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We talk with Michael Wolraich about his book, The Bishop And The Butterfly: Murder, Politics, And The End Of The Jazz Age. Then, we re-air part of ...
- Added: Mar 24, 2024
- Length: 01:10:45
- Added: Sep 20, 2023
- Length: 52:48
- Purchases: 2
This time on Peace Talks Radio, we’ll talk about ways that countries have addressed systematic human rights violations after they emerge from perio...
Bought by Radio Baha'i, WLGI and KUNM
- Added: Apr 27, 2021
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 2
James Baldwin was one of the 20th century’s most incisive thinkers and writers. In our own era, as political rhetoric, state violence, and popular ...
Bought by RadioFreePalmer, KDNK, and KWMR
- Added: Feb 03, 2021
- Length: 28:00
- Purchases: 3
On May 13, 1862, Robert Smalls took command of a Confederate ship and liberated himself and his family from enslavement. His great-great-grandson, ...
- Added: Jun 24, 2020
- Length: 29:27
“The police had surrounded the house. They had been there for quite a while. They didn’t want to try to rush the house because they thought he migh...
- Added: Apr 15, 2020
- Length: 29:07
HOUR ONE: "Hip Hop Future" - "Straight Outta Compton" turns 30 this year and hip hop has more influence than ever. What will it change next? HOUR...
- Added: Apr 12, 2018
- Length: 01:58:59
Playwright Jacqueline E. Lawton explores the education of famous artists John Biggers and Samella Lewis.
- Added: Jan 19, 2018
- Length: 50:20
When faced with a court order to integrate, Prince Edward County in Virginia closed its entire school system in 1959 rather than integrate. Now, fo...
Bought by WGTE Public Media, KPSQ-LP, WLPR , WNSB, Morehead State Public Radio and more
- Added: Jan 21, 2016
- Length: 52:53
- Purchases: 12
Before Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech, he had to announce the death of W.E.B. Du Bois. The crowd fell into tears.
Bought by KCBX
- Added: Jan 20, 2016
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 1
On fifty-two square miles of rural land in Kankakee County Illinois there is a unique sand savannah sandwiched between corn and soybean fields wher...
- Added: Aug 09, 2015
- Length: 11:26
Afrika Bambaataa's vinyl archive was on display for one month in New York City.
- Added: Aug 22, 2013
- Length: 12:04
- Purchases: 2
A recent classical music piece was inspired by the poetry written by children in Birmingham, AL, in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Bought by CI Dolphin Radio, KRPS, WNMU-FM, and 90.5 WSNC
- Added: Dec 05, 2011
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 4
Some lovely pieces of music and some not-so-lovely pieces of history.
- Added: Feb 24, 2011
- Length: 29:00
