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Despite being one of the most frequently banned authors, Toni Morrison’s work has inspired countless others to tell stories outside the mainstream....
- Added: Nov 30, 2023
- Length: 23:18
Over 14,000 patrons have signed up for their first library card since Jay-Z's exhibit came to Central Library in mid-July. We talk to Brooklynites ...
- Added: Sep 29, 2023
- Length: 07:49
Fifteen years ago this month, on April 6, 2006, Nobel Prize winner Toni Morrison spoke to a crowded lecture hall on the campus of the University of...
- Added: May 18, 2021
- Length: 21:01
From: Third Coast International Audio Festival
Series: Best of the Best: The 2020 Third Coast Broadcast
Series: Best of the Best: The 2020 Third Coast Broadcast
In this episode, two young Black artists revisit memories to grapple with how they are seen by others, and how they see themselves.
Bought by WXXI Rochester, Prairie Public, WBEZ, WRVO Public Media, New England Public Media and more
- Added: Nov 17, 2020
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 37
In this episode, we tell the story of Brooklyn's Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood through the lives of three women who set down roots there in diffe...
Bought by KBUT Crested Butte, Colo.
- Added: Dec 26, 2019
- Length: 26:22
- Purchases: 1
J. California Cooper loved playing with paper dolls--even as an adult.
- Added: Feb 08, 2016
- Length: 01:00
Alfred Bundy and Kevin Jenkins in conversation about this book.
- Added: Nov 06, 2015
- Length: 18:57
...And Other Essays is the book's title, by author Clifford Thompson who reads a passage here. Observations with wit about life and people, from m...
- Added: Dec 03, 2014
- Length: 01:40
A poet famous for writing about the civil rights movement and for epitomizing black arts movement feminism, Sonia Sanchez passed through Attica’s g...
Bought by KFOK-LPFM
- Added: Jan 27, 2014
- Length: 54:52
- Purchases: 1
The contributions of the Black Man—celebrating Black History Month. Recounted in this installment is the life, times, and legacy of Phillis Wheatle...
- Added: Dec 08, 2010
- Length: 47:29
Dreams wrapped in curious packages
- Added: Nov 12, 2008
- Length: 03:34
From YO MISS! Teaching Inside the Cultural Divide, Volume 1, a play by Judith Sloan. WINNER FIRST PLACE 2008, Missouri Review Narrative Essay about...
- Added: Feb 25, 2008
- Length: 06:48
