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African-Americans have endured more than 246 years of slavery, 100 years of racism and segregation. The trauma from that experience continues to im...

  • Added: May 05, 2011
  • Length: 29:59
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Author T.J. English looks at NYC in the late 60's and 70's and the tense relationship created between the police and NYC's growing communities of c...

  • Added: Mar 24, 2011
  • Length: 52:09
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Remembrance of the late great blues pianist Pinetop Perkins, a special report

Bought by KSFR


  • Added: Mar 22, 2011
  • Length: 04:05
  • Purchases: 1
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The show where extraordinary celebrities share their ability to adapt and thrive..."One Conversation at a Time!"

  • Added: Mar 14, 2011
  • Length: 40:40
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The Mother Tongue Monologues present Black women telling it like it is, with all its' truths, brazen acts, shouts and silent revolutions, from slav...

Bought by Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota, KZYX, WOMR, WJSU, and KZYX


  • Added: Mar 08, 2011
  • Length: 58:04
  • Purchases: 5
Caption: The newly formed Pi Eta chapter of Phi Beta Sigma step before the beginning of the 34th Annual Soul Food Dinner on Saturday in Kryzsko Commons on Winona State University campus. Performing are Sam Ndely, left, Beh Gay, center, and Forrest Agnew. , Credit: David Ranzenberger/Winona Daily News
Members of Phi Beta Sigma’s fraternity started off this year’s 34th annual Soul Food Dinner at Winona State University. The Harlem Renaissance was ...

  • Added: Mar 04, 2011
  • Length: 12:21
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Contemporary music from all over the Americas, that takes African roots into an electronic future!

Bought by WNYE, WKAR, WNMU-FM, and KMXT


  • Added: Feb 07, 2011
  • Length: 58:35
  • Purchases: 4
Caption: It's Superman!, Credit: by Dude Crush
This is a telling of Virginia Hamilton's American Black Folktale "The People Could Fly."

Bought by RadioFreePalmer, RadioFreePalmer, KZMU Moab Community Radio, WSLR, WDBM and more


  • Added: Jan 20, 2011
  • Length: 11:11
  • Purchases: 11
Caption: Portrait of William Wells Brown, Credit: Engraving from State Historical Society of Missouri
SueMedia Productions, in conjunction with the National Audio Theatre Festivals, (NATF) is offering "William’s Leap for Freedom" for Stations to bro...

Bought by KUNM, KFAI Minneapolis, KUNM, KFAI Minneapolis, WEMU and more


  • Added: Jan 02, 2011
  • Length: 52:57
  • Purchases: 21
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The contributions of the Black Man—celebrating Black History Month. Here presented is the life and times of Frederick Douglass, an escaped slave wh...

  • Added: Dec 14, 2010
  • Length: 49:49
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The contributions of the Black Man—celebrating Black History Month. In this program, we hear the history of the first North African to set foot in ...

Bought by KREV-LP


  • Added: Dec 14, 2010
  • Length: 47:27
  • Purchases: 1
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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
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The contributions of the Black Man—celebrating Black History Month. Remembering: Sugar Ray Robinson, Joe Louis, Estaban, Phillis Wheatley, Bill Pic...

  • Added: Dec 07, 2010
  • Length: 37:38
Caption: Martin Luther King press conference, Credit: Marion S. Trikosko
On the anniversary of his birth, the life and work of the civil rights leader, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. His own voice and words make this a mean...

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, KVSC, WGHC-LP 98.3 FM Chicago, KCNP, KCNP and more


  • Added: Dec 07, 2010
  • Length: 44:36
  • Purchases: 6
Caption: One Hello World, Credit: http://www.theonlymagicleftisart.com/
How could anybody be blind to the fact that, underneath it all, we’re all just shadows?

Bought by KUT, PRX Remix, and KGLT


  • Added: Oct 05, 2010
  • Length: 02:15
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Patrons at Young at Heart Club in New Orleans' Pigeontown neighborhood., Credit: Barry Yeoman
Crescent City Blues takes listeners to the hidden world of New Orleans corner joints—bars far from the French Quarter, in neighborhoods like Centra...

Bought by Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), KCMJ Community Radio, Radio New Zealand, WRST-FM Oshkosh and more


  • Added: Sep 24, 2010
  • Length: 55:00
  • Purchases: 19
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One hour special follows the creation and influence of Miles Davis' heaviest album.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, WICR, WOMR, KPSQ-LP, WSKG and more


  • Added: Aug 20, 2010
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 28
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This episode looks at music as communication. In Africa drums were always used to send messages across the jungle. These same drums are now used to...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 06, 2010
  • Length: 18:08
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Camp at Ft. Monroe, VA, Credit: Library of Congress
A conversation about the contingency of one state's role in the Civil War.

Bought by KRUA and WRPI


  • Added: Jun 09, 2010
  • Length: 28:57
  • Purchases: 2
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Musicians' impact on the Movement.

Bought by WVAS, WVAS, WABE, WVAS, Oregon Public Broadcasting and more


  • Added: Jun 09, 2010
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 6
Caption: Louisiana blues diva Carol Fran performs at her 76th birthday party., Credit: Photo by Barry Yeoman
Still Singing the Blues: New Orleans and South Louisiana features musicians in New Orleans and South Louisiana who continue to perform the blues—of...

Bought by Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), KMUW, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), KZMU Moab Community Radio, KCMJ Community Radio and more


  • Added: May 11, 2010
  • Length: 55:00
  • Purchases: 25
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Eric Reed is a powerful, daring and elegant pianist who was blessed with perfect pitch and a desire to play piano in front of audiences. This episo...

Bought by WNMU-FM, KMUW, and Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi)


  • Added: May 11, 2010
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 3
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A story about how those thick Plexiglas walls come down in an Oakland, California neighborhood as more white folks move in.

  • Added: May 08, 2010
  • Length: 07:00
Caption: Robin Kelley
Christopher Lydon is in conversation hour with Robin Kelley, author of Thelonious Monk: The Life and Times of an American Original. His superb biog...

Bought by KMUW, Prairie Public, KFOK-LPFM, KUOW, and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Apr 29, 2010
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
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The making and influence of John Coltrane's "A Love Supreme."

Bought by 90.5 WESA, KPSQ-LP, Harford Community Radio, WJAB, WMOT and more


  • Added: Apr 29, 2010
  • Length: 01:58:20
  • Purchases: 17