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Rahsaan Roland Kirk
From: Jeff Haas
Series: The New Jazz Archive
Caption: The Incredible Rahsaan Roland Kirk
His unrivaled ability for playing many instruments at once made him one of the most unique jazz musicians of all time. But Rahsaan Roland Kirk's ba...

Bought by KBGA 89.9 FM, Radio New Zealand, Northeast Indiana Public Radio, KPVL, KDRP Community Radio and more


  • Added: Jun 04, 2013
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 15
Billie Holiday
From: Jeff Haas
Series: The New Jazz Archive
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Billie Holiday has one of jazz's most bittersweet voices, and the biography to match.

Bought by KBGA 89.9 FM, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, Radio New Zealand, Troy Public Radio, South Dakota Public Broadcasting - Radio and more


  • Added: May 13, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 19
"Framed, Captured and Gagged: State Repression of Black Radicals in the 1960's”
From: Dred-Scott Keyes
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In this second part of a two-part series, The Cutting Edge presents excerpts from a forum presented by the Baruch History Department at their Perfo...

  • Added: Apr 26, 2013
  • Length: 59:59
Great Jazz Cities: Philadelphia
From: Jeff Haas
Series: The New Jazz Archive
Caption: Philadelphia trumpeter Clifford Brown
This week on The New Jazz Archive, we're continuing our ongoing tour of America's "Great Jazz Cities" with the stories and sounds of jazz in Philad...

Bought by Troy Public Radio, 90.5 WSNC, WRGY, WNCU, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio and more


  • Added: Apr 15, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 17
A Blues Unlimited Special: In Their Own Words - A Conversation with the Blues
From: Steve Franz
Series: Blues Unlimited
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In this montage of story and song, we hear Blues musicians speaking about their lives, the meaning of the Blues, growing up in hard times, and maki...

  • Added: Mar 15, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
Racial Innocence (Pledge Drive)
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Professor Robin Bernstein
Professor Robin Bernstein: Racial Innocence: Performing American Childhood from Slavery to Civil Rights.

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Mar 05, 2013
  • Length: 19:59
  • Purchases: 1
The Writ Writer episode two
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: The Writ Writer
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
The 2012 Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards
From: Dred-Scott Keyes
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In this first of a two-part series, Dred-Scott Keyes interviews winners of the 2012 Anisfield-Wolf Awards David W. Blight, author of "American Ora...

  • Added: Aug 26, 2012
  • Length: 56:00
Rahsaan Roland Kirk
From: Jeff Haas
Series: The New Jazz Archive
Caption: The Incredible Rahsaan Roland Kirk
His unrivaled ability for playing many instruments at once made him one of the most unique jazz musicians of all time. But Rahsaan Roland Kirk's ba...

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh, WRGY, KMUN, WNCU, KZYX and more


  • Added: Unknown
  • Length: :00
  • Purchases: 11
Billie Holiday
From: Jeff Haas
Series: The New Jazz Archive
Caption: Billie Holiday
Billie Holiday has one of jazz's most bittersweet voices, and the biography to match.

Bought by WRGY, WNCU, KZYX, 90.5 WSNC, KPVL and more


  • Added: Unknown
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 10
Great Jazz Cities: Philadelphia
From: Jeff Haas
Series: The New Jazz Archive
Caption: Philadelphia all-star trumputer Clifford Brown
This week on The New Jazz Archive, we're continuing our ongoing tour of America's "Great Jazz Cities" with the stories and sounds of jazz in Philad...

Bought by South Dakota Public Broadcasting - Radio, WNCU, KZYX, 90.5 WSNC, KDRP Community Radio and more


  • Added: Unknown
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 10
Sean Hill: Blood Ties and Brown Liquor
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE
Series: Real Good Words
Caption: Sean Hill
Award winning Minnesota Poet Sean Hill joins Heidi Holtan to talk about his book "Blood Ties and Brown Liquor."

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Feb 17, 2012
  • Length: 27:00
  • Purchases: 1
A Conversation with NEA Jazz Master, Jack DeJohnette - PART 1 of 2.
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works Podcast
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Legendary drummer Jack DeJohnette talks about his early career.

Bought by KMUW


  • Added: Jan 06, 2012
  • Length: 31:53
  • Purchases: 1
Mary McAnally
From: This Land Press
Series: The Sound of Our Land
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Mary McAnally shares the story of how she organized the only Freedom Bus from Oklahoma during the Civil Rights Movement. She went with 40 Universit...

Bought by KUOW, KOSU, and Public Radio Remix


  • Added: Nov 30, 2011
  • Length: 04:06
  • Purchases: 3
Beth Israel 150
From: Dina Weinstein
Caption: Rabbi Valerie Cohen of Beth Israel Congregation in Jackson, Mississippi on the congregation's 150th anniversary, Credit: Dina Weinstein
Beth Israel Jewish Congregation in Jackson, Mississippi celebrates it's 150th anniversary with song as well as looking back and looking forward.

  • Added: Sep 15, 2011
  • Length: 11:32
Encore Presentation: Tales from the South 002 with Grif Stockley
From: Paula Morell
Series: Tin Roof Project Encore Presentations
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Author Grif Stockley on a special edition of Tales from the South, where Southern writers bring their own true stories to life in front of a live a...

  • Added: Aug 31, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
A Conversation about Duke Ellington and Washington, DC
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works Podcast
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A look at the Washington, DC roots of Duke Ellington and their impact on his development as a musician and composer.

  • Added: Jul 26, 2011
  • Length: 08:41
The Legacy of Massive Resistance
From: With Good Reason
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Edward R. Murrow called them “ The Lost Class of 1959”. The kids who had nowhere to go when some Virginia public schools closed their doors rather...

Bought by KRUA


  • Added: Apr 26, 2011
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 1
Following Harriet Tubman
From: Andrew Hiller
Series: Andrew Hiller's News Features
Caption: The Bucktown Village Store where Harriet Tubman received a head injury that would impact her entire life, Credit: courtesy of Andrew Hiller
This feature explores the life and some of the myths of Harriet Tubman with interviews by experts from Cambridge, MD, the town where "Moses" was bo...

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: Jan 24, 2011
  • Length: 06:16
  • Purchases: 1
No Argument Here
From: With Good Reason
Caption: James Farmer, Credit: Library of Congress
A college professor is following the footsteps of a civil rights icon James Farmer, by training his students in the art of debate. Lydia Wilson, ...

Bought by WFIU


  • Added: Feb 05, 2010
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
The King of Love: A Short History of the Civil Rights Movement
From: Dred-Scott Keyes
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An audio collage of the struggle for civil rights, focusing on the role of Dr. Martin Luther King.

Bought by Prairie Public, WESM 91.3 FM, Prairie Public, and KVMR


  • Added: Jan 19, 2010
  • Length: 01:30:13
  • Purchases: 4
"The Little Rock Nine"
From: Dred-Scott Keyes
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The docu-drama LITTLE ROCK, by Rajendra Ramoon Maharaj. is the untold individual stories of the "Little Rock Nine." It is an intimate story about t...

  • Added: Dec 01, 2009
  • Length: 01:28:41
Remembering Jim Crow
From: American Public Media
Series: American RadioWorks: Black History
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For much of the 20th Century, African Americans in the South were barred from the voting booth, sent to the back of the bus, and walled off from ma...

Bought by KOSU, WYSO, North Country Public Radio, Northstate Public Radio, WAMU and more


  • Added: Nov 19, 2009
  • Length: 59:56
  • Purchases: 7
King's Last March
From: American Public Media
Series: American RadioWorks: Black History
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Although it was one of the most challenging and controversial chapters of his career, the final year of King's life has not been the focus of signi...

Bought by KUOW, KHNS, Marfa Public Radio, Vermont Public Radio, KWIT and more


  • Added: Nov 19, 2009
  • Length: 59:59
  • Purchases: 54
“.A WOMYN OF COLOR’S RESPONSE TO FAITH, FEMINISM AND HIP HOP.”
From: Dred-Scott Keyes
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IN IT’S THIRD ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL WORKING WOMEN;S DAY PROGRAM, CASA ATABEX ACHE & MOMMAS HIP HOP KITCHEN PRESENT “.A WOMYN OF COLOR’S RESPONSE TO ...

  • Added: Mar 09, 2009
  • Length: 54:15