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Segregation Now, Segregation Forever: The Infamous Words of George Wallace
From: Radio Diaries
Series: Audio History Project
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On the 50th anniversary of Wallace’s inaugural speech as the Governor of Alabama, Radio Diaries tells the story behind those infamous words, and th...

Bought by Public Radio Remix


  • Added: Feb 26, 2013
  • Length: 16:46
  • Purchases: 1
Strange Fruit: Voices of a Lynching
From: Radio Diaries
Series: Audio History Project
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Poet and songwriter Abel Meeropol wrote that lament after seeing a photograph of two black teenagers hanging from a tree.

  • Added: Feb 19, 2013
  • Length: 11:22
The Life, Death, and Rebirth of ACORN
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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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
Children of the Same Sorrow: The U.S./Mexico Caravan for Peace Takes On the Drug War
From: Chris Moore-Backman
Series: Bringing Down the New Jim Crow
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This moving and provocative documentary chronicles the historic journey of the “U.S./Mexico Caravan for Peace,” which from August 12th to Septembe...

  • Added: Sep 26, 2012
  • Length: 59:00
Please (Don't) Be Seated
From: BackStory with the American History Guys
Series: BackStory with the American History Guys: Favorites
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The Guys tell the story of an unofficial, integrated delegation from Mississippi that attempted to claim seats at the 1964 Democratic National Conv...

  • Added: Sep 17, 2012
  • Length: 08:13
On the Other Side of the Myth: A Conversation with Michelle Alexander and Tim Wise
From: Chris Moore-Backman
Series: Bringing Down the New Jim Crow
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This second installment in the series titled Bringing Down the New Jim Crow features the first ever dialog between legal scholar Michelle Alexander...

  • Added: Jul 02, 2012
  • Length: 59:00
Prison Crisis: Local Solution?
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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The United States imprisons more people than any other country. In California a new policy called ‘realignment’ aims to reduce the number of peopl...

  • Added: Jun 22, 2012
  • Length: 29:01
Pro-Slavery Constitution
From: Zach Miller
Series: BeyondtheBlackLetter
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The greatest re-write in American constitutional history, on this episode of BeyondtheBlackLetter.

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM and Public Radio Remix


  • Added: May 09, 2012
  • Length: 20:25
  • Purchases: 2
A Bitter Harvest: California, Marijuana, and the New Jim Crow
From: Chris Moore-Backman
Series: Bringing Down the New Jim Crow
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This documentary views Michelle Alexander's "The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness" through the lens of California's ma...

  • Added: Mar 02, 2012
  • Length: 59:00
Edward Harden Peeples, V: Garden of Liberation
From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand
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Edward Harden Peeples V was a racist practically from birth. But once out of the orbit of Richmond, Virginia, he went through a transformation whic...

  • Added: Feb 15, 2012
  • Length: 55:38
Artist FAITH RINGGOLD interview for the Mosaic of Art
From: George Fishman
Caption: Thom Collins, Faith Ringgold and Tracy Fitzpatrick
Artist FAITH RINGGOLD speaks with Mosaic of Art host George Fishman about her exhibition at the Miami Art Museum, entitled "American People, Black ...

  • Added: Dec 16, 2011
  • Length: 04:43
Syracuse's Food Desert
From: Kate Szrom
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The city of Syracuse, NY, has a food desert -- a lack of grocery stores that sell fresh produce -- which leaves residents to corner stores and pack...

Bought by WAMC


  • Added: Jan 16, 2011
  • Length: 04:36
  • Purchases: 1
SOUNDPRINT_00006_news: Go Tell it on the Mountain/Sleeping Through the Dream
From: Soundprint
Series: SOUNDPRINT weekly series (News Hole Compatible)
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Soundprint_09-06 uploaded Friday 2/06/09: Go Tell it on the Mountain/Sleeping Through the Dream

Bought by WRVO and KXOT Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 06, 2009
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
Chicago: January 20, 2009
From: Ed Herrmann
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Chicagoans reflect on the inauguration of Barack Obama.

  • Added: Jan 22, 2009
  • Length: 18:36
Confronting the Warpland: Black Poets of Chicago
From: Ed Herrmann
Caption: Gwendolyn Brooks
Hear some of the great African American poets who have lived and worked in Chicago.

Bought by WLRN, WNIJ, WEAA, Spokane Public Radio, 90.5 WSNC and more


  • Added: Jan 12, 2009
  • Length: 58:46
  • Purchases: 16
Rediscovering Barbara Jordan
From: KUT
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One-hour documentary about the life and legacy of Barbara Jordan, the first black woman from the South to serve in the U.S. Congress.

Bought by KIOS-FM Omaha Public Radio and KXOT Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 04, 2008
  • Length: 54:01
  • Purchases: 2
Shakespeare is a Black Woman
From: Richard Paul - with Folger Library
Series: Shakespeare in American Life with Sam Waterston
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Shakespeare in American Politics

Bought by PRX to iTunes, WRPI, KUT-HD, WDAV Classical Public Radio, WFCR and more


  • Added: Jul 23, 2007
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 7
Bayview: Urban Renewal or Utter Removal?
From: Jarrod Sport
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The Bayview community's apprehension to a proposed redevelopment plan.

  • Added: Jul 07, 2007
  • Length: 14:13
Young & Exonerated
From: National Black Programming Consortium
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Shareef Cousin was wrongly convicted and sent to death row for over a decade.

Bought by 90.5 WSNC and KTNA


  • Added: Mar 16, 2007
  • Length: 07:57
  • Purchases: 2
Making History in Massachusetts: Governor Deval Patrick, From the South Side to the State House
From: 90.9 WBUR - Boston's NPR News Station
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A profile of Governor Deval Patrick, his history making election and his place in the new politics of race nationally.

Bought by KFAI, WCPN, KUT-HD, WFIU, WNPR and more


  • Added: Feb 21, 2007
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 7
Mandy Carter
From: SpiritHouse Inc/Youth Noise Network
Series: Passionate Citizens
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Social justice activists Mandy Carter organizes to connect struggles

Bought by WXLV-FM


  • Added: Feb 19, 2007
  • Length: 08:36
  • Purchases: 1
Peace Talks Radio: Ralph Bunche - Profile in Peace (59:00/54:00/29:00)[Black History Month Offering]
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Hour Long Specials
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A conversational profile of Ralph Bunche - a sometimes overlooked African-American who excelled in the world of diplomacy. Bunche negotiated tire...

Bought by WFIU, KBBI, KUOW, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KXOT Public Radio and more


  • Added: Jan 12, 2007
  • Length: 58:54
  • Purchases: 23
Humankind: Meeting Hate With Love -- Stories of King and Gandhi
From: David Freudberg
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Explorations on the non-violence philosophies shared by King and Gandhi

Bought by KERA, KREV-LP, KBBI, KVNF, Red River Radio Network and more


  • Added: Jan 09, 2007
  • Length: 59:02
  • Purchases: 41
Homeless Veterans
From: Philip Graitcer
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One-quarter of the homeless are Veterans

Bought by KZSC, WSCS-FM, and KTNA


  • Added: Sep 25, 2006
  • Length: 04:41
  • Purchases: 3
Kevin Goodman, Big Chief of the Flaming Arrows
From: Sarah Yahm
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the Big Chief of the Flaming Arrows mardi gras indian tribe talks about his new life post-katrina in Austin

  • Added: Sep 06, 2006
  • Length: 04:12