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America's Black Capital
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Cover of the book, "America's Black Capital", Credit: Hachette Book Group
On this week's episode, we speak with Dr. Jeffrey O.G. Ogbar about his latest book, “America's Black Capital: How African Americans Remade Atlanta ...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, RadioFreePalmer, and KMUN


  • Added: Apr 08, 2024
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
SPECIAL ISeeU EPISODE: MLK Day- Seeing (Me) Is Believing with author Tami Charles
From: I See U with Eddie Robinson
Series: I SEE U with Eddie Robinson Specials
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When Tami Charles’ son was in kindergarten, he asked her: “If Dr. King was such a good guy who wanted all these wonderful things for everyone, Momm...

Bought by Oregon Public Broadcasting, WRKF, RadioStPete Florida, Wyoming Public Radio, WUWM and more


  • Added: Oct 17, 2023
  • Length: 53:30
  • Purchases: 14
The Evolution of Multicultural Education: The CUNY Brooklyn College Story
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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In this back to school special, we look at the grassroots movement led by student activists with the support of some faculty to establish Africana ...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, RadioStPete Florida, RadioFreePalmer, KDNK, WNYE and more


  • Added: Sep 06, 2023
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 6
Dreaming with, about, and for the Ancestors with Stephanie Burns, PhD
From: Katherine Bell
Series: The Dream Journal
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Connecting with our ancestors. Our guest Stephanie R. Burns starts by describing her all-inclusive view of ancestors which is far vaster than our b...

  • Added: Sep 04, 2023
  • Length: 53:37
Hip-Hop and Arts Education
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Caption: Emmett Phillips, Credit: Jennifer Marquez of JamsCreative Photography
Teaching artist Emmett Phillips discusses the dynamic arts education programming he creates through hip-hop.

Bought by WRGY


  • Added: Aug 15, 2023
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 1
Rod Graham: The Fight Over Affirmative Action
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Rod Graham
Back in 2016 the US Supreme Court established that the University of Texas could continue to consider race as a factor in admissions, in order to e...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 15, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
National Writers Series: Dax-Devlon Ross and Susie Yang
From: Interlochen Public Radio
Series: National Writers Series: Season Three
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Discussions with authors Dax-Devlon Ross ("Letters to My White Male Friends") and Susie Yang ("White Ivy").

Bought by Michigan Radio and WKAR


  • Added: Aug 28, 2021
  • Length: 54:30
  • Purchases: 2
Liz King: Civil Rights In Our Public Schools
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Liz King
One front on which the fight for racial justice is being waged is in the area of education. We have been led to believe that education is the great...

Bought by WFHB and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 23, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Top of Mind - Black Opera, Meritocracy Trap, Wikipedia
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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Topic 1 - Black Opera; Topic 2 - Meritocracy Trap; Topic 3 - Wikipedia

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, RadioStPete Florida, KOWS, and WYAP


  • Added: Feb 16, 2021
  • Length: 51:48
  • Purchases: 4
Reparations: Should We Pay for Someone Else's Sin?
From: Loki Mulholland
Series: The Uncomfortable Truth
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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
Jeghetto (Missy Elliott’s WTF, The Voice) – Under The Puppet #35
From: Grant Baciocco
Series: Under The Puppet
Caption: Jeghetto, Credit: Jeghetto
Tarish Pipkins performs puppetry under the name Jeghetto. The creations that emerge from Jeghetto’s Workshop are incredibly unique and endlessly fa...

  • Added: Dec 30, 2019
  • Length: 36:32
StoryCorps: Natalie Guice Adams and Eli Brown
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Natalie Guice Adams and Eli Brown at their at their StoryCorps interview in Birmingham, AL on October 2, 2019., Credit: By Emilyn Sosa for StoryCorps.
Former classmates Natalie Guice Adams and Eli Brown reflect for the first time on life after court-ordered desegregation.

Bought by WDBM and WOUB


  • Added: Nov 01, 2019
  • Length: 03:16
  • Purchases: 2
RDD: Not An Ordinary Baseball Player
From: WGTE Public Media
Series: The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor
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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
Behind the Scenes with the documentary Personal Statement
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Christine Rodriguez celebrates with a student she is helping apply to college, Credit: Juliane Dressner
Personal Statement takes us into the lives of three public HS seniors who are determined to go to college and take their classmates with them.

Bought by Harford Community Radio


  • Added: Sep 12, 2018
  • Length: 29:59
  • Purchases: 1
Black College Heritage Matters
From: WIL LAVEIST
Series: The Wil LaVeist Show
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A discussion of the important the heritage of Historically Black Colleges and Universities.

  • Added: Jan 22, 2018
  • Length: 31:35
Documentarian Katherine King and The Hantam Community Education Trust (HCET), Eradicating Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) starting with South Africa
From: Ken Grey
Series: Maximum Health Radio "Quality Living" with Dr Ken Grey Holistic Physician
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The Hantam Community Education Trust, Eradicating Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) starting with South Africa. Katherine King Documentarian joins us f...

Bought by WCNY and KFOI Radio


  • Added: Oct 16, 2017
  • Length: 27:50
  • Purchases: 2
The Untold Story of the First Annual Fred Yiran African Arts Day
From: KVSC
Series: Untold Stories of Central Minnesota
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In today’s Untold Stories of Central Minnesota, Arts & Cultural Heritage Producer Jeff Carmack takes us down to Lake George to experience the first...

  • Added: Oct 13, 2017
  • Length: 30:36
An Inspirational Story of a Friend and Colleague who Overcame Racism and Low Expectations
From: Chuck Wolfe
Series: The Emotion Roadmap: Take the Wheel & Control How You Feel
Caption: Overcoming racism and low expectations
Lenzy R. Wallace Jr., PH.D., an African American, has had three successful careers, succeeding despite the odds. At 90 years old and actively retir...

  • Added: May 18, 2017
  • Length: 39:01
Episode 78: Can’t Get Ahead
From: Shira Rascoe
Series: No Jargon
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Poverty can persist in the same communities for generations, especially communities of color. Professor Darrick Hamilton walks through the policies...

  • Added: Apr 21, 2017
  • Length: 27:15
Earl Mosley: Dancing with Heart
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Earl Mosley, Credit: Courtesy: EMIA
The Earl Mosley Institute of the Arts uses dance to create a community of young men.

Bought by KZUM, KISA Digital Studios, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WNJR, and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Sep 13, 2016
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 5
Pushout: The Criminalization of Black Girls in School
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Monique W. Morris
Black girls make up for more than one-third of all girls with school related arrests. Yet, they comprise just 16-percent of female students.

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Aug 23, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Life of Arthur Ashe (Half Hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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Though he first emerged in the public consciousness as a world-class athlete, Arthur Ashe’s subsequent contributions as an author, activist, humani...

Bought by WJCT, KVSC, KKRN, and WLIW


  • Added: Feb 19, 2016
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 4
The Legacy of Massive Resistance
From: With Good Reason
Series: Black History Month specials
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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
The Truth About Cultural Bias (Hour Long Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
Caption: Hoodie Rally in Memory of Trayvon Martin, Credit: Madison Guy, on Flickr
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
Marquell, Sharon, and Jane
From: Littleglobe
Caption: Sharon Wirtz, left, talks to Marquell Hicks, right, in front of a panel from the NM AIDS Memorial Quilt, Credit: Katy Gross
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