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Pianist and bandleader Luis Russell happened to have one of the best bands in the Big Apple by the latter 1920s.
Bought by KCBX
- Added: Feb 06, 2019
- Length: 58:59
- Purchases: 1
In the final episode, the NAACP begins efforts to fight the death sentences handed down in Helena, led in part by Scipio Africanus Jones, the leadi...
Bought by WNCU
- Added: Jan 06, 2014
- Length: 58:57
- Purchases: 1
In the 1920s, Ellington performed in nightclubs as the bandleader of a sextet, a group that in time grew to a 10-piece ensemble. The nucleus of thi...
Bought by KCBX
- Added: Oct 12, 2013
- Length: 58:57
- Purchases: 1
The music of american legend James Hubert "Eubie" Blake. Pianist, composer, vocalist, and a man who could reinvent himself as times demanded.
- Added: Feb 13, 2013
- Length: 58:56
- Purchases: 4
Meet the oldest African-American family in Washington, D.C. - and, perhaps, the United States.
Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, Radio Catskill, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WABE, WAMC Northeast Public Radio and more
- Added: Jan 19, 2011
- Length: 05:17
- Purchases: 6
Perfect for Black History Month (February), this one-hour special tells the story of Duke Ellington's musical "Jump for Joy"
Bought by WVIK, High Plains Public Radio, Wyoming Public Radio, KSUT, KCSM and more
- Added: Dec 19, 2007
- Length: 59:05
- Purchases: 37
The Ebony Hillbillies prove you don?t have to be white and Southern to play authentic, down home country music...they are hip, urban, and black. A...
Bought by KXOT Public Radio, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., Public Interactive, WKMS, KCUR and more
- Added: Mar 21, 2005
- Length: 06:41
- Purchases: 8
