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The life and thought of the pioneering African-American philosopher.

  • Added: Sep 17, 2024
  • Length: 01:00
Caption: john a. powell and Angela Glover Blackwell , Credit: Alex Akamine
In this moment of radical transformation, shifting the societal pronoun from “me, me, me” to “we” may be the single most transformational pivot we ...

  • Added: Aug 27, 2024
  • Length: 28:30
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A conversation with author and dietician Jessica Wilson about what we get wrong when we focus on weight, and how racist beauty standards set unreal...

  • Added: Aug 15, 2024
  • Length: 54:01

  • Added: Aug 05, 2024
  • Length: 56:44
  • Purchases: 5
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The prolific writer and Civil Rights-era activist was born August 2, 1924.

Bought by KTSW 89.9, KICI Iowa City, WGBH Radio Boston, KMUN, KICI Iowa City and more


  • Added: Aug 05, 2024
  • Length: 53:58
  • Purchases: 15
Caption: Freedom Singers with Pete Seeger, Bob Dylan, and Joan Baez, Credit: Dave Gahr
This award-winning 57 minute documentary evokes the history of the civil rights movement through its music and actuality. The late Bernice Reagon l...

  • Added: Jul 30, 2024
  • Length: 58:00
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Under the view of the iconic Hollywood Sign, a struggle is being waged over the future of policing and incarceration. Los Angeles is ground zero fo...

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., Radio Catskill, RadioFreePalmer, KMUN, KWMR and more


  • Added: Jul 24, 2024
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 6
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The prolific writer and Civil Rights-era activist was born August 2, 1924.

  • Added: Jul 23, 2024
  • Length: 54:00
Caption: Host Martha Burk
Besides record heat and fireworks on the 4th, July is known for something else: Black Women’s Equal Pay Day. The day in 2024 when Black women’s wag...

  • Added: Jul 19, 2024
  • Length: 03:00
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As the Republican National Convention comes to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Laura talks with award-winning reporter and author, Malaika Jabali, author of ...

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., RadioFreePalmer, KDNK, KWMR, and WNYE


  • Added: Jul 17, 2024
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 5
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Teaching social justice through art.

Bought by KZUM and WOJB


  • Added: Jul 01, 2024
  • Length: 58:05
  • Purchases: 2
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Where do we draw the line between righteous anger and ruthless revenge?

Bought by KTSW 89.9, KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle, KICI Iowa City, KTSW 89.9, KTSW 89.9 and more


  • Added: Jun 17, 2024
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 10
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Where do we draw the line between righteous anger and ruthless revenge?

  • Added: Jun 10, 2024
  • Length: 54:00
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It is a cliché to say that the richest corporate media operate inside a bubble of their own making, but it's largely true. Today’s guests are breat...

Bought by KDNK, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., RadioFreePalmer, KMUN, KWMR and more


  • Added: May 29, 2024
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 6
Caption: Host Martha Burk
Official history says the first Memorial Day celebration was held in Arlington National Cemetery on May 30, 1868, where Union and Confederate soldi...

  • Added: May 20, 2024
  • Length: 03:00
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As a first generation American from a family of Zanzibar immigrants, Aidah Hawkins knows a lot about Community. Currently in college pursuing a deg...

  • Added: May 07, 2024
  • Length: 17:33
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Baratunde Thurston describes his experiences as a Black man in nature and the influence his mother had on his positive outlook. He’s a comedian, wr...

  • Added: Apr 24, 2024
  • Length: 29:22
Caption: Timely, In Depth Progressive Analysis Since 1991
This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews: The U.S. Finally Has Allowed Passage of U.N. Gaza Ceasefire: What Happens ...

Bought by WFHB and WETS


  • Added: Mar 27, 2024
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
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In 1963, a 12-year-old Freeman Hrabowski III accepted Martin Luther King's challenge to march, and that week set the course of his life.

  • Added: Feb 29, 2024
  • Length: 52:49
Caption: Book Cover, "Of Greed and Glory In Pursuit of Freedom for All"
Two-way interview with author Deborah G. Plant about her new book, Of Greed & Glory: In Pursuit of Freedom for All

  • Added: Feb 17, 2024
  • Length: 17:22
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The 16th President of the United States was born February 12, 1809.

  • Added: Feb 12, 2024
  • Length: 53:59
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The 16th President of the United States was born February 12, 1809.

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), KTSW 89.9, KSKQ, and KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Feb 11, 2024
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 4
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Back in 1995, LaMont Dottin was 21 years old and a freshman at Queens College when, one evening, he didn’t come home. His mother went to the local ...

  • Added: Jan 25, 2024
  • Length: 09:00
Caption: B.C. Franklin (right), I.H. Spears (left) and Effie Thompson (center) filing insurance claims for survivors of the 1921 Tulsa race massacre in a Red Cross tent. , Credit: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from Tulsa Friends and John W. and Karen R. Franklin
In the first of our 3 part series leading up to Black History Month, we focus in on how journalists and historians today are covering the Tulsa Rac...

Bought by KALW, RadioStPete Florida, RadioFreePalmer, and KMUN


  • Added: Jan 23, 2024
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 4
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A bold experiment is taking place among Black farmers in the Southeast — a story of hope in an area with a history of plantation slavery, land thef...

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KDNK, KWMR, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, and WNYE


  • Added: Dec 15, 2023
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 5