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Caption: Florence Price, Credit: Public Domain
Dr. Louise Toppin examines the life and music of trailblazing composer Florence Price.

  • Added: Aug 28, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
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How race was invented to support racism.

  • Added: May 09, 2023
  • Length: 33:44
Caption: Adjoa Andoh playing the fan favorite, Lady Danbury, on Netflix’s Bridgerton.
“Don’t worry about if you’re messing up as a woman or messing up, you know, as representing women of Chinese heritage or Iranian heritage or Grenad...

  • Added: Oct 10, 2021
  • Length: 19:43
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There may be no other actor on the world’s stage whose life has been as heavily documented as Muhammad Ali's. Yet for all the ways the legendary at...

Bought by KOSU, WSKG, WKMS, WCPN, Connecticut Public (WNPR) and more


  • Added: Mar 29, 2021
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 39
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When it comes to racism, many white Americans can intellectualize it and some can personalize it through the experience of others but the real chan...

  • Added: Nov 13, 2020
  • Length: 01:59:05
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His lynching was said to have propelled the Civil Rights Movement but what really happened to the 14 year old boy from Chicago and what can we lear...

  • Added: Nov 13, 2020
  • Length: 01:47:41
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Her book is back on the NYT Best Seller list and for a very good reason. “White Rage: The Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide” as been called both ...

  • Added: Nov 12, 2020
  • Length: 02:17:15
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Who should own the narrative when it comes to talking about slavery and Jim Crow? Lance Wheeler, is the former Curator of Exhibition & Interpreters...

  • Added: Nov 12, 2020
  • Length: 53:24
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The n-word is loaded with a history of hate and death. Today, the word's meaning has transformed but the echoes of its past remain. Who's word is i...

  • Added: Nov 12, 2020
  • Length: 01:33:06
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Is there a subconscious belief amongst whites that only they can "save" people of color? Have they been conditioned by society to see themselves as...

  • Added: Nov 12, 2020
  • Length: 01:34:42
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When white people are called out on their racism a response one often hears is, "Well, Black people are just as racist again me." Is racism the exc...

  • Added: Nov 12, 2020
  • Length: 01:08:24
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Whites too often see themselves as the real victims of racism and they might have point but it’s not the one they thought they were making. Are whi...

  • Added: Nov 12, 2020
  • Length: 01:00:32
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Many of us want to help change the narrative and be anti-racist partners in the good fight. This was true of civil rights activists coming to Missi...

  • Added: Nov 12, 2020
  • Length: 01:14:23
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Education is the gateway to the future in America. Our system is built around it but major colleges and universities continue to be predominantly w...

  • Added: Nov 12, 2020
  • Length: 01:16:43
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Don Carter is a former police officer who spent nearly 10 years on the beat. He knows how the system works. He's also African American.

  • Added: Nov 12, 2020
  • Length: 01:29:21
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Being black in America is exhausting and even deadly. Racial Battle Fatigue (RBF) is real and impacts the health and well-being of millions. What i...

  • Added: Nov 12, 2020
  • Length: 01:06:39
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His work helped close four of the most infamous cold cases of the Civil Right Movement. Jerry Mitchell is one of the most celebrated investigative ...

  • Added: Nov 12, 2020
  • Length: 48:16
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When we say the words, “the talk”, it probably conjures up the awkward conversation one has with their children about the birds and the bees. Howev...

  • Added: Nov 12, 2020
  • Length: 58:43
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A doctoral student in education seeks to discover solutions to health inequities in the St. Louis region and beyond.

  • Added: Mar 12, 2018
  • Length: 12:15
Caption: Harvard Professor Emeritus Alvin Poussaint
Black and Proud explores the era when African Americans began to aggressively challenge myths of inferiority. As Martha Bouyer, a participant in th...

Bought by WBST, RadioStPete Florida, KISU, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KPIP-LP and more


  • Added: Jan 26, 2017
  • Length: 03:59
  • Purchases: 6
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Born 1981 — Sports Coordinator, Penn Hills YMCA Interview by Dominic Burden, Azeiryus Britt & Darrell Holloway

  • Added: Jan 24, 2017
  • Length: 04:44
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Coach Craig Williams Born 1971 — Retired, US Navy; President, Penn Hills Midget Football Association Interview by Miguel Jackson & Cameron Griffin

  • Added: Jan 24, 2017
  • Length: 04:33
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Born 1959 — Funeral Home Associate, House of Law Inc. Interview by Cameron Tarrant, Daivon Stephens, Tamar Patillo

  • Added: Jan 24, 2017
  • Length: 05:35
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Born 1980 — Executive Director, Penn Hills YMCA Interview by Garrison Kemp, Raymeir Williams & Ronald Wiggins

Bought by KHSU


  • Added: Jan 24, 2017
  • Length: 05:16
  • Purchases: 1
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Born 1988 — Community Activist Interview by David Freeman, Nasheed Goodwine & Lamont Johnson

  • Added: Jan 24, 2017
  • Length: 04:33