PRX - Pieces for Topic: Historical
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In the 1970s and 1980s, feminists redefined what it meant to be a woman in the United States. These activists didn’t always agree on how to reach t...
- Added: Apr 04, 2024
- Length: 46:02
Join World Footprints as we remember Emmett Till, recount the bravery of Mamie Till-Mobley and learn about a connection with Rosa Parks.
- Added: Nov 13, 2022
- Length: 21:04
Communism ended in failure, capitalism corrupted Russia’s soul. Now Russians are looking inward. Our story follows the grandson of a once forgotten...
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Nov 27, 2017
- Length: 29:48
- Purchases: 1
This piece features the voices of black Americans who came of age during the civil rights era: an era that lives with a mix of pain and pride in th...
Bought by WXDU
- Added: Jan 26, 2017
- Length: 30:00
- Purchases: 1
Professors Marva Lewis and Marvin Dunn discuss "stereotype threat" and its effect on African Americans sense of safety when interacting with police...
Bought by WBST, RadioStPete Florida, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, and KPIP-LP
- Added: Jul 16, 2016
- Length: 03:59
- Purchases: 4
:30 Promo for the full length program
- Added: Mar 09, 2016
- Length: :31
A young boy escapes to a foreign country by himself, on foot, with no money or passport. When he grows up, he sets himself on fire, and lives to te...
Bought by XRAY.fm, Louisville Public Media, KOSU, and Aspen Public Radio
- Added: Nov 16, 2012
- Length: 28:30
- Purchases: 4
Producer Dred-Scott Keyes looks at the life and music of poet, musician and composer, Gil Scott-Heron, who passed in New York City on May 27th.
- Added: Jun 05, 2011
- Length: 01:00:03
America's divorce rate soared in the 1970s. Thirty years later, kids who grew up in the divorce revolution look back at that experience, and descri...
Bought by Northeast Indiana Public Radio, Northeast Indiana Public Radio, WGBH Radio Boston, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, WGDR and more
- Added: Nov 02, 2009
- Length: 54:00
- Purchases: 31
An audio history of the New York Police Department
Bought by WNYC, WFUV, Connecticut Public (WNPR), WGBH Radio Boston, and WAMU
- Added: Aug 25, 2006
- Length: 59:45
- Purchases: 5
A documentary from the epicenter of California's housing crisis. Two versions available: 59 minute and NPR-Clock Friendly with cutaways.
- Added: Nov 30, 2004
- Length: 59:02
An experiential history told primarily through women’s voices, spanning six decades.
- Added: Nov 29, 2004
- Length: 59:21
