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This week on This Land Radio, we learn the rules of the game just enough to question them.
Bought by KBGA 89.9 FM and KOSU
- Added: Apr 18, 2013
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 2
From: BackStory with the American History Guys
Series: BackStory with the American History Guys: Favorites
Series: BackStory with the American History Guys: Favorites
The University of Alabama was one of the last schools to integrate it's football team. in 1967, five African American men tried to change that.
- Added: Sep 17, 2012
- Length: 11:53
A collection of sounds and voices from William Devine Golf course, one of America's oldest public courses, located in inner-city Boston in the hear...
- Added: May 16, 2012
- Length: 01:55
America’s first African-American heavyweight boxing
champion Jack Johnson challenges auto-racing champ
Barney Oldfield... on the racetrack in pre-W...
- Added: Jan 27, 2012
- Length: 02:43
Two undefeated heavyweight boxing
champions capture the imagination of a polarized
America on March 8, 1971.
- Added: Jan 27, 2012
- Length: 02:46
Memorialized in a Bob Dylan song and an Academy Award nominated Denzel Washington film, Rubin “Hurricane” Carter was a successful prize fighter, wh...
Bought by WAMU, WKMS, WCSU-FM, KBGA 89.9 FM, Iowa Public Radio and more
- Added: Dec 28, 2011
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 22
Bruce Pearl's efforts at team-building extend beyond the court, where he tries to bridge religious and cultural differences among his players.
- Added: Aug 17, 2009
- Length: 04:07
To be the “Greatest of All Time,” boxing legend Muhammad Ali says you have to believe in yourself.
Bought by KBBI, KBGA 89.9 FM, KWMU, and KUOW
- Added: May 13, 2009
- Length: 02:54
- Purchases: 4
A profile of a centuries-old martial art with roots that go back to Angola, Africa
- Added: Apr 03, 2008
- Length: 18:30
The story of a boy and his hero, baseball home run champion Hank Aaron, and an exploration of the hatred Aaron endured in chasing a white man's rec...
Bought by KFAI, KISU, WNPR, Public Radio Remix, Georgia Public Broadcasting and more
- Added: Apr 13, 2007
- Length: 16:54
- Purchases: 7
From: Deborah Van Fleet
Johnny, "The Jet" Rodgers, Heisman '72, honors another pioneer Nebraska athlete, Marion Hudson, and talks about the importance of black communities...
- Added: Feb 14, 2007
- Length: 04:31
- Purchases: 2
- Added: Oct 16, 2006
- Length: 05:29
From: N Lorde
A personal insight into the life of former boxer Rubin "Hurricane" Carter - his life after the blockbuster hit movie.
So far this aired on five...
- Added: Jan 08, 2006
- Length: 14:07
- Purchases: 4
