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The R&B Chronicles - Sly Stone

From: WHRV
Series: The R&B Chronicles

Exploration of Rythm and Blues from the 50's-70's

Bought by WDCB, KUCB, WFSU, WNCU, and 90.5 WSNC

Added: Apr 24, 2008
Length: 59:16
Purchases: 5

The R&B Chronicles - Marvin Gaye

From: WHRV
Series: The R&B Chronicles

Historical look at R&B music.

Bought by KVSC, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KUCB, WSGE, WFSU and more

Added: Apr 18, 2008
Length: 01:00:25
Purchases: 9

How European Immigrants Became White

From: Phillip Martin
Series: The Color Initiative

How some immigrants once considered non-white became white

Added: Feb 13, 2008
Length: 06:02

Episode 13: The New York African Burial Ground

From: ERIC V. TAIT, JR.
Series: Then I'll Be Free To Travel Home-the Legacy of the New York African Burial Ground

The Battle to Preserve and Honor the New York African Burial Ground

Bought by WJAB, WDSE, and WNYC

Added: Jan 25, 2008
Length: 59:00
Purchases: 3

Episode 12. Lincoln's Dilemma: Saving the Union or Freeing the Slaves?

From: ERIC V. TAIT, JR.
Series: Then I'll Be Free To Travel Home-the Legacy of the New York African Burial Ground

The NY City Draft Riots & The Battle of Ft. Wagner - July 1863

Bought by KLCC

Added: Jan 25, 2008
Length: 59:00
Purchases: 1

Episode 11. Signs of War: the Abolitionist Split

From: ERIC V. TAIT, JR.
Series: Then I'll Be Free To Travel Home-the Legacy of the New York African Burial Ground

John Brown, Frederick Douglass & Harper's Ferry

Added: Jan 25, 2008
Length: 59:00

Episode 10. First-Class Citizenship

From: ERIC V. TAIT, JR.
Series: Then I'll Be Free To Travel Home-the Legacy of the New York African Burial Ground

Catherine "Katie" Ferguson, the Jennings Family, and the Battle for Full First-Class Citizenship (1830-1854)

Added: Jan 25, 2008
Length: 59:00

Episode 9. Splits and Rifts

From: ERIC V. TAIT, JR.
Series: Then I'll Be Free To Travel Home-the Legacy of the New York African Burial Ground

Ruggles, Douglass and the Rise of the Abolitionist and Back to Africa Movements, & the Underground Railroad (1830-1854)

Bought by WDSE

Added: Jan 25, 2008
Length: 59:00
Purchases: 1

Episode 8. Self-Determination

From: ERIC V. TAIT, JR.
Series: Then I'll Be Free To Travel Home-the Legacy of the New York African Burial Ground

The Rise of the Black Church, the Black Press and the Fight for Education (1783-1830)

Added: Jan 25, 2008
Length: 59:00

Episode 7. The Rebellion Within the Rebellion

From: ERIC V. TAIT, JR.
Series: Then I'll Be Free To Travel Home-the Legacy of the New York African Burial Ground

Huddy and Tye (1775-1783)

Bought by WNYC

Added: Jan 25, 2008
Length: 59:00
Purchases: 1

Episode 6. The Struggle Continues

From: ERIC V. TAIT, JR.
Series: Then I'll Be Free To Travel Home-the Legacy of the New York African Burial Ground

More Revolts, "Conspiracies," and Runaways (1712-1775)

Added: Jan 25, 2008
Length: 59:00

Episode 5. Early Slave Resistance

From: ERIC V. TAIT, JR.
Series: Then I'll Be Free To Travel Home-the Legacy of the New York African Burial Ground

Slave revolts & resistance: New England / New York 1712, etc.

Added: Jan 25, 2008
Length: 59:00

Episode 3. Survival

From: ERIC V. TAIT, JR.
Series: Then I'll Be Free To Travel Home-the Legacy of the New York African Burial Ground

Eleven Africans and the Survival of the New Netherlands Colony (1624-1664)

Added: Jan 25, 2008
Length: 59:00

Episode 2. Prequel: Early Contacts

From: ERIC V. TAIT, JR.
Series: Then I'll Be Free To Travel Home-the Legacy of the New York African Burial Ground

Juan "Jan" Rodrigues, the First Free African in the Hudson Valley (1612-1614)

Bought by WRPI and WNYC

Added: Jan 25, 2008
Length: 59:00
Purchases: 2

Can You Hear Me?

From: Claire Schoen
Series: ILLUMINATIONS: Jewish Culture in the Light of the World

"Can Your Hear Me?" is an hour-long audio documentary exploring the history of conflict and coalition between Blacks and Jews in America. Claire Sc...

Bought by WORT, WWNO, WCPN, Talking Information Center, WCPN and more

Added: Nov 12, 2007
Length: 59:01
Purchases: 16

HEAT -- Chance Encounters of Love

From: Murray Street Productions
Series: HEAT with JOHN HOCKENBERRY

Chance encounters of love with singer Nora York, renown chef Vertamae Grosvenor and a reading of Raymond Carver's "What We Talk About When We Talk ...

Bought by WCPN, KERA, WCQS, and KUT

Added: Apr 03, 2007
Length: 58:34
Purchases: 4

Black Classical Masters: Moses Hogan series

From: David Person

Series of programs featuring the music and words of arranger Moses Hogan

Added: Jan 10, 2007
Length: 19:24

What's the Word? Poet Michael S. Harper on the Poet's Art

From: Modern Language Association

Michael S. Harper talks about what he teaches in his poetry classes and reads some his favorite poems.

Bought by WLIW, KUER, WLIW, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash. and more

Added: Apr 08, 2005
Length: 09:54
Purchases: 8

What's the Word? The Blues as Literature

From: Modern Language Association

Blues lyrics give us unique insight into the African American experience.

Bought by KMUN, WLIW, KMUN, WLIW, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash. and more

Added: Feb 03, 2005
Length: 29:10
Purchases: 22

What's the Word? W. E. B. Du Bois

From: Modern Language Association
Series: What's the Word? Two half-hour programs celebrating Black History Month

Considered by many the most important African American leader of the early twentieth century, sociologist, historian, author, teacher, and activist...

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, KICI Iowa City, KUOW, KVNF, KBUT Crested Butte, Colo. and more