
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
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jim justice speaks with Gerald Hankerson and Teresa Clark of Washington Community Action Network (CAN!), Clint Weckerly of SeaMar, and Rev. Josefin...

  • Added: Jan 24, 2013
  • Length: 27:59
Caption: Southern Cotton Picker
Based on the true story of Scipio Africanus Jones. At the end of episode one, black attorney Jones was faces with taking on a racially charged mu...

  • Added: Jan 09, 2013
  • Length: 28:56
Caption: Ira Kip
In Brooklyn, theater director Ira Kip talks to Cathy Byrd about her new play "She'Baltimore" and the raw space between medical politics and domesti...

  • Added: Jan 07, 2013
  • Length: 15:58
Caption: Joyce Scott, Credit: Goya Contemporary
In Baltimore, Joyce Scott, a venerated visual and performing artist talks with Cathy Byrd about the art scene in Baltimore, her hometown, and descr...

  • Added: Jan 07, 2013
  • Length: 12:25
Caption: Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn
Rabbi Neil Blumofe joins KUT host Rebecca McInroy along with a live jazz sextet for an evening of discussion and live music to explore the unique r...

  • Added: Jan 04, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
Caption: "Abraham Lincoln and His Emancipation Proclamation," The Strobridge Lith. Co., 1888 , Credit: Library of Congress
In this episode of BackStory, we take a look at the narratives surrounding the Emancipation Proclamation and try to unpack its legacy. How can we ...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, WCAI / WNAN, WFPL News, WOUB, WTJU and more


  • Added: Jan 04, 2013
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 7
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The band is finally back together! After a year and a half of hating each other, friends Rob Piccirillo "Bobby Pickles", David Bader "Mr. Badey" an...

  • Added: Dec 18, 2012
  • Length: 01:00:00
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It's certainly Oscar material. But if you are interested in the real story of the 13th Amendment and the actual legacy of the Lincoln presidency, l...

  • Added: Dec 10, 2012
  • Length: 01:00:05
Caption: Michelle Alexander, Associate Law Professor at Moritz School of Law and Author of "The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness." , Credit: http://moritzlaw.osu.edu/
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
Caption: Free Spirit Media
Using the poem "Where I'm From" by Willie Perdomo as a creative prompt, students created poems to share and express where they come from and how th...

  • Added: Nov 12, 2012
  • Length: 01:42
Caption: Free Spirit Media
Using the poem "Where I'm From" by Willie Perdomo as a creative prompt, students created poems to share and express where they come from and how th...

  • Added: Nov 12, 2012
  • Length: 02:08
Caption: Free Spirit Media
Using the poem "Where I'm From" by Willie Perdomo as a creative prompt, students created poems to share and express where they come from and how th...

  • Added: Nov 12, 2012
  • Length: 01:24
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A recent book critical of Thomas Jefferson as a slaveholder has raised controversial questions about our founding father. Allison Quantz has the st...

  • Added: Nov 09, 2012
  • Length: 02:47
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Another 3 hour mixshow episode of Intelligent Hip-Hop Radio & 21st Century Black Radio of the syndicated FuseBox Radio Broadcast with DJ Fusion & J...

  • Added: Oct 09, 2012
  • Length: 03:09:00
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Another 3 hour mixshow episode of Intelligent Hip-Hop Radio & 21st Century Black Radio of the syndicated FuseBox Radio Broadcast with DJ Fusion & J...

  • Added: Sep 27, 2012
  • Length: 03:10:12
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Another 3 hour mixshow episode of Intelligent Hip-Hop Radio & 21st Century Black Radio of the syndicated FuseBox Radio Broadcast with DJ Fusion & J...

  • Added: Sep 26, 2012
  • Length: 03:22:33
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Another 3 hour mixshow episode of Intelligent Hip-Hop Radio & 21st Century Black Radio of the syndicated FuseBox Radio Broadcast with DJ Fusion & J...

  • Added: Sep 26, 2012
  • Length: 03:08:04
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Another 3 hour mixshow episode of Intelligent Hip-Hop Radio & 21st Century Black Radio of the syndicated FuseBox Radio Broadcast with DJ Fusion & J...

  • Added: Sep 02, 2012
  • Length: 03:11:00
Caption: Department of Education logo
American and South Africa’s schools are similar. Both have fallen short of producing an educational system consistent with its national goals of e...

  • Added: Aug 24, 2012
  • Length: 14:46