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Episode 4: On The Death Penalty - The Unexpected Messenger

From: Will Coley
Series: Shifting the Narrative

Over the past decade, support for the death penalty has plummeted. In this episode, we look at why this happened and how one unexpected messenger, ...

Episode 2: On Poverty - The Power of The Camera

From: Will Coley
Series: Shifting the Narrative

Fifty years ago, the Poor People’s Campaign took over a portion of the National Mall in Washington, DC. Their aim: change how Americans understand ...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio

The Port Chicago Sailors: Separate and Unequal

From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact

Caption: Freddie Meeks, sailor in the disaster at weapons shipping depot in Port Chicago, Calif., holds a picture of himself as a young seaman July 14, 1994. He died in 2003. , Credit: (AP Photo/Chris Pizzelo)

Wartime. Disaster. Trauma. Charges of mutiny for 50 Black sailors in a Jim Crow courtroom. Discrimination and a battle for civil rights. Listen to ...

Bought by KSFR, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, and KVSC

I Am Not Your Negro: James Baldwin

From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact

I Am Not Your Negro is a journey into black history that connects the past of the Civil Rights movement to the present of #BlackLivesMatter. It is ...

Bought by WVAS, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, KCMJ Community Radio, WXDU, and WRIR

Wellesley Commencement Address: Hillary Rodham Clinton

From: Wellesley College

This is the full audio from the 1969 Wellesley College commencement speech delivered by Hillary Rodham Clinton, then Hillary Rodham, the first ever...

Bought by KZYX, WHQR, Wisconsin Public Radio, MPR News Stations, and PRX Remix

This Week in History: Jack Kemp Announces Bid for President in 1988

From: Ken Rudin's Political Junkie

This week in history looks back to April 1987 and the Republican race to succeed Ronald Reagan. This week, Jack Kemp, a longtime Congressman and fo...