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HPM BHM 2024 Vignettes

From: KUHF
Series: Black History Month One-minute Vignettes

Thirteen (13) one-minute vignettes produced by Houston Public Media for "Black History Month".

Calamity in Philadelphia

From: Distillations
Series: Innate

The faulty—and fatal—race logic of an 18th century yellow fever epidemic.

Soundtrack to the Struggle Season 1

From: KCCK

How jazz influenced the fight for racial equity.

Bought by 90.5 WSNC, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], WNCU, WUTC, and Morton College Radio

Ebony Classics - Welcoming Spring

From: Howard Burchette
Series: The Classics

"Welcoming Spring" is a classical music program featuring vocal classical music, piano classical music, and symphony orchestra music by musicians, ...

Bought by WNMU-FM

Ebony Classics - A Musical Movement

From: Howard Burchette
Series: The Classics

Caption: Francis Johnson 1792 - 1844, Credit: University Archives University of Pennsylvania

"Ebony Classics - A Musical Movement," is a chapter in the important history of people of African descent in classical music. This segment include...

Bought by WILL

Last Witness: Surviving the Tulsa Race Massacre

From: Radio Diaries
Series: Last Witness

On May 31, 1921, Olivia Hooker was six-years-old when white mobs launched an attack on the Greenwood section of Tulsa, Oklahoma. In less than 24 ho...

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KOSU, KHSU, and WXAV 88.3FM Chicago

Making Obama: Part 2

From: WBEZ
Series: Making Obama

From WBEZ Chicago, Making Obama tells the story of Barack Obama’s climb from the South Side of Chicago to the national stage. Host Jennifer White t...

Bought by KUOW, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KUER, KRWG, Indie3 Radio and more

Making Obama: Part 1

From: WBEZ
Series: Making Obama

From WBEZ Chicago, Making Obama tells the story of Barack Obama’s climb from the South Side of Chicago to the national stage. Host Jennifer White t...

Bought by KUOW, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KUER, KRWG, Indie3 Radio and more

2017-All Mixed Up (Part Two)

From: Peter Bochan
Series: All Mixed Up

The retrospective of 2017 continues with mixes from Charlottesville to Washington with music and emotions from a turbulent year

Bought by KDUR

The Jazz-O-Rama Hour #34: Tiger Rag: Dixieland Originals

From: Joe Bevilacqua
Series: The Jazz-O-Rama Hour

Joe Bev presents 78 RPM Jazz with a Sense of Humor: "Tiger Rag: Dixieland Originals.

Bought by Spokane Public Radio and Spokane Public Radio

African American Voices

From: Daniel Gilliam

Caption: Leontyne Price, Credit: Carl Van Vechten

Fifteen, 3-minute vignettes celebrating the contributions of African Americans in classical music.

Bought by Texas Public Radio, BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM, Texas Public Radio, Vermont Public, BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM and more

Remember the Bird! (The Music of Charlie Parker)

From: Howard Burchette
Series: Jazz Time

Caption: 1995 32 cents Commemorative stamp, Credit: U.S. Postal Stamps

CHARLIE PARKER was one of the most influential improvising soloists in JAZZ, and a central figure in the development of BOP in the 1940s. A legenda...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio