African-American Civil Rights Movement
Soul Music. Series 26, Songs of the Civil Rights Movement. Audio, 45 minutes
Actor Clarke Peters tells the stories of the songs behind the civil rights movement.
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In Our Time. Frederick Douglass. Audio, 52 minutes
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the life and ideas of Frederick Douglass, born to slavery.
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The Compass. America, Laboratory of Democracy, America Laboratory of Democracy: Insurgent Nation. Audio, 27 minutes
The insurgent popular movements that changed America's democracy
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The Compass. Soul Music: A Change is Gonna Come. Audio, 27 minutes
Sam Cooke's song became synonymous with the American civil rights movement
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Great Lives. Peaches Golding on Shirley Chisholm. Audio, 30 minutes
Peaches Golding OBE, nominates African American politician Shirley Chisholm.
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The Essay. Black and White, Messrs Smith and Carlos and Norman. Audio, 15 minutes
Lindsay Johns explains the inspiration he draws from a black and white photo at his desk.
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Sunday Feature. Langston Hughes at the Third. Audio, 45 minutes
How an unlikely friendship led to Harlem poet Langston Hughes' epic 1964 ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ radio series.
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The Essay. The Book that Changed Me, Ben Anderson. Audio, 15 minutes
Journalist Ben Anderson explains how The Autobiography of Malcolm X inspired him.
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Sporting Witness. The Black Power Salute. Audio, 9 minutes
How two African-American athletes protested against racism at the 1968 Olympic Games.
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Soul Music. Series 23, A Change Is Gonna Come, by Sam Cooke. Audio, 30 minutes
Sam Cooke's A Change Is Gonna Come has become an anthem for civil rights in the USA.
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Mighty Real - McAlmont Sings Sylvester. Audio, 30 minutes
David McAlmont tells the glittering tale of Sylvester James and his disco hit Mighty Real.
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Great Lives. Alvin Hall chooses James Baldwin. Audio, 30 minutes
Matthew Parris meets financial guru Alvin Hall, whose hero is James Baldwin.
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Archie Shepp's Message from Paris. Audio, 30 minutes
Saxophonist Archie Shepp on life as a black American in Paris.
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A Love Supreme: 50 Years On. Audio, 30 minutes
Courtney Pine explores John Coltrane's A Love Supreme, fifty years after its release.
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Great Lives. Baroness Oona King on Ida B Wells. Audio, 30 minutes
Ida B. Wells the African American civil rights activist is chosen by Baroness Oona King
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Travelling the Spaceways: The Cult of Sun Ra. Audio, 30 minutes
Decades after his death, why does Sun Ra continue to inspire an obsessive following?
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Motown - Speaking In The Streets. Audio, 30 minutes
Alvin Hall on Motown's eight Black Forum spoken word records with the people behind them.
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Heart and Soul. The Wales Window of Alabama. Audio, 27 minutes
Gary Younge visits The Welsh Window of Alabama a symbol of the fight for civil rights.
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Conjuring Halie. Audio, 30 minutes
Cerys Matthews celebrates one of her musical heroines, gospel singer Mahalia Jackson.
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