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Florence Price

From: WGTE Public Media
Series: Conversations in African American Music

Dr. Louise Toppin examines the life and music of trailblazing composer Florence Price.

New York city elections 2021: Kristin Richardson Jordan and Art Chang

From: Ray Samuels

Kristin Richardson Jordan is our featured LGBTQ candidate.

How One Police Chief Apologized For A Lynching In His Town, 8 Decades Later

From: Megan Harris
Series: Criminal Injustice

One police chief decided he needed to apologize for an incident 77 years ago: a lynching in his small Georgia town in 1940. LaGrange Chief Louis De...

How To Rebuild A Police Agency From The Inside Out

From: Megan Harris
Series: Criminal Injustice

From Obama-era task forces to widespread protests, the idea of community policing has become part of our national conversation. Jerry Clayton, the ...

Hour 3: New Orleans Diaspora - Jelly Roll Morton & Sidney Bechet

From: WTJU
Series: Jazz at 100

In this hour, we’ll explore the music of two more giants of the New Orleans diaspora, pianist and composer Jelly Roll Morton, who left Louisiana in...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), WCNY, KMUN, WMOT, KRPS and more

Stars for Freedom (Hour Long Version)

From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes

The little-known story of how black actors and entertainers in Hollywood contributed their money, connections, and fame to aid the civil rights mov...

Bought by WCNY, WVAS, Vermont Public, WRPI, KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle and more

Stars for Freedom (Half Hour Version)

From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes

The little-known story of how black actors and entertainers in Hollywood contributed their money, connections, and fame to aid the civil rights mov...

Bought by WJCT, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., WKCC, KRDP, KENW and more

Marking Stories of Slavery (Half Hour Version)

From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes

Plantations in America’s South are physical testaments to the great wealth accrued through slave labor. Yet, plantation museums often gloss over th...

Bought by WJCT, KPTZ, Port Townsend, WA, WFHB, WABE, WKCC and more

Marking Stories of Slavery (Hour Long Version)

From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes

Plantations in America’s South are physical testaments to the great wealth accrued through slave labor. Yet, plantation museums often gloss over th...

Bought by WCNY, WABE, Northeast Indiana Public Radio, KPVL, WTJU and more

The Truth About Cultural Bias (Half Hour Version)

From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes

Caption: Hoodie Rally in Memory of Trayvon Martin, Credit: Madison Guy, on Flickr

Sharply different reactions to the verdict in the George Zimmerman trial reveal the racial divide that persists in America. We speak with the autho...

Bought by WJCT, KSFR, WFHB, KPVL, KRZA and more

The Truth About Cultural Bias (Hour Long Version)

From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes

Sharply different reactions to the verdict in the George Zimmerman trial reveal the racial divide that persists in America. We speak with the autho...

Bought by WCNY, Northeast Indiana Public Radio, KKRN, WTJU, and KPVL

Women's History Month: Women of the Civil War

From: Francesca Rheannon

Karen Abbott talks about her book Liar, Temptress, Soldier, Spy. It’s about four courageous women of the Civil War who made history. And later, we ...

Bought by KUHF, KWMU St. Louis, KUOW, KTSW 89.9, High Plains Public Radio and more

HIV Education in the African American Church (Hour Long Version)

From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes

Psychologist John Fife is working to address what he says is a critical need for HIV interventions that target older Americans, specifically older ...

Bought by WJCT, WCPN, KKRN, WTJU, and KPVL

HIV Education in the African American Church (Half Hour Version)

From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes

Psychologist John Fife is working to address what he says is a critical need for HIV interventions that target older Americans, specifically older ...

Bought by WJCT, KVSC, WLIW, and KENW

Episode May 17, 2014

From: Robert Marovich
Series: Gospel Memories

Classic African American gospel, spiritual, and jubilee music.

The Fierce Urgency of Now: The 1963 March on Washington

From: BackStory with the American History Guys

Caption: Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., at the March on Washington, August 28th, 1963, Credit: National Archives

August 28th marks the 50th anniversary of the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s famous speech in front of the Lincoln memorial in Washington, D.C., wh...

Bought by WAER Syracuse, NY, WUFT, WESM 91.3 FM, WCSU-FM, Georgia Public Broadcasting and more

Jazz and Civil Rights (Hour Long Version)

From: With Good Reason

How the personal and professional lives of musicians such as Louis Armstrong, Miles Davis, and John Coltrane were tied to the struggle for racial e...

Bought by Prairie Public, Prairie Public, KHSU, WRIR, WVAS and more

Brigham Young: American Moses?

From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes

Brigham Young was a rough-hewn transient from New York whose life was electrified by the Mormon faith. He married more than 50 women, and transform...

Bought by WJCT and WFHB

1619: The Making of America

From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes

1619 was the year the first Africans arrived on the North American continent. There were at least 20 of them and they came as slaves from Angola. B...

The Road to Success

From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes

"Aunt Viv" from the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air shares stories from her career, and a chef talks about what it takes to run a restaurant.

Bought by WJCT

The Rise of Santa Muerte

From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes

Over the past decade, Mexican drug traffickers trying to get their products to the U.S. have had a spiritual “protector.” Her name is Santa Muerte—...

Bought by WJCT