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Sonnet for Justice
From: Susan J. Cook
Series: The River Is Wide
Caption: "...they are taking justice out in the backyard..., Credit: In "Breathing: American Sonnets" by Susan Cook
A sonnet about justice when it is buried and forgotten.

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Mar 06, 2021
  • Length: 01:34
  • Purchases: 1
Nippy's Soul Food
From: Narrative Arts
Series: Coronavirus / COVID-19 in coastal North Carolina
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Marsha Corbett talks about how coronavirus is impacting her life and her small business - the restaurant Nippy's Soul Food in Wilmington, North Car...

Bought by WOUB


  • Added: Mar 22, 2020
  • Length: 03:44
  • Purchases: 1
Cultural, Economic, Historical Factors Drive Black Breast-Feeding Gap
From: Side Effects Public Media
Series: Side Effects News
Caption: Chelsea Goodlow and her daughter Kaylee at the Indiana Black Breastfeeding Coalition picnic in August., Credit: Sarah Fentem/ Side Effects Public Media
The "breast is best" message seems often to miss black women, who breast-feed at a rate much lower than other races. Why?

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 12, 2017
  • Length: 03:45
  • Purchases: 2
Being Black In Blue: A Profile Of A Police Officer
From: Emily Corwin
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Nashua, NH Police Sergeant, Lakeisha Phelps is one of two black police officers on a force with 176 police officers, in one of New Hampshire’s most...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 11, 2016
  • Length: 03:56
  • Purchases: 1
Allan Wolper talks to Michele Bratcher Goodwin
From: Conversations with Allan Wolper
Series: Conversations with Allan Wolper, WBGO.ORG
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Michele Bratcher Goodwin's investigative research in human trafficking, the black market for body parts, reproductive rights, the politics of organ...

Bought by KSKA


  • Added: Nov 18, 2015
  • Length: 29:06
  • Purchases: 1
One Mom's Take on Living in D.C.'s Worst Homeless Shelter
From: Lauren Ober
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Sherell McGee never had a stable home. A product of the D.C. foster care system, McGee was until recently living with two of her four children at h...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Aug 15, 2014
  • Length: 05:55
  • Purchases: 1
New Documentary on the Lost Girls of Sudan-"The Dawn Will Break"
From: Vero Balderas Iglesias
Caption: Sister Luise Radlmeier visiting South Sudanese women she mentored now living in the USA
The Dawn Will Break is a documentary that is currently in production. It tells the story of some South Sudanese young women, who after fleeing the ...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 07, 2014
  • Length: 06:47
  • Purchases: 1
Maya Angelou in Conversation with Studs Terkel: March 13, 1970
From: The WFMT Radio Network
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Maya Angelou discusses growing up in Stamps, Arkansas, and early adulthood experiences as recounted in her recently released autobiography I Know W...

Bought by PRX Demo Station, KAAD-LP, KRDP, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KMUZ and more


  • Added: May 28, 2014
  • Length: 01:04:47
  • Purchases: 27
Odetta: The Queen of American Folk Music
From: Dred-Scott Keyes
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This 55 min piece features excerpts from a Feb.24th tribute to folk singer Odetta at the Riverside Church in NYC. Performing artists include Pete S...

Bought by KMUW, Prairie Public, WSLR, Marfa Public Radio, WNMU-FM and more


  • Added: Feb 26, 2009
  • Length: 55:21
  • Purchases: 6