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The Mathis Twins Tell Their Story About Their Journey In and Out of Gang Life
From: Candice Ludlow
Series: Gangs in the City
Caption: Mathis twins show high school students that gang life is a oneway ticket to a coffin or a jail cell., Credit: Candice Ludlow
Bryan and Brandon Mathis got involved in the world of gangs and running drugs when they were very young. They tell their story about how they got ...

  • Added: May 17, 2012
  • Length: 09:07
Women and Leadership
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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From preteen girls to college women to female faculty at the highest ranks of academia—a show about how women are learning to become leaders throug...

Bought by KICI Iowa City, WJCT, WMPG, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KWMR and more


  • Added: Apr 30, 2012
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 9
Benefits of Being Mixed Race
From: KBEM
Series: What's Real
Caption: Darshon Moore, Credit: Philip Nusbaum
Darshon Moore speaks from experience of having parents representing differing cultural backgrounds

  • Added: Aug 24, 2011
  • Length: 01:00
Celebrating college-bound black youth in Oakland
From: KALW
Caption: The Mitchell Kapor Foundation hosts the College Bound Brotherhood Graduation each year
As of 2009, only a quarter of 18-24 year old black men were enrolled in college. But one Oakland foundation is trying to make this a thing of the p...

  • Added: Jun 15, 2011
  • Length: 04:54
Rob Robinson and Beverly Corbin
From: Rachel Falcone
Series: Housing is a Human Right Storytelling Project Vol. 1
Caption: Young man walking in Brooklyn, Credit: Michael Premo
Two first-person stories about the struggle for home. Shortly after being promoted and relocated from New York to Miami, Rob Robinson is laid off a...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: May 09, 2011
  • Length: 13:07
  • Purchases: 1
Carolyn Mosley - Teenage Daughter Murdered at High School
From: Abigail Mahnke, host of Inner Views
Caption: Carolyn & Ortralla Mosley
In 2003, Carolyn's 15-year-old daughter, Ortralla, was brutally stabbed by her boyfriend in the hallway of Reagan High School in Austin, TX. Caroly...

  • Added: Jan 30, 2011
  • Length: 24:45
Spoken Soul: Black English in the Classroom
From: With Good Reason
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How do educators make sure students don’t suffer for the way they talk?

  • Added: Jan 27, 2011
  • Length: 28:57
Is There Such a Thing as "Good" Hair?
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: KFAI Youth News
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The Youth News Initiative creates a platform for young women of color to give their unique perspective on issues they face in their communities.

Bought by YouthCast


  • Added: Sep 23, 2010
  • Length: 06:03
  • Purchases: 1
Bayoji Akingbola - "The Victim of Circumstance"
From: Learning Matters
Series: The Real World of Teach for America
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Meet Tulane graduate Bayoji Akingbola. On paper, he was the perfect Teach for America candidate. But even the best teacher needs support. Was Bayoj...

  • Added: Apr 22, 2010
  • Length: 05:11
The 'Courage' to Graduate
From: Learning Matters
Series: Paul Vallas in New Orleans
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Khalil Osiris’ “Circle of Courage” is one strategy the Booker T. Washington middle school is using to try and help students stay out of trouble and...

  • Added: Apr 19, 2010
  • Length: 07:30
Mind the Gap: Why Good Schools are Failing Black Students (54:00 and 59:00)
From: Nancy Solomon
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This documentary won a 2010 Peabody Award. Nationwide, suburban schools are doing a good job educating white students, but those schools are not ge...

Bought by WNYC, WAER Syracuse, NY, KUER, WESM 91.3 FM, WITF and more


  • Added: Sep 26, 2009
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 40
Gay Fashion is the New Straight Fashion
From: Youth Radio
Series: Youth Radio's the Best of "What's the New What?"
Caption: Youth Radio's Mark Anthony Waters., Credit: Wilmer Tejada
Youth Radio's Mark Anthony Waters used to hear straight guys in his inner-city neighborhood whisper about his style on the bus. Now, they're copyin...

Bought by KVNF, KUOW, and WMNF


  • Added: Dec 08, 2008
  • Length: 02:55
  • Purchases: 3
Perceptions Shattered: African American Masculinity from Chicago Public Radio, PRX and the NBPC
From: WBEZ
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Youth voices share their perspectives on Black masculinity.

Bought by WFAE, WEAA, New Hampshire Public Radio, WYSO, WCPN and more


  • Added: Jul 23, 2008
  • Length: 52:33
  • Purchases: 19
The "N" Word: It Represents Hatred
From: Radio Rookies
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Rookie Reporter Veralyn Williams reports on the use of the N-word.

Bought by WRNC-LP, KFAI Minneapolis, YouthCast, WBEZ, SpiritHouse Inc/Youth Noise Network and more


  • Added: Jul 05, 2007
  • Length: 06:28
  • Purchases: 6
Banning the N-Word
From: Youth Mic
Caption: PRX default Piece image
High School sophomore Tre gives his thoughts on the NYC council's ban of the N-Word

Bought by WXLV-FM


  • Added: Jun 14, 2007
  • Length: 02:41
  • Purchases: 1
Rap Over College?
From: Curie Youth Radio
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Keith has the smarts to go to a good college, but he wants to make it as a rapper.

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio, PRX Remix, YouthCast, and WXLV-FM


  • Added: Jun 02, 2007
  • Length: 03:48
  • Purchases: 4
Being Black
From: Radio Rookies
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Allison Jones excels academically, but struggles with how her peers in her Brooklyn neighborhood pressure her for ?talking white.?

Bought by The Story, KUOW, NPR Station Showcase with PRX, KFAI Minneapolis, WMPG and more


  • Added: Dec 18, 2006
  • Length: 05:23
  • Purchases: 6
Southwest Side Stories: The Hot Place to Be
From: ChiTownGirl group
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Here's why Cornell Park is the hot place to be.

  • Added: Mar 09, 2006
  • Length: 02:17
A Prohibition
From: Terin Mayer
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Three students reflect on what it means to be "Black" at Carleton College

Bought by WTIP, KRZA, KUT, KFAI Minneapolis, WGBH Radio Boston and more


  • Added: Nov 08, 2005
  • Length: 04:27
  • Purchases: 13
Counseling
From: WAMU
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Kamilia's teacher thinks she should see a counselor. Counseling? No way.

  • Added: Aug 10, 2005
  • Length: 03:35
Remorse: The 14 Stories of Eric Morse
From: Sound Portraits
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LeAlan Jones and Lloyd Newman's exploration of the murder of Eric Morse, a five-year-old who was pushed to his death from a 14th-floor window by tw...

Bought by KUT, KUT, KUT, Remix Radio, and KUER


  • Added: Jun 09, 2004
  • Length: 40:14
  • Purchases: 5
Miracle On The Streets
From: Dmae Lo Roberts
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A profile of life on the streets for homeless youth told through the experiences of 21-year-old Miracle Draven.

Bought by KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Jun 01, 2004
  • Length: 17:35
  • Purchases: 1