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"Black History Month Special" with Tracy K. Smith, Saeed Jones, and Meklit

From: Live Wire! Radio
Series: Live Wire Specials

This Black History Month special episode features the 22nd U.S. Poet Laureate Tracy K. Smith, writer and poet Saeed Jones, and music from singer-so...

Bought by KUT, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, WLPR , WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KUPR low power FM and more

Civics 101: The True Story Of Reconstruction

From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Civics 101

Reconstruction has long been taught as a lost cause narrative. We talk about what that narrative leaves out.

The Write Question - Charmaine Wilkerson

From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question

Writer Charmaine Wilkerson discusses her bestselling debut novel, "Black Cake."

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio, Spokane Public Radio, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., WETS, Yellowstone Public Radio and more

BIPOC Media, Uplifting and Serving Communities From the Grassroots

From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends

If Black Lives Matter, how are journalists and media organizations considering Black pain in their coverage? And how are journalists and editors ac...

Bought by KWMR, RadioFreePalmer, KVNF, and KDNK

S. A. Cosby discusses "Razorblade Tears"

From: Steven Nester
Series: Poets of the Tabloid Murder

S. A. Cosby is a novelist who lives in Virginia.

Black, Latinx Media: Cause for Celebration & Critique

From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends

The subversive, healing, and celebratory powers of music and media are at the heart of this week’s conversation, featuring Saida Pagán, a contribut...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, RadioFreePalmer, KDNK, and KWMR

Baldwin's Lessons for the US

From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends

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

Reparations: Should We Pay for Someone Else's Sin?

From: Loki Mulholland
Series: The Uncomfortable Truth

The United States government has a history of paying reparations to those who have been wronged but with one very striking exception: slavery. Shou...

Eloisa Diaz-Sanz: One of My Favorite Quotes Is by Malcolm X

From: Shefik Macauley
Series: Shefik presents Invocation: The Journey Continues

Caption: Eloisa Diaz-Sanz, Credit: Shefik

Freedom - Eloisa Diaz-Sanz is an American creative consultant and fashion designer from New York City, specializing in womenswear. Her experience i...

Sonny Turner: The Lesson in Life You Learn

From: Shefik Macauley
Series: Shefik presents Invocation: The Journey Continues

Perseverance - Sonny Turner is best known for replacing Tony Williams as lead singer of The Platters. The group had 40 charting singles on the Bill...

Robin Barnes: Songbird of New Orleans

From: Music Inside Out
Series: Music Inside Out

Robin Barnes was born and raised in the Lower 9th Ward, shuttling between her parents’ and grandparents’ houses and singing the songs they liked to...

The Untold Story of the Martin Luther King Jr. Breakfast at St. Cloud State University with ISAIAH Members Pastor James Alberts and Justin Lewandowski

From: KVSC
Series: Untold Stories of Central Minnesota

In this timely installment of the Untold Stories of Central Minnesota, Arts & Cultural Heritage producer Jeff Carmack talks about the Martin Luther...

The Untold Story of the First Annual Fred Yiran African Arts Day

From: KVSC
Series: Untold Stories of Central Minnesota

In today’s Untold Stories of Central Minnesota, Arts & Cultural Heritage Producer Jeff Carmack takes us down to Lake George to experience the first...

RDD: Back to the Roots

From: WGTE Public Media
Series: The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor

This week on The Rough Draft Diaries, you'll meet Megan Yasu Davis. Megan is the founder of The Kitchen Salon, a natural and locked hair resource f...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio

The Douglas Coleman Show w_ Colin Flaherty

From: Douglas Coleman
Series: The Douglas Coleman Show

Interview with Author Colin Flaherty

Porgy and Bess

From: WQXR
Series: For the Record

In this episode of For the Record, Tom and Julian go behind the scenes of the Houston Grand Opera's 1976 recording of Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess. Th...

Bought by WNMU-FM

Pushout: The Criminalization of Black Girls in School

From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices

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

StoryCorps: Pastor David Ned

From: StoryCorps

In the 1970s, Pastor David Ned learned an important lesson about himself after what could have been a tragic situation.

Renowned poet, playwright, and activist Sonia Sanchez

From: New Letters on the Air

One of the most important writers of the Black Arts Movement, Sonia Sanchez recently completed her term as Philadelphia's first Poet Laureate. This...

Bought by KBIA, WVAS, and WJCU

Akeem's Transformation

From: Jesse Chanin
Series: My Choice My Voice

My Choice My Voice teen talks about his transformation from a "troubled kid" to a high school graduate headed to college. Meanwhile, we hear his re...

Bought by Georgia Public Broadcasting

Slavery in the Upper Mississippi Valley

From: KVSC
Series: St. Cloud Area Arts & Culture Collage

As the 150th anniversary of the American Civil War is upon us, we have an interview conducted by Arts & Cultural Heritage Reporter Jeff Carmack wit...

Cave Canem, an African-American Writers' Center

From: New Letters on the Air

This show features the work of younger poets whose first books were published as a result of winning the Cave Canem Poetry Prize, including Natasha...