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Looking Back: Isabel Wilkerson and the Cultural Impact of the Great Migration
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Isabel Wilkerson, Credit: Joe Henson
Author and 2015 National Humanities Medalist Isabel Wilkerson discusses her acclaimed first book “The Warmth of Other Suns,” and the profound impac...

Bought by KMUN, WMPG, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., KECG, KZUM and more


  • Added: Feb 12, 2024
  • Length: 28:35
  • Purchases: 7
Meet the Step Artist and the Founder of Step Afrika!: C. Brian Williams
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: C. Brian Williams, Credit: Jim Saah
Step Artist and Producer and 2022 National Heritage Fellow C. Brian Williams discusses the rich cultural history of stepping and his work bringing ...

Bought by RADIOLEX, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., and KZUM


  • Added: Jul 03, 2023
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 3
Heritage Scraps from Heritage Hands: African-American Vintage Quilts
From: Stories from Deep in the Heart, a project of Texas Folklife
Series: The Folklorist Next Door
Caption: The Folklorist Next Door, Credit: Jeannelle Ramirez
African American women have created beautiful works of art with quilting. Are you holding on to a piece of family history? Laura Casmore talks to...

  • Added: Mar 25, 2023
  • Length: 10:12
Art at the Intersection: Saving a Community Legacy
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Dr. Tee Ford-Ahmed, Credit: Naima Wolfe
Director of Communications for the Mount Zion Baptist Church Preservation Society in Athens Ohio Dr. Tee Ford-Ahmed talks about repurposing a vacan...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WSLR, RADIOLEX, KMUN, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif. and more


  • Added: Oct 25, 2022
  • Length: 28:56
  • Purchases: 6
The Big Ponder #38: Cartoons
From: Goethe-Institut
Series: The Big Ponder – A Transatlantic Podcast
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Have you ever heard of the cartoonist Oliver Harrington? Probably not, but the artist played an instrumental role in German-American history. From ...

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Jun 08, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
REPLAY The Conflicting Ideals in Jefferson's Architecture (hour/no bb or bed)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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The most important architectural thinker of the young American republic was Thomas Jefferson. He also held captive more than 600 enslaved men, wome...

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KHEN-LP, WCNY, Royalton Community Radio, and WRGY


  • Added: Oct 07, 2021
  • Length: 52:00
  • Purchases: 5
REPLAY The Conflicting Ideals in Jefferson's Architecture (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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The most important architectural thinker of the young American republic was Thomas Jefferson. He also held captive more than 600 enslaved men, wome...

Bought by KEDT, WMUU-LP, WNED Buffalo, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, WCMU Michigan and more


  • Added: Oct 07, 2021
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 6
REPLAY The Conflicting Ideals in Jefferson's Architecture (half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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The most important architectural thinker of the young American republic was Thomas Jefferson. He also held captive more than 600 enslaved men, wome...

Bought by KRZA, KMUN, Kansas Public Radio, RadioStPete Florida, WJCU and more


  • Added: Oct 07, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 11
REPLAY The Conflicting Ideals in Jefferson's Architecture (promo)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason promo
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The most important architectural thinker of the young American republic was Thomas Jefferson. He also held captive more than 600 enslaved men, wome...

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., WNED Buffalo, and WNMU-FM


  • Added: Oct 07, 2021
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 3
The Untold Story of the Minnesota African American Heritage Museum and Gallery
From: KVSC
Series: Untold Stories of Central Minnesota
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In today’s Untold Story of Central Minnesota, we start off Black History Month with an innovative partnership that has come together around the Min...

  • Added: Feb 02, 2021
  • Length: 29:58
Episode 26: The Kinseys
From: Criminal
Series: This is Love
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Bernard Kinsey met Shirley Pooler in 1963, when they were both students at Florida A&M University, after a protest to integrate the movie theaters ...

  • Added: Jan 05, 2021
  • Length: 31:58
Black in Miami—Then and Now
From: Cathy Byrd
Series: Fall 2020 Student Edition
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In this episode of Fresh Art’s Fall 2020 Student Edition, University of Miami students Ben Vinarski and Reese McMichael venture to an abandoned hot...

  • Added: Sep 02, 2020
  • Length: 10:59
A conversation with prize-winning cartoonist Nate Powell
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Nate Powell
Nate Powell discusses the art of cartooning the National Book Award-winning trilogy March.

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago


  • Added: Feb 21, 2020
  • Length: 27:59
  • Purchases: 1
The Hampton Years
From: WIL LAVEIST
Series: The Wil LaVeist Show
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Playwright Jacqueline E. Lawton explores the education of famous artists John Biggers and Samella Lewis.

  • Added: Jan 19, 2018
  • Length: 50:20
Freeman Vines: The Hanging Tree Guitar
From: Music Maker Relief Foundation
Series: Music Maker Minute - Race in U.S.
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Luthier, Freeman Vines talks about the guitar he's building from the wood of the old hanging tree.

  • Added: Mar 09, 2017
  • Length: 09:15
Multimedia Artist Paul Rucker Shines Light on America's Dark History
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: NEA Audio Miscellany
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Paul Rucker's art education came from working as a janitor at the Seattle Art Museum. Now a gifted cellist, visual artist, and video producer, Paul...

Bought by WCPN and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Oct 20, 2016
  • Length: 06:44
  • Purchases: 2
Pittsburgh-based sculptor Thaddeus Mosley
From: SLB Radio
Series: Crossing Fences: Connecting African American Men & Boys through the Oral Tradition
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Pittsburgh-based sculptor Thaddeus Mosley (b. 1926) reflects on his life and art based on interviews conducted by teens Martay Howard and Wyatt Wad...

  • Added: Jan 29, 2016
  • Length: 04:15
Help Wanted: Poet Wanted
From: Marita Murphy
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The Poet Laureate of Belfast Maine is trying to make a difference in his community -- one poem at a time.

  • Added: Jun 29, 2015
  • Length: 06:01
Help Wanted: Poet Wanted
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
Caption: PRX default Piece image
The Poet Laureate of Belfast Maine is trying to make a difference in his community—one poem at a time.

  • Added: May 27, 2015
  • Length: 06:01
Trial by Mob - The Duluth Lynchings by Michael Fedo Part 2
From: KVSC
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KVSC Radio at St. Cloud State University presents Trial by Mob: The Duluth Lynchings. On the evening of June 15, 1920, a crowd of thousands attacke...

  • Added: Mar 04, 2015
  • Length: 30:00
Trail by Mob - The Duluth Lynchings by Michael Fedo Part 1
From: KVSC
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KVSC Radio at St. Cloud State University presents Trial by Mob: The Duluth Lynchings. On the evening of June 15, 1920, a crowd of thousands attack...

Bought by WDSE


  • Added: Mar 04, 2015
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Power of African-American Art
From: Al Letson
Series: State of the Re:Union: Season Five
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State of the Re:Union has made it an annual tradition to commemorate Black History Month with a special episode exploring lesser known corners of A...

Bought by KUAT, KWMU St. Louis, WAMU, High Plains Public Radio, Classic107.3 and more


  • Added: Feb 06, 2015
  • Length: 53:52
  • Purchases: 46
Slaves Waiting for Sale in Richmond
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
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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...

Bought by KENW and PRX Remix


  • Added: Nov 07, 2014
  • Length: 02:42
  • Purchases: 2
Freedom Park
From: Sidewalk Radio
Series: Sidewalk Radio with Gene Kansas
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Freedom Park’s relevance in Atlanta history dates back to the Civil War. On July 22, 1864, Sherman watched the city burn during the Battle of Atla...

  • Added: Aug 07, 2014
  • Length: 20:12
Emmett and Trayvon
From: The Center for Documentary Studies
Caption: Mike Wiley performing Dar He: The Story of Emmett Till
Documentary Theater artist Mike Wiley performs and discusses Dar He, his one-man play about the murdered teenager Emmett Till.

Bought by KUER and WUNC


  • Added: Jun 20, 2014
  • Length: 13:22
  • Purchases: 2