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America's Black Capital

From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact

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

03-18: Climbing Out of the Man Box: What Does Healthy Manhood Look Like?, 9/28/2022

From: Bioneers
Series: Bioneers - Revolution From the Heart of Nature

There is a growing movement to redefine manhood, and to address ways that violence is baked into our cultural expectations of masculinity. Courageo...

Rod Graham: The Fight Over Affirmative Action

From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio

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

Liz King: Civil Rights In Our Public Schools

From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio

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

GN_7.13_Dressed Up Education

From: Good News Good Planet
Series: Good News Good Planet - Season 7

Every school day in February, first grade teacher LaToya McGriff dresses up to teach Black History.

Anthony Clary: Of Love and Forgiveness, Part 2 (conclusion)

From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand

Caption: The Clarys on their front porch., Credit: Rebecca D'Angelo

Anthony Clary grew up in the largest public housing project in Richmond, Virginia, a place called Blackwell. In its day it was notorious for the am...

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...

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...

Mental Calisthenics for Teenagers

From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes

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

Celebrating college-bound black youth in Oakland

From: KALW

Caption: The Mitchell Kapor Foundation hosts the College Bound Brotherhood Graduation each year

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...

Freedom Summer, Bob Moses, and the Fight for First Class Citizenship

From: Francesca Rheannon

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