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American Radio Works: Business of Bomb Making:the Modern Nuclear Market Place
This American RadioWorks story investigates the business of selling nuclear technology illegally on the international market by exploring the network established by Pakistani scientist A.Q. Khan and the attempted sales of nuclear...
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American Radio Works: After the Projects
Discussion of the future of public housing in America. Will the tearing down of public housing and the moving of poor people to mixed income neighboorhoods help them escape from poverty? Includes a historical perspective.
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American Radio Works: Pueblo, Usa
Find out how Latino immigrants are changing the culture of America as they move into small U.S. towns. Learn about immigration, how to become a U.S. citizen, and how these Latin American immigrants are adjusting and contributing to their...
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American Public Media: American Radio Works: Days of Infamy, December 7 and 9/11
How do ordinary Americans react to America under attack? This site investigates media coverage, patriotism, racism, and sacrifice after the Pearl Harbor attack as well as September 11th. Hear audio recordings and view slideshows...
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American Radio Works: State of Siege: Mississippi Whites and Civil Rights
Leading the trend in racial segregation, this site is a close examination of Mississippi's extreme role in the Civil Rights movement. A close look at the state's violent road toward integration as well as the agencies and citizen groups...
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Say It Plain: Marcus Garvey
Marcus Garvey was a riveting figure in African American politics in the 1920s. Read about his ideas and disappointments before listening to one of his speeches in which he explained the mission of the Universal Negro Improvement...
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White House Tapes: The President Calling
Incredibly interesting secret phone tapes from Kennedy, Johnson, and Nixon. Read and listen to excerpts from the Mississippi Crisis, the Vietnam Dilemma, bombing for peace, and Watergate firings.
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American Public Media: Radio Fights Jim Crow
A report on early radio programs that were used by the federal government and civil rights activists to ease racial tensions during World War II.
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American Public Media: Hard Time: Life After Prison
A look at the lives of prisoners after serving time. How do they re-enter society and put together a life? How do mothers and fathers rebuild their families?
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American Public Media: North Carolina Muslims
A look at a Muslim congregation after the September 11 attacks. This article discusses the difficult time Muslim Americans are facing in their communities.
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American Radioworks: My Name Is Iran
In this website, you can listen to an hour-long broadcast or read the transcript of Darvar Ardalan's return to Iran to assess its legal system and its past attempt to combine sacred and secular law.
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American Public Radio: American Radio Works: Korea, the Unfinished War
Read the transcripts or listen to a one-hour radio documentary about the Korean War, in full or in segments. Also includes a series of annotated maps that explain the progress of the war.
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American Radio Works: The President Calling
This website looks at Lyndon B. Johnson's use of secretly taped meetings and telephone conversations, and their role in how he worked as President. Audio of some of the conversations and meetings are included.
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American Public Media: American Radio Works: President Calling: Richard M. Nixon
Radio documentary project about three presidents who secretly tape-recorded their telephone conversations includes a selection of Nixon's White House tapes. Listen to excerpts from Nixon's conversations concerning the appointment of...
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American Radio Works: King's Last March
Martin Luther King, Jr., in the year before he was assassinated, condemned the Vietnam War, worked to organize a march against poverty, and led demonstrations to support Memphis garbage collectors, which took place just days before his...
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American Radio Works: The President Calling
This site from American RadioWorks explains how John F. Kennedy was the first president to make the secret recording of phone calls and meetings a regular tool of his presidency. An audio file of one of these conversations with...