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Scholars, historic interpreters, and descendants of enslaved people recently gathered at Montpelier, the home of James Madison.
Bought by KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., WJCT, Harford Community Radio, KHNS, WFHB and more
- Added: Feb 18, 2021
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 8
Scholars, historic interpreters, and descendants of enslaved people recently gathered at Montpelier, the home of James Madison.
Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., WNED Buffalo, and WNMU-FM
- Added: Feb 18, 2021
- Length: :30
- Purchases: 3
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
The United States government has a history of paying reparations to those who have been wronged but with one very striking exception: slavery. Shou...
- Added: Nov 12, 2020
- Length: 46:41
Black History Month was official recognized in 1976 by President Gerald Ford and ever since then whites have asked why it is necessary. Today, do w...
- Added: Nov 12, 2020
- Length: 42:41
Reporter Kamilah Kashanie looks into the controversy behind a statue in a historically Black neighborhood on Martha's Vineyard.
- Added: May 30, 2019
- Length: 10:40
This week, for Black History Month, we're talking about Moses Fleetwood Walker. Don't know who he is? Tune in to find out!
- Added: Feb 15, 2019
- Length: 06:19
A discussion of the important the heritage of Historically Black Colleges and Universities.
- Added: Jan 22, 2018
- Length: 31:35
This piece features the voices of black Americans who came of age during the civil rights era: an era that lives with a mix of pain and pride in th...
Bought by WXDU
- Added: Jan 26, 2017
- Length: 30:00
- Purchases: 1
Though he first emerged in the public consciousness as a world-class athlete, Arthur Ashe’s subsequent contributions as an author, activist, humani...
- Added: Feb 19, 2016
- Length: 28:58
- 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 WGTE Public Media, KPSQ-LP, WLPR , WNSB, Morehead State Public Radio and more
- Added: Jan 21, 2016
- Length: 52:53
- Purchases: 12
Graduates of historically black colleges and universities helped launch the civil rights movement and built the black middle class. But after deseg...
Bought by WMUU-LP, WUFT, Georgia Public Broadcasting, WESM 91.3 FM, and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.
- Added: Sep 10, 2015
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 5
Sharply different reactions to the verdict in the George Zimmerman trial reveal the racial divide that persists in America. We speak with the autho...
Bought by WCNY, Northeast Indiana Public Radio, KKRN, WTJU, and KPVL
- Added: Feb 13, 2015
- Length: 53:57
- Purchases: 5
