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From: Dred-Scott Keyes
Series: "The Cutting Edge: Black News and Views- Where Journalism, Culture, Politics and Activism Converge"
Series: "The Cutting Edge: Black News and Views- Where Journalism, Culture, Politics and Activism Converge"
New York Times columnist Charles Blow, one of America's most innovative and respected journalists, has written a redemptive memoir that fits both t...
- Added: Unknown
- Length: 59:49
When Radio Rookie Danielle Motindabeka came to the United States at age 13, she didn’t speak English. By the time she was in high school, Danielle ...
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Jul 23, 2014
- Length: 07:15
- Purchases: 1
N’MPower participant, Marquell Hicks, interviews quilt artists Sharon Wirtz and Jane Gabaldon, in a community engagement project between the Museum...
- Added: Apr 09, 2014
- Length: 10:00
Julia R. Masterman High School Student Nuwar Ahmed introduces us to her classmates and teachers—all of whom are struggling to keep education a prio...
- Added: Feb 17, 2014
- Length: 07:10
As the son of the great civil rights attorney, Oliver Hill Sr., Oliver Hill Jr. knows a thing or two about fighting for equality. He says that toda...
- Added: Jan 24, 2014
- Length: 02:31
- Purchases: 3
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...
- Added: Oct 21, 2013
- Length: 28:56
- Purchases: 4
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 WNYC, WRIR, WVAS, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), WJAB and more
- Added: Oct 21, 2013
- Length: 53:52
- Purchases: 10
In his new book, professor Lawrence Blum provides insight into a rigorous high school course on race and racism.
Bought by KCBX
- Added: Jul 15, 2013
- Length: 28:59
- Purchases: 1
If you think we live in a post-racial world…think again: statistically speaking, being born Black or Latino or Native American is associated with s...
- Added: May 24, 2013
- Length: 50:27
Reginald Mason remembers growing up in Harlem with his mother during the 1970s.
- Added: Mar 18, 2013
- Length: 01:57
- Purchases: 4
Infant mortality rates in Michigan are better than they used to be, but still not good enough.
Seven out of every 1,000 babies born in Michigan w...
- Added: Oct 12, 2012
- Length: 51:01
THE DROP OUT DILEMMA IS SPECIAL CONVERSATION ABOUT HIGH SCHOOL DROPOUTS IN THE ROCHESTER AREA. THE WXXI NEWS TEAM HAS BEEN TAKING AN IN-DEPT...
Bought by NPR Illinois
- Added: Aug 22, 2012
- Length: 58:57
- Purchases: 1
WUNC is a part of the American Graduate Project. It's a public media initiative looking at the drop out crisis across the country. As a part of thi...
Bought by KZYX and Marfa Public Radio
- Added: Aug 15, 2012
- Length: 10:23
- Purchases: 2
Until recently, most researchers believed the brain stopped developing cognitive ability after a certain age. But a new study suggests otherwise.
Bought by WJCT and Harford Community Radio
- Added: Jun 11, 2012
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 2
A bell tower that has been mute for 70 years at Virginia Union University in Richmond, Virginia is about to get a voice thanks to Diane Watkins.
- Added: Feb 16, 2012
- Length: 55:55
Edward Harden Peeples V was a racist practically from birth. But once out of the orbit of Richmond, Virginia, he went through a transformation whic...
- Added: Feb 15, 2012
- Length: 55:38
In 1951 a group of African American students at Robert R. Moton High School in Prince Edward County, Virginia, organized a strike to protest the su...
Bought by KALW, RadioStPete Florida, KVSC, WFHB, KBUT Crested Butte, Colo. and more
- Added: Jan 09, 2012
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 27
We remember Hubert Sumlin, legendary guitarist and long-time sideman for Howlin' Wolf, passed away at the age of 80 on December 4, 2011.
- Added: Dec 06, 2011
- Length: 02:30
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
How do educators make sure students don’t suffer for the way they talk?
- Added: Jan 27, 2011
- Length: 28:57
Journalist Bruce Watson talks about FREEDOM SUMMER: The Savage Season That Made Mississippi Burn and Made America a Democracy. And the great civil ...
Bought by WESM 91.3 FM
- Added: Jan 14, 2011
- Length: 58:56
- Purchases: 1
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
American students are notoriously inept when it comes to knowing about the rest of the world. But the Asia Society is trying to change that.
- Added: Apr 19, 2010
- Length: 10:30
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
