PRX - Pieces for Tagging: New York City
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Dawn Powell wrote novels about people like herself: outsiders who’d come to New York City in the early twentieth century to make a name for themsel...
Bought by KALW
- Added: Jan 25, 2024
- Length: 22:02
- Purchases: 1
Dr. June Jackson Christmas, a psychiatrist, was the first African-American woman appointed Commissioner of the New York City Department Health and ...
- Added: Feb 24, 2016
- Length: 14:39
Mayor Fiorello H. La Guardia received a great deal of praise from labor leaders for his support of organized labor in the private sector. While he ...
- Added: Jun 03, 2015
- Length: 28:13
This recording surveys Mayor Fiorello H. La Guardia’s legacy of advocating tirelessly for the poor and disenfranchised. He successfully created pub...
- Added: Jun 01, 2015
- Length: 14:42
The story of William Cimillo, a New York City bus driver who snapped one day in 1947, left his regular route in the Bronx, and drove his municipal ...
Bought by American Voices, KPIK-LP, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, and PRX Remix
- Added: Dec 01, 2014
- Length: 17:37
- Purchases: 4
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
Before Prohibition hit, the New York mafia had another racket that netted millions of dollars in profits. The name of the game? Sweet, sweet baby a...
- Added: Jan 10, 2013
- Length: 09:56
From: Chris Goldstein
Is Marijuana Prohibition Enforcement Institutionalized Racism? 85% of all the possession arrests in New York City and Philadelphia are mirrors to G...
- Added: Feb 05, 2009
- Length: 03:50
