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SOUNDPRINT
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SOUNDPRINT is broadcast weekly on public radio stations nationwide, and is the longest-running documentary series on public radio. The SOUNDPRINT series provides a national vehicle for long-form non-fiction works by outstanding producers, while fostering the development of emerging producers to encourage innovation and new voices on public radio. Each SOUNDPRINT program explores one subject in depth, from the impact of AIDS in Haiti, to civil rights issues in Mississippi, to what it means to learn differently from your peers. SOUNDPRINT exploits the richly imaginative, personal medium that radio can be, brings its listeners stories from around the world, and has won virtually all major broadcast awards.
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Sleeping through the Dream
In 1963 Dr. Martin Luther King led the March on Washington and spoke the famous words "I have a dream." Then 18 year-old Producer Askia Muhammad was, as he recalls, 'sleeping through the dream.' Growing up in Los Angeles, Muhammad was far away from the civil rights uproar and any self-proclaimed political consciousness. Now 40 years later, Muhammad revisits his youth with two close friends. Join us for the journey of a young man's political awakening during a time of intense social unrest.
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Keysville, GA: Old Dreams, New South
On January 4, 1988, 63-year-old Emma Gresham
became the first black mayor - the first
mayor in half a century- of Keysville, Georgia.
She won the election over her opponent by 10
votes. In the town courthouse, on a trailer
mounted on cinderblocks, a banner reads:
Justice Knows No Boundaries. It's a constant
reminder of both the town's troubled history
and the dreams the mayor has for the town.
In this small, mostly black, southern town,
Emma Gresham employed education, patience,
and political action, along with her famous
biscuits, to realize her dream of a better
life for her constituents. Producer Dan Collison
takes us to Keysville for a look at the struggle
for survival in the town that time forgot.
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