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NEA Jazz Master Jimmy Cobb On Recording Porgy and Bess

From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Jazz Masters Moments

NEA Jazz Master Jimmy Cobb lucked into recording Porgy and Bess.

Bought by Harford Community Radio, Harford Community Radio, KCSM, WUSF, Harford Community Radio and more

Added: May 21, 2009
Length: 01:30
Purchases: 8

NEA Jazz Master Jimmy Cobb Remembering Making the Kind of Blue Album

From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Jazz Masters Moments

NEA Jazz Master Jimmy Cobb remembers being in the amazing Miles Davis Band.

Bought by Harford Community Radio, Harford Community Radio, KCSM, WICR, WUSF and more

Added: May 21, 2009
Length: 01:30
Purchases: 11

Paradoxical Mess by Team Kuumba Lynx

From: WBEZ
Series: Louder Than a Bomb 2008

This is the group piece (4 poets) performed in-studio by Kuumba Lynx, which was the winner of the 2008 Louder Than a Bomb Competition. They will n...

Added: Apr 02, 2008
Length: 03:04

Women's History Month: "Don' t be a Marshmallow!"

From: Dick Meister

A commentary noting that few women are more deserving of special attention during Women's History Month than farm worker leader Dolores Huerta.

Bought by KGLP and KBUT Crested Butte, Colo.

Added: Mar 03, 2008
Length: 05:15
Purchases: 2

A Union That Made Black History

From: Dick Meister

The pioneering Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters played a major role in the struggle of African Americans for equal rights.

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, WDBM, and WEZU

Added: Jan 27, 2008
Length: 03:46
Purchases: 3

One of Labor's Greatest Leaders

From: Dick Meister

Few leaders have left a greater legacy than labor leader Jack Hall, a major figure in the transformation of feudalistic Hawaii into a democratic st...

Added: Dec 20, 2007
Length: 04:43

Remembering...The D-Day Spirit

From: Ted Magnuson

Patriotic recollections

Added: Nov 22, 2007
Length: 08:49

The Labor Legacy of John Steinbeck

From: Dick Meister

A commentary noting that author John Steinbeck was one of the best friends American workers ever had.

Added: Oct 25, 2007
Length: 04:18

"The Working Stiff -- That's Who!"

From: Dick Meister

A tribute to labor leader Harry Bridges on trhe 17th anniversary of his death,

Bought by KPFT

Added: Mar 01, 2007
Length: 04:23
Purchases: 1

Commentary: Sit Down! Sit Down!

From: Dick Meister

This commentary celebrates the 70th anniversary of the fledgling auto workers union's spectacular victory over mighty General Motors.

Bought by KPFT

Added: Jan 20, 2007
Length: 03:20
Purchases: 1

The Man Who Didn't Die

From: Dick Meister

A commentary marking the anniversary of the execution of Joe Hill, one of the most enduring and influential of American symbols.

Bought by KPFT

Added: Nov 05, 2006
Length: 04:06
Purchases: 1

The Farmworkers' Angry Champion

From: Dick Meister

Ernesto Galarza, now largely forgotten, played a key role in the rise of the farm labor movement led by Cesar Chavez.

Bought by KPFT

Added: Apr 28, 2006
Length: 03:23
Purchases: 1

The Massacre at Ludlow

From: Dick Meister

The Ludlow Massacre of April 20, 1914 was one of the most horrific events in U.S. labor history -- but one that led to desperately needed reforms.

Added: Apr 14, 2006
Length: 04:22

The American Spirit: The History, Voice, and Stand of the Declaration of Independence

From: Teen Attitudes

(Uploaded by Josh Wehe) The history, the voice, and the physical and moral stand the Declaration of Independene took for our nation

Bought by KPIK-LP and WXLV-FM

Added: Apr 01, 2006
Length: 08:12
Purchases: 2

Perpetual War, Perpetual Power

From: Craig Barnes

Craig Barnes explores the Republican formula for perpetual war and the need for Democrats to restore America's traditional values of law, fairness ...

Bought by WYSO