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Hispanic Heritage Month
From: Ears Adrift
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Ears Adrift interviews Hispanic Sailors and discusses how Hispanic culture influences America's Navy.

Bought by WRFA-LP


  • Added: Oct 06, 2020
  • Length: 10:38
  • Purchases: 1
The National Endowment for the Arts celebrates author Pam Munoz Ryan
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Pam Munoz Ryan
For award-winning author for young readers Pam Munoz Ryan multiculturalism comes naturally.

Bought by KWMR, KRZA, and WNJR


  • Added: Oct 24, 2017
  • Length: 27:16
  • Purchases: 3
The Best And Worst A Country Has To Offer
From: Virginia Lora
Caption: Building of the former Michael Bianco, Inc. Factory, Credit: Photo by Virginia Lora
In 2007, hundreds of undocumented immigrants working illegally in a leather-goods factory in New Bedford, MA, were arrested by Federal Immigration ...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., New Hampshire Public Radio, Connecticut Public (WNPR), PRX Remix, and WRST-FM Oshkosh


  • Added: Dec 06, 2016
  • Length: 07:52
  • Purchases: 5
A Family's Portrait
From: Virginia Lora
Caption: Photo of artist's piece "Their Fate Was Sealed: November 11, 1961" , Credit: Photo by Orleans Camera and Video
Marie Canaves came to the U.S. from Cuba at age 7, when her family fled the Communist Revolution. Marie grew up to become a visual artist but it wa...

Bought by PRX Remix and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Dec 05, 2016
  • Length: 04:43
  • Purchases: 2
Remembering Ruben Salazar
From: New Visions, New Voices
Series: Experience Hispanic Heritage
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In the 1960s, a Civil Rights Movement in the Latino community was beginning to take hold. Young Mexican Americans began to organize for greater pol...

Bought by KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Oct 01, 2013
  • Length: 05:29
  • Purchases: 2
Fidel Castro 1959: the Lost Interview
From: Blank on Blank
Series: Blank on Blank
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"If this Revolution falls, what we will have here in Cuba is a hell. Hell itself." - Fidel Castro in 1959. Havana.

Bought by KUOW and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 23, 2013
  • Length: 08:55
  • Purchases: 2
My Chavez: Rememberence of Cesar Chavez
From: Stories from Deep in the Heart, a project of Texas Folklife
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Youth-reporter Christino Herrera has participated in the annual Cesar Chavez march since he was seven. Today, the teen reflects on his respect and ...

Bought by KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA and KUT


  • Added: Jul 24, 2012
  • Length: 04:12
  • Purchases: 2
Viviendo con VIH (Living with HIV)
From: Voces de Nuestro Mundo
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The reality of living with HIV and what the Hispanic community is doing in terms of prevention. La realidad de vivir con VHI y lo que la comun...

Bought by KDNA Radio


  • Added: Nov 21, 2011
  • Length: 28:02
  • Purchases: 1
La Llorona: An Evolving Myth
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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On this edition we hear the story of La Llorona (the weeping woman)-- a story that's been told since the time of the Spanish conquest, all over Mex...

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KZMU Moab Community Radio, KVNF, KZYX, KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA and more


  • Added: Oct 09, 2008
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 24
Cesar Chavez was Right: "Si Se Puede."
From: Dick Meister
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A commentary on the significance of Cesar Chavez Day,

Bought by KPFT


  • Added: Mar 23, 2007
  • Length: 03:44
  • Purchases: 1
Commentary: What Cesar Chavez Taught Us
From: Dick Meister
Caption: PRX default Piece image
It's the 38th anniversary of farmworker leader Cesar Chavez's extraordinary 25-day fast.

  • Added: Mar 09, 2006
  • Length: 02:46
Chile's September 11th: Chilean Musicians Reflect on the 30th Anniverary of Allende's Coup
From: Pauline Bartolone
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September 11th 2003 marks the 30th anniversary of the Chilean coup that toppled Socialist president Salvador Allende. The death of the coveted lead...

Bought by KALW and WYSO


  • Added: Nov 11, 2004
  • Length: 07:10
  • Purchases: 2