African-American Civil Rights Movement
Outlook. The reluctant cop who sculpted away his sorrow. Audio, 41 minutes
A child of the civil rights era, Kevin became a policeman but longed to be an artist
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
Witness History. How Rosa Parks took a stand against racism. Audio, 9 minutes
Rosa Parks' refusal to give up her bus seat helped end segregation in the United States
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
Sunday Feature. Bayard Rustin: Activism and Early Music. Audio, 44 minutes
How the African American Civil Rights leader Bayard Rustin used Early Music in activism.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
Short History Of... Muhammad Ali. Audio, 49 minutes
Muhammad Ali - the greatest boxer of all time?
- AttributionBBC Sounds
- Available for over a year
Arts & Ideas. Harry Belafonte. Audio, 45 minutes
The long career of the American singer, film star & activist with Matthew Sweet & guests
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
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- Posted28 November 2023
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- Posted28 August 2023
Heart and Soul. Dr Martin Luther King Jr: 60 years since ‘I have a dream’ Audio, 27 minutes
The legacy of one of the 20th Century's defining speeches
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
- Attribution
- Posted2 July 2023
Lives Less Ordinary. I was there the night Emmett Till was taken. Audio, 41 minutes
Wheeler Parker is Emmett Till's cousin and the last surviving witness to his abduction
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
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- Posted28 April 2023
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- Posted25 April 2023
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- Posted25 April 2023
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- Posted21 February 2023
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- Posted16 January 2023
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- Posted7 December 2022
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- Posted23 October 2022
Arts & Ideas. Claude McKay and the Harlem Renaissance. Audio, 45 minutes
Authors Nadifa Mohamed, Johny Pitts and Pearl Cleage join Shahidha Bari.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
One to One. Gospel and social change: Gillian Burke and Karen Gibson. Audio, 14 minutes
Gillian and Karen discuss singing as a force for social and political change.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Colouring in Britain. Claudia Jones. Audio, 34 minutes
Meet Claudia Jones, a fearless fighter for civil rights on both sides of the Atlantic
- AttributionBBC Sounds
- Available for over a year
Arts & Ideas. 1922: The Lincoln Memorial. Audio, 17 minutes
Why was Lincoln the president the nation chose to commemorate in 1922?
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
- Attribution
- Posted9 August 2022
Techno: A Social History. Detroit. Audio, 28 minutes
What makes Techno the perfect accompaniment to radical ideas?
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
