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Living the Word with Patricia Gould-Champ, Part i
From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand
Caption: Reverend Patricia Gould-, Credit: Charles McGuigan
Reverend Patricia Gould-Champ, a woman affectionately referred to as the Queen Mother, which, in her case, is not a petty, royal appellation. Rathe...

  • Added: Apr 29, 2024
  • Length: 26:36
This "Bad Child" Became a Judge With a Passion for Justice, Poetry, and Decency
From: Eve Abrams
Series: Unprisoned
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Season 1.5, Episode 3 Retried Judge Calvin Johnson was a lot of firsts, including the first elected African American judge in New Orleans. Johnso...

  • Added: Jul 29, 2020
  • Length: 11:51
These young New Orleans dancers want the police to know they are not a threat
From: Eve Abrams
Series: Unprisoned
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Season 1 Episode 9 A dance troupe of young, Black, male teens express their fear and anxiety about police and how the police might potentially vie...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 29, 2020
  • Length: 09:14
  • Purchases: 1
Bill Withers: Just As He Is
From: Joyride Media
Series: Black History Month Specials
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A deep look into the late Bill Withers early life in music that set up the making of his debut album, "Just As I Am." Please consider this free on...

Bought by Harford Community Radio, KPSQ-LP, WOMR, WKMS, KAZU Seaside, Calif. and more


  • Added: Apr 03, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 22
Blues America 173 - James Armstrong
From: Drew Verbis
Series: Blues America
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Westcoast blues guitar veteran, James Armstrong talks about his studio effort 'Blues Been Good to Me.'

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), Raven Radio, KPSQ-LP, WEAA, Public Radio East and more


  • Added: Apr 19, 2019
  • Length: 58:10
  • Purchases: 9
Blues America 150 - R - Oscar Wilson
From: Drew Verbis
Series: Blues America
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He is best known as the downhome singer of the Cash Box Kings. The group’s latest album, Holding Court (Blind Pig Records) – has struck a favorable...

Bought by WLPR , KDLG, WLPR , Public Radio East, Spokane Public Radio and more


  • Added: Aug 03, 2018
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 9
Boston’s Skippy White – A Vinyl Life
From: Brian Coleman
Caption: Skippy White and Marc Siegel
Physical record stores have made a comeback in recent years, but there's one in Boston that never went away. At Skippy White's CDs & Records, owner...

  • Added: Apr 13, 2018
  • Length: 21:17
Elizabeth "Libba" Cotten: An Unlikely Folk Hero
From: Matthew Cochran
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Elizabeth “Libba” Cotton’s “Freight Train” was the unofficial anthem of the 1960’s folk music revival. Joan Baez, Peter Paul and Mary, and Jerry Ga...

Bought by WABE


  • Added: Aug 11, 2015
  • Length: 12:12
  • Purchases: 1
A park ranger and Buffalo Soldier
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
Caption: Yosemite National Park ranger Shelton Johnson in uniform as a "Buffalo Soldier."
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
Outdoor Afro explores Minnesota
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
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Minnesota is known as the land of 10,000 lakes. And yet for people of color who enjoy the outdoors, exploring Minnesota's wilderness spaces can be ...

  • Added: Nov 04, 2014
  • Length: 05:16
Black and Navy Blue
From: Richard Paul
Caption: Alton Adams, Credit: scanned by Mark Clague (Professor University of Michigan) from his private collection.
The African-American Pioneers of Navy Music

  • Added: Apr 10, 2014
  • Length: 15:29
The Hidden History of a One Room School
From: Philip Graitcer
Caption: Harrington School, Credit: PGraitcer
When the tiny African American community on Georgia's St Simon's Island set out to save its one-room schoolhouse, it didn't realize that the buildi...

Bought by Georgia Public Broadcasting


  • Added: Oct 09, 2011
  • Length: 05:14
  • Purchases: 1
G Wani
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Geoffrey is a guy with his feet in a couple places. He attends school full time, works two jobs, takes care of six siblings and a daughter, and ha...

Bought by WMPG and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 11, 2011
  • Length: 05:50
  • Purchases: 2
Taxi Line
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Somali taxi drivers in Portland Maine sit with their frustrations, hopes, and memories.

Bought by WMPG


  • Added: May 24, 2006
  • Length: 06:44
  • Purchases: 1
Darondo
From: Chris Roose
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A long-lost Bay Area soul singer, newly found.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis and WMPG


  • Added: Mar 12, 2006
  • Length: 07:08
  • Purchases: 2
From Sideman to Stevie Ray
From: KUT
Series: The Godfather
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Part one of a two-part special on W.C. Clark, the Godfather of Austin Blues and Soul

Bought by Prairie Public


  • Added: Sep 02, 2005
  • Length: 09:35
  • Purchases: 1
A Place of His Own
From: KUT
Series: The Godfather
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Part 2 of a two-part special on W.C. Clark, the Godfather of Austin Blues and Soul.

  • Added: Sep 02, 2005
  • Length: 06:23
Civil War Widows
From: Radio Diaries
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Alberta Martin and Daisy Anderson are the last living Civil War Widows.

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, Vocalo.org, Connecticut Public (WNPR), The Story, KRCB 104.9 and more


  • Added: Dec 07, 2003
  • Length: 12:59
  • Purchases: 14