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The R&B Chronicles - Bootsy Collins
From: WHRV
Series: The R&B Chronicles
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A Historical look at R&B Music

Bought by WDCB, KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., KUCB, KUCB, and WNCU


  • Added: May 19, 2009
  • Length: 59:50
  • Purchases: 5
The R&B Chronicles - Heatwave
From: WHRV
Series: The R&B Chronicles
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Historical look at classic R&B music.

Bought by KRZA


  • Added: May 12, 2009
  • Length: 01:00:03
  • Purchases: 1
Obama's 100 Days with Stephanie Robinson co-author of Accountable
From: Chris Goldstein
Series: Active Voice Radio
Caption: Accountable
Stephanie Robinson's newest book is Accountable: Making America as Good as its Promise. She joins us to discuss President Obama's first 100 days in...

  • Added: May 06, 2009
  • Length: 29:28
The R&B Chronicles - Clarence Carter
From: WHRV
Series: The R&B Chronicles
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A Historical look at R&B Music

Bought by KUCB and WNCU


  • Added: May 05, 2009
  • Length: 59:45
  • Purchases: 2
The R&B Chronicles - Billy Preston
From: WHRV
Series: The R&B Chronicles
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Historical look at Classic R&B Music

Bought by KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., WDCB, KUCB, and WNCU


  • Added: Apr 28, 2009
  • Length: 01:00:00
  • Purchases: 4
The R&B Chronicles - Peabo Bryson
From: WHRV
Series: The R&B Chronicles
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Historical look at classic R&B music

Bought by KUCB


  • Added: Apr 21, 2009
  • Length: 59:41
  • Purchases: 1
The R&B Chronicles - Percy Sledge
From: WHRV
Series: The R&B Chronicles
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Historical look at R&B Music

Bought by KUCB, WSGE, and WNCU


  • Added: Apr 14, 2009
  • Length: 59:51
  • Purchases: 3
The R&B Chronicles - The Brothers Johnson
From: WHRV
Series: The R&B Chronicles
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A Historical look at R&B Music

Bought by KUCB and WNCU


  • Added: Mar 25, 2009
  • Length: 59:53
  • Purchases: 2
Malaga Island: A Story Best Left Untold
From: Rob Rosenthal
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(NOTE: This program was updated in 2012 for the 100th anniversary of the eviction.) In 1912, the state of Maine evicted a mixed-race community fro...

Bought by WERU, KFAI Minneapolis, KUER, WCQS, WFAE and more


  • Added: Mar 23, 2009
  • Length: 58:39
  • Purchases: 21
The R&B Chronilces - The Staple Singers
From: WHRV
Series: The R&B Chronicles
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A Historical look at R&B Music

Bought by KUCB, WSGE, Mississippi Public Broadcasting, 90.5 WSNC, KGLT and more


  • Added: Mar 23, 2009
  • Length: 59:28
  • Purchases: 6
Tell Me A Story: Author Performances by ZZ Packer and Julie Orringer
From: Leet and Litwin
Series: Tell Me A Story
Caption: ZZ Packer, Credit: Marion Ettlinger
Contemporary short stories, performed by two prize-winning young women writers. ZZ Packer has "Brownies," about violence that brews when white girl...

  • Added: Mar 19, 2009
  • Length: 56:17
The R&B Chronicles - Patti Labelle
From: WHRV
Series: The R&B Chronicles
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A Historical look at R&B music and artists

Bought by KRZA, KUCB, 90.5 WSNC, and WNCU


  • Added: Mar 18, 2009
  • Length: 59:45
  • Purchases: 4
The R&B Chronicles - Bobby Womack
From: WHRV
Series: The R&B Chronicles
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Historical look at R&B Music

Bought by KUCB, WSGE, 90.5 WSNC, and WNCU


  • Added: Mar 04, 2009
  • Length: 59:39
  • Purchases: 4
The R&B Chronicles - Rare Earth
From: WHRV
Series: The R&B Chronicles
Piece image
Historical look at R&B Music

Bought by KUCB, WNCU, and 90.5 WSNC


  • Added: Feb 26, 2009
  • Length: 01:00:01
  • Purchases: 3
No Longer in Black and White
From: With Good Reason
Caption: Harry Belafonte, Credit: Library of Congress
In the new Obama era, is the term "African-American cinema" relevant anymore?

  • Added: Feb 25, 2009
  • Length: 29:00
How could candidate Obama go past race, when race is scary?
From: Will Wright
Caption: Pres. Obama
When Barack Obama accepted the Democratic nomination for president he became the first African-American to head a major party ticket. What becomes...

  • Added: Feb 13, 2009
  • Length: 05:13
Brother Purham: A Steelworker's Story
From: Ayana Contreras
Caption: the Arcelor Mittal Steel Mill, East Chicago, IN. Formerly Inland Steel, Credit: Ayana Contreras
Recorded by fellow retired steelworker Joe Gutierrez, and produced by Ayana Contreras, this piece was created for Vocalo.org in conjunction with Th...

  • Added: Feb 12, 2009
  • Length: 10:00
The R&B Chronicles - Stevie Wonder's "Songs in the Key of Life"
From: WHRV
Series: The R&B Chronicles
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A Historical look at R&B Music and artists.

Bought by WDCB, KUCB, Mississippi Public Broadcasting, WNCU, and 90.5 WSNC


  • Added: Feb 11, 2009
  • Length: 59:50
  • Purchases: 5
A multi-"racial" take on Black history month.
From: Will Wright
Caption: metis/multi"race", Credit: Salon.com - census
People have been trying to think, and identify themselves, outside of "racial" boxes since even before W.E.B. DuBois called the color line the prob...

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: Feb 10, 2009
  • Length: 03:52
  • Purchases: 1
The Beat is Tight but the Words ain't Right
From: TEMPO Radio Project
Series: TEMPO
Caption: PRX default Piece image
African American Women's Reflections on Hip-Hop

  • Added: Feb 08, 2009
  • Length: 27:10
Ashford & Simpson: The Real Thing
From: Joyride Media
Series: Black History Month Specials
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One-hour special delves into the history and music of songwriting and singing team Ashford & Simpson.

Bought by WFUV, KPSQ-LP, Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota, KPIP-LP, WSGE and more


  • Added: Feb 04, 2009
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 19
Miles Davis: Kind Of Blue
From: Joyride Media
Series: Black History Month Specials
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One-hour special explores the creation and impact of Miles Davis' album "Kind Of Blue."

Bought by WDCB, WVTF, 90.5 WESA, WJCT, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif. and more


  • Added: Feb 04, 2009
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 57
Black Chefs, White House
From: The Kitchen Sisters
Series: Hidden Kitchens
Caption: George Washington's Chef, Hercules
Hidden Kitchens explores the food of the founding fathers through the stories of Hercules and James Hemings, enslaved chefs of George Washington an...

Bought by KWMR, KZYX, Prairie Public, Marfa Public Radio, New Hampshire Public Radio and more


  • Added: Feb 03, 2009
  • Length: 06:55
  • Purchases: 12
The R&B Chronicles - Jerry Butler
From: WHRV
Series: The R&B Chronicles
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Historical look at R&B Music

Bought by WSGE, KUCB, and WNCU


  • Added: Jan 22, 2009
  • Length: 59:34
  • Purchases: 3
More Than A Teacher
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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A woman who teaches English in African refugee camps finds her students sometimes need more than an English lesson.

Bought by PRX Remix, Marfa Public Radio, and KRUA


  • Added: Jan 20, 2009
  • Length: 07:20
  • Purchases: 3

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