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This time, we profile Muddy Waters, who made an historic appearance at the Newport Jazz Festival, this week in 1960.
- Added: Mar 23, 2018
- Length: 03:29
This time, we profile Mississippi blues legend Charley Patton, who made his debut for Paramount Records, this week in 1929.
- Added: Mar 20, 2018
- Length: 03:29
"Freedom"
A special edition of HumaNature formatted for air: 150 years ago, two girls crossed the Missouri River trying to escape a life of slaver...
Bought by KSTK
- Added: Mar 08, 2018
- Length: 27:59
- Purchases: 1
A discussion of the important the heritage of Historically Black Colleges and Universities.
- Added: Jan 22, 2018
- Length: 31:35
Playwright Jacqueline E. Lawton explores the education of famous artists John Biggers and Samella Lewis.
- Added: Jan 19, 2018
- Length: 50:20
This show is part II of our Juneteenth Series focusing African-American music and venues in North Tulsa from the 40's through the 60's. We intervi...
- Added: Jun 30, 2017
- Length: 58:58
What does color of skin have to do with equal access to justice in America? The Equal Protection Clause, part of the 14th Amendment to the Constitu...
- Added: Jun 03, 2017
- Length: 48:40
King Stories is a one hour documentary of captivating stories told by close friends and associates of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Host Julian Bond,...
Bought by RadioStPete Florida, KRWG, Mississippi Public Broadcasting, Radio Baha'i, WLGI, 90.5 WSNC and more
- Added: Nov 16, 2015
- Length: 54:26
- Purchases: 88
On fifty-two square miles of rural land in Kankakee County Illinois there is a unique sand savannah sandwiched between corn and soybean fields wher...
- Added: Aug 09, 2015
- Length: 11:26
Charleston, South Carolina has become the center of discussions about race and violence in America these past few weeks. But a dinner party held in...
- Added: Jul 02, 2015
- Length: 28:18
- Purchases: 3
It’s Black Music Month and we’re celebrating with a look at only a few of the many many incredible artists who have shaped music, crossed genres an...
Bought by WJSU
- Added: Jun 17, 2015
- Length: 59:02
- Purchases: 1
Shelton Johnson is a ranger at Yosemite National Park. He’s part Cherokee, part African American, and part Seminole. And he’s used his background ...
Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and WABE
- Added: Jan 14, 2015
- Length: 08:28
- Purchases: 2
In the 19th century, Richmond, Virginia was central to the American slave trade, earning the city more than 4 million dollars annually. A new exhib...
- Added: Nov 07, 2014
- Length: 02:42
- Purchases: 2
Joshua Sirotiak seeks out the history of Second Line Jazz culture in New Orleans. Along the way, he finds a few answers to questions about his own ...
- Added: Aug 12, 2014
- Length: 10:04
- Purchases: 2
Afrika Bambaataa's vinyl archive was on display for one month in New York City.
- Added: Aug 22, 2013
- Length: 12:04
- Purchases: 2
Michael B. Jordan and Octavia Spencer talk truth, pain, and spirituality.
Bought by Georgia Public Broadcasting and PRX Remix
- Added: Jul 30, 2013
- Length: 11:03
- Purchases: 2
Every year, more than 10 million visitors come to Memphis, and spend more than three billion dollars, much of it on music-related tourism. But few ...
- Added: May 15, 2013
- Length: 03:58
Steven Spielberg’s recent film Lincoln stirred up a lot of talk about what history sounded like. Spielberg even recorded one of President Lincoln’s...
Bought by KENW and Radio Newark
- Added: Mar 22, 2013
- Length: 02:30
- Purchases: 2
In this montage of story and song, we hear Blues musicians speaking about their lives, the meaning of the Blues, growing up in hard times, and maki...
- Added: Mar 15, 2013
- Length: 59:00
A recent book critical of Thomas Jefferson as a slaveholder has raised controversial questions about our founding father. Allison Quantz has the st...
- Added: Nov 09, 2012
- Length: 02:47
Until recently, not much was known about the first Africans who stepped foot on the North American continent. Today, scholars are learning unexpect...
- Added: Oct 12, 2012
- Length: 02:26
- Purchases: 2
Robert Holmes talks about his family being among the first to integrate a neighborhood in Edison, New Jersey.
- Added: Jun 01, 2012
- Length: 02:01
- Purchases: 2
Karen Slade, Eric "Rico" Reed, and Arthur "Sonny" Williams of radio station KJLH remember the 1992 Los Angeles Riots.
Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WEZU, and KMUD
- Added: Apr 16, 2012
- Length: 02:28
- Purchases: 3
A review of the Rwandan genocide drama.
- Added: Apr 12, 2012
- Length: 01:59
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
