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Hope - Charisse Arrington is a R&B singer who was signed to MCA Records in the 1990s. Her biggest success was with the single "Down With This" whic...
- Added: Mar 14, 2022
- Length: 04:21
On December 3, 1955, a 33-year-old Black gas station attendant named Clinton Melton was shot and killed in Glendora, Mississippi. Two witnesses — i...
Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and WXAV 88.3FM Chicago
- Added: Oct 18, 2021
- Length: 11:44
- Purchases: 2
Artist Hank Willis Thomas’ first major retrospective, “All Things Being Equal” is open at the Cincinnati Art Museum. Thomas’s work addresses the on...
- Added: Sep 25, 2020
- Length: 05:29
Amari Poindexter, 17, says the indifferent attitudes and racism of people during the coronavirus in coastal North Carolina remind her of how her pe...
- Added: Apr 16, 2020
- Length: 02:06
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
“My first instinct, to be honest, was they shot this guy and now there’s a coverup.” -Liz Riley, Special Assistant Public Defender, Monroe County P...
- Added: Sep 05, 2019
- Length: 31:22
Northern California Public Media's Adia White interviews Stacey Abrams at the Luther Burbank Center for the Arts, Santa Rosa, California, May 20, 2...
- Added: Aug 04, 2019
- Length: 59:00
This special edition of "The Cutting Edge", looks at the trial, resistance and execution of Troy Davis, who was convicted of the killing of an off-...
- Added: Sep 29, 2011
- Length: 56:30
This year's college graduates weigh in on what's next for the American Dream, in this piece by Jordan Nelson of KOSU in Stillwater, Okla.
- Added: Jun 10, 2009
- Length: 03:33
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
African-American Republicans sound off on their platform while Obama runs.
- Added: Oct 08, 2008
- Length: 03:44
What follows is a curated series of sound bites from John McCain addressing race issues. More clips will follow as speeches become available.
Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh
- Added: Jul 08, 2008
- Length: 07:17
- Purchases: 1
What follows is a curated selection of sound bites from Barack Obama addressing race. More clips will come as they become available.
Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh
- Added: Jun 30, 2008
- Length: 13:52
- Purchases: 1
WHYY Interviews Bill Clinton about the "race card"--4/20/08
- Added: Apr 30, 2008
- Length: 03:37
Wright's speech on the theme "Change is Coming" says that the black church is "under attack" by "corporate owned media." He repeatedly overviews c...
- Added: Apr 29, 2008
- Length: 01:20:33
- Added: Apr 04, 2008
- Length: 49:37
- Purchases: 1
McCain Honors Dr. King on 40th Anniversary of his Death
- Added: Apr 04, 2008
- Length: 20:34
Barack Obama tries to mend growing racial tension in the 2008 presidential election. He describes the tension as a "racial stalemate" and tries to...
Bought by PRX PromCom, KNKX, WMUB, KUOW, and WLRN
- Added: Mar 18, 2008
- Length: 52:51
- Purchases: 5
Two years ago, 166 Hurricane Katrina evacuees from New Orleans ended up in Omaha, Nebraska. Two years out, one man is trying hard--perhaps too hard...
Bought by KFAI Minneapolis and KUT-HD
- Added: Dec 10, 2007
- Length: 05:24
- Purchases: 2
Winn Dixie recently opened in New Orleans East and while the rest of the area is slow to rebuild, residents are at least able to make groceries. I ...
- Added: Oct 04, 2007
- Length: 05:58
One family talks about leaving their home in the New Orleans 9th ward as water rose toward the roof, floating their baby in a cooler toward safer g...
- Added: Oct 17, 2005
- Length: 04:20
