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Caption: MLK Jr-Washington,DC 1963
A Celebration of Martin Luther King Jr and the historic March on Washington that took place 50 years ago this August with new mixes featuring Israe...

Bought by KVMR and Moab Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 17, 2013
  • Length: 58:43
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Ku Klux Klan 1920s
This is the fifth and concluding episode of The Writ Writer by Michael Murphy based on the true story of black attorney Scipio Africanus Jones. Onc...

  • Added: Jan 16, 2013
  • Length: 28:57
Caption: "The Gazette" October 3, 1919
At the end of episode three, attorney Col. Murphy collapsed during the trial for the Elaine defendants, and died a few days later. Scipio Jones is...

  • Added: Jan 13, 2013
  • Length: 28:54
Caption: Headlines
At the end of episode two, attorney’s Jones and Murphy meet with the Elaine Defendants, and begin working on appealing the murder convictions.

  • Added: Jan 12, 2013
  • Length: 28:50
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From our show on Homeownership: In the 1960s, a group of African Americans in Chicago fell victim to predatory lending. Brian Balogh tells the stor...

Bought by Public Radio Remix


  • Added: Jun 21, 2012
  • Length: 13:26
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Liz Peter takes her siblings swimming in Seattle., Credit: Chantal Anderson
Once a refugee family has been here for a while, the children often become ambassadors to the outside world. It's the kids who have to translate fo...

  • Added: May 23, 2012
  • Length: 07:54
Caption: Lorenzo Diggs, Credit: Michael Premo
Two first-person stories about the struggle for home. Lorenzo Diggs takes us inside the harrowing conditions of the Bedford-Atlantic Armory shelter...

Bought by Public Radio Remix


  • Added: May 09, 2011
  • Length: 10:11
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Young man walking in Brooklyn, Credit: Michael Premo
Two first-person stories about the struggle for home. Shortly after being promoted and relocated from New York to Miami, Rob Robinson is laid off a...

Bought by Public Radio Remix


  • Added: May 09, 2011
  • Length: 13:07
  • Purchases: 1
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James Roberts shares his journey trying to save his ailing partner William, who has HIV, and their home together. Full piece includes story with i...

Bought by KGNU and Public Radio Remix


  • Added: May 09, 2011
  • Length: 08:10
  • Purchases: 2
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He was America's first rock star ... and we knew him as Johnny Ace

  • Added: Nov 18, 2010
  • Length: 03:00
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Thomas McCall, a 20-year-old student-athlete and father-to-be, was already struggling to make it in the American job market. Courtney Supple produc...

  • Added: Nov 16, 2010
  • Length: 02:39
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A new CD helps answer the question: where was Jimi Hendrix headed next?

Bought by Radio New Zealand, WCPN, KUCB, WTIP, KUT and more


  • Added: Feb 24, 2010
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 12
Caption: Paul Robeson
An exploration through the life and times of singer, activist, athlete and entertainer Paul Robeson.

Bought by WRVO and WRPI


  • Added: Dec 10, 2009
  • Length: 29:23
  • Purchases: 2
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New Orleans piano legend Eddie Bo died March 18, 2009, at the age of 79. In this show he shares his experiences at house parties, his friendship w...

Bought by KBRP Community Radio


  • Added: Unknown
  • Length: 57:00
  • Purchases: 1
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Gospel legend Marie Knight died August 30, 2009, at the age of 89. She was best known as the singing partner of Sister Rosetta Tharpe. In this sh...

  • Added: Unknown
  • Length: 56:59
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The great Delta blues musician Sam Carr died September 21, 2009. In this show Sam shares his thoughts on learning he was Robert Nighthawk's son, t...

Bought by Northstate Public Radio


  • Added: Unknown
  • Length: 57:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: The King of Pop
A tribute mix to the "King of Pop" who changed and shocked the world over his short fifty years in front of us all.

  • Added: Jun 26, 2009
  • Length: 28:23
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A profile of a young fisherman in Maine.

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Jun 22, 2009
  • Length: 08:28
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Tanya Ward, Credit: Lisa Marie Albert
Tanya Ward shares her experience of recovery from the disease of addiction. In and out of jail from the age of 16, a life on the run, living on one...

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh


  • Added: May 16, 2009
  • Length: 08:32
  • Purchases: 1
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One-hour special delves into the history and music of songwriting and singing team Ashford & Simpson.

Bought by WCSU-FM, WEAA, WFIU, KMUW, WNCU and more


  • Added: Feb 04, 2009
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 14
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A LOOK AT THE MOVEMENT FOR REPARATIONS FOR AFRICAN-AMERICANS

  • Added: Feb 02, 2009
  • Length: 59:11
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Barack Obama-The Campaign for President

Bought by KUCB, Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, WMNF, KRCB-FM, KACU and more


  • Added: Dec 02, 2008
  • Length: 54:17
  • Purchases: 23
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A musical documentary celebrating Hendrix's final studio album

Bought by KOSU, Mississippi Public Broadcasting, WUIS, KGLT, WNCU and more


  • Added: Nov 17, 2008
  • Length: 59:02
  • Purchases: 6
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A documentary exploring sickle cell disease and an extraordinary doctor who is fighting the illness in Philadelphia and West Africa.

Bought by KUNM, KUNM, KWIT, WCPN, KUT-HD and more


  • Added: Jul 26, 2008
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 11
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Chief Warren McDaniels, the first black fire chief in New Orleans passed away on Feb. 23.

  • Added: Mar 06, 2008
  • Length: 06:28