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This historical novel brings to life the “Widow of the South,” Carrie McGavock. The bloodiest battle of the Civil War took place on November 30, 18...
- Added: Apr 14, 2013
- Length: 09:52
Series host Martha Burk interviews Dr. Myiesha Taylor, prominent emergency room physician and advocate working with the Disney corporation to inte...
- Added: Jan 30, 2013
- Length: 28:23
Series host Martha Burk interviews Dr. Avis Jones-Deweever, Executive Director of the National Council of Negro Women, the nation's oldest coalitio...
- Added: Jan 30, 2013
- Length: 28:25
Since the 1970s, Republicans have controlled Southern politics, but according to one researcher, the Republican Party has reached its peak in the S...
- Added: Jan 17, 2013
- Length: 02:28
It took 40 years to build ACORN, but just a few months to bring it down. Local organizers are trying to rebuild, but how is ACORN’s absence affect...
- Added: Oct 19, 2012
- Length: 29:01
Barack Obama’s first term has been a disappointment for many, and leaves open the question for those with a progressive agenda—is voting for Obama ...
- Added: May 25, 2012
- Length: 29:01
Public employees, many of them African-Americans, are being hit particularly hard by today's high levels of unemployment.
- Added: Dec 07, 2011
- Length: 04:03
Professor Michelle Alexander, author of ‘The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness’ makes the case that the US’ criminal ju...
Bought by KSFR
- Added: Feb 09, 2011
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 1
The pioneering Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, a leader in the fight for racial equality, should be high on the list of those we honor during ...
- Added: Jan 28, 2011
- Length: 04:02
The wealth gap between African-American and white workers has been growing
steadily even as the wage gap has been shrinking.
- Added: Jul 02, 2010
- Length: 03:12
In America, we tend to see race in black & white. But dig a little deeper, and things quickly get mixed up.
Bought by KAZU, WCQS, WGCU, Kansas Public Radio, WYSO and more
- Added: Unknown
- Length: 54:00
- Purchases: 21
The unlikely story of Civil Rights and the Space Program.
Bought by KHNS, KUNM, WKMS, WESM 91.3 FM, WXXI and more
- Added: Oct 22, 2009
- Length: 59:18
- Purchases: 37
This is award-winning musical documentary is about the life of Sam Cooke- from his days in Gospel music to his triumph in R&B to his untimely demise.
Bought by Marfa Public Radio, WNCU, WETS, WUAL, and WVAS
- Added: Feb 02, 2009
- Length: 03:49:20
- Purchases: 5
Hour-long documentary on the costs and causes of urban sprawl.
Bought by WRPI, KXOT Public Radio, WBEZ, Iowa Public Radio, WNIJ and more
- Added: Jun 01, 2007
- Length: 59:01
- Purchases: 17
A profile of Governor Deval Patrick, his history making election and his place in the new politics of race nationally.
- Added: Feb 21, 2007
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 7
From: Tres Hombres Productions
This new music-intensive one-hour special features the Dirty Dozen Brass Band?s unique tribute to their New Orleans home on the one-year anniversar...
Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KRPS, KALW, North Country Public Radio, Morehead State Public Radio and more
- Added: Aug 01, 2006
- Length: 59:12
- Purchases: 17
Mary Frances Berry, Professor of History at the University of Pennsylvania explores how we can achieve true social and economic justice in American...
- Added: Dec 04, 2005
- Length: 30:51
