Best 60 Black History Podcasts in the US

Here is our list of top Black History podcasts you can listen to or contact them for your outreach campaign. Find hosts, booking agents and producers info for each podcast for collaboration.

1. Black History Year

Black History Year
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Learning your history makes you - and your people - stronger. As Black people, we know we're left out of the

Hosts

Darren Wallace (Male), Jay Walker

Producer/Network

PushBlack

Email

****@pushblack.org

Listener Type

Educators, Community Organizers, Students

Estimated listeners

Location

United States

Rating

4.6/5

Reviews

2106

Avg Length

4 mins
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2. New Books in African American Studies

New Books in African American Studies
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Interviews with Scholars of African America about their New BooksSupport our show by becoming a premium

Producer/Network

New Books Network

Email

****@newbooksnetwork.com

Listener Type

Educators, Students, Policy Makers

Estimated listeners

Location

United States

Rating

4.5/5

Reviews

159

Avg Length

59 mins

3. In Black America

In Black America
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Produced at KUT, In Black America is a long-running, nationally syndicated program dedicated to all facets of

Host

John L. Hanson Jr. (Male)

Producer/Network

KUT & KUTX Studios

Email

****@kut.org

Listener Type

Educators, Students, Social Activists

Estimated listeners

Location

United States

Rating

3.1/5

Reviews

289

Avg Length

31 mins

4. Black Like Me

Black Like Me
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Black Like Me with Dr. Alex Gee is a podcast that invites you to experience the world through the perspective

Host

Alex Gee (Male)

Producer/Network

Alex Gee

Email

****@me.com

Listener Type

Educators, Mental Health Advocates, Community Organizers

Estimated listeners

Location

United States

Rating

4.8/5

Reviews

230

Avg Length

64 mins

5. One Mic Black History

One Mic Black History
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Join us as we dive deep into the lesser-known aspects of Black History. This podcast is your compass to

Host

Michael Motley jr (Male)

Producer/Network

Michael Motley jr

Email

****@gmail.com

Listener Type

Educators, Students, Activists

Estimated listeners

Location

United States

Rating

5/5

Reviews

66

Avg Length

11 mins

6. Black Lives Matter Podcast ✋?#BlackLivesMatter - Black History | Black Ethics | Black Power

Black Lives Matter Podcast ✋?#BlackLivesMatter - Black History | Black Ethics | Black Power
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Black Lives Matter Podcast ✋?#BlackLivesMatter - Black History | Black Ethics | Black PowerBlack Lives

Producer/Network

Black Lives Matter Podcast ✋🏿

Email

****@protonmail.ch

Estimated listeners

Location

United States

Rating

3.8/5

Reviews

10

Avg Length

26 mins

7. Black History Moments with Beau

Black History Moments with Beau
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African American History

Host

Thomas Austin (Male)

Producer/Network

Thomas Austin

Estimated listeners

Location

United States

Rating

5/5

Reviews

2

Avg Length

15 mins

8. Drunk Black History

Drunk Black History
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Comedians, radio personalities, and cultural experts join host Brandon Collins on this monthly podcast where

Host

Brandon Collins (Male)

Producer/Network

Brandon Collins

Email

****@gmail.com

Estimated listeners

Location

United States

Rating

4.9/5

Reviews

43

Avg Length

55 mins

9. Black History Mini Docs Podcast

Black History Mini Docs Podcast
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Black History Mini Docs expands its social media and web content with the BHMD Podcast series. Legendary

Hosts

Reed Robert McCants (Male), Neema Barnette (Female)

Producer/Network

Reed R. McCants, Neema Barnette

Email

****@yahoo.com

Estimated listeners

Location

United States

Rating

5/5

Reviews

16

Avg Length

13 mins

10. Into America

Into America
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Into America is a show about being Black in America. These stories explore what it means to hold truth to

Host

Trymaine Lee (Male)

Producer/Network

MSNBC

Email

****@nbcuni.com

Listener Type

Educators, Community Organizers, Journalists

Estimated listeners

Location

United States

Rating

4.6/5

Reviews

3343

Avg Length

40 mins

11. [REDACTED] History

[REDACTED] History
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Redacted (verb): censor or obscure for legal or security purposes. [REDACTED] History is a show where we can

Host

Andre White (Male)

Producer/Network

Airwave History

Email

****@gmail.com

Listener Type

Educators, Community Organizers, Students

Estimated listeners

Location

United States

Rating

4.9/5

Reviews

1716

Avg Length

29 mins

12. Hella Black Podcast

Hella Black Podcast
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Hella Black Podcast is brought to you by Delency Parham and Abbas Muntaqim. Over the next 12 weeks we are

Hosts

Delency Parham (Female), Abbas Muntaqim (Male)

Producer/Network

Hella Black Podcast by Abbas Muntaqim and Delency Parham

Email

****@hellablackpod.com

Listener Type

Social Justice Advocates, Community Activists, History Enthusiast

Estimated listeners

Location

United States

Rating

4.9/5

Reviews

929

Avg Length

57 mins

13. Trey's Table

Trey's Table
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A podcast about African American politics, history, and culture.

Host

Trey (Male)

Producer/Network

James Smith

Email

****@icloud.com

Estimated listeners

Location

United States

Rating

4.8/5

Reviews

23

Avg Length

29 mins

14. Civic Cipher

Civic Cipher
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Civic Cipher is a weekly radio show created to foster allyship for social justice. Hosted by Ramses Ja and Q.

Hosts

Q Ward (Male), Ramses Ja (Male)

Producer/Network

iHeartPodcasts

Email

****@yahoo.com

Listener Type

Educators, Community Organizers, Students

Estimated listeners

Location

United States

Rating

4.9/5

Reviews

62

Avg Length

34 mins

15. King Cam's Ujumbe Podcast

King Cam's Ujumbe Podcast
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Hello, my name is King Cam and this is King Cam's Ujumbe Podcast. Ujumbe in Swahili means 'Message.'

Host

Marques D Cameron Sr. (Male)

Producer/Network

Marques D Cameron Sr., M.Ed

Email

****@nsfatherhood.org

Estimated listeners

Location

United States

Rating

5/5

Reviews

1

Avg Length

64 mins

16. Urban Roots

Urban Roots
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Urban Roots is hosted by Deqah Hussein (historic preservationist and urban planner) and Vanessa Quirk

Hosts

Deqah Hussein (Female), Vanessa Quirk (Female)

Producer/Network

Deqah and Vanessa

Email

****@gmail.com

Estimated listeners

Location

United States

Rating

5/5

Reviews

48

Avg Length

39 mins

17. The African American Hour

The African American Hour
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Audio-Reader's weekly pod with news and information on black and African-American issues of culture,

Hosts

Byron Buckner (Male), Rosemarie Onwukwe (Female)

Producer/Network

Audio-Reader

Email

****@ku.edu

Estimated listeners

Location

United States

Rating

5/5

Reviews

1

Avg Length

58 mins

18. Dripping in Black

Dripping in Black
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Dripping in Black (DiBk) is a platform that strives to inspire, celebrate, and educate the Black diaspora. By

Hosts

Shawn Smith (Male), Dominic Lawson (Male), Al Peterson (Male)

Producer/Network

DiBk Productions

Email

****@dibk20.com

Estimated listeners

Location

United States

Rating

5/5

Reviews

13

Avg Length

54 mins

19. Behind the Eyes of Our Youth

Behind the Eyes of Our Youth
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Welcome to the podcast where Black and Brown urban high school students 'talk about anything and everything!'

Producer/Network

Students at Martin Luther King High in Philly

Email

****@philasd.org

Estimated listeners

Location

United States

Rating

5/5

Reviews

4

Avg Length

20 mins

20. Singing for Survival: Capoeira History

Singing for Survival: Capoeira History
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This podcast is dedicated to educating people on the history of the Afro-Brazilian martial art of Capoeira.

Host

Mike Pinto (Male)

Producer/Network

Mike Pinto

Email

****@gmail.com

Estimated listeners

Location

United States

Rating

5/5

Reviews

19

Avg Length

42 mins

21. Untold Histories of the Atlantic World

Untold Histories of the Atlantic World
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Tianna Mobley is a Ph.D. student of History at Yale University and a Fellow at Humanity in Action. 'Untold

Host

Tiana Mobley (Female)

Producer/Network

Tianna Mobley

Email

****@gmail.com

Estimated listeners

Location

United States

Rating

5/5

Reviews

7

Avg Length

27 mins

22. Code Switch

Code Switch
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What's CODE SWITCH? It's the fearless conversations about race that you've been waiting for. Hosted by

Hosts

Lori Lizarraga (Female), B. A. Parker (Male), Gene Demby (Male), Shereen Marisol Meraji (Female)

Producer/Network

NPR

Email

****@npr.org

Listener Type

Educators, Journalists, Cultural Critics

Estimated listeners

Location

United States

Rating

4.6/5

Reviews

14313

Avg Length

27 mins

23. Black Talk Radio Network

Black Talk Radio Network
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A collection of podcasts published on the Black Talk Radio Network platform ranging from topic about

Hosts

KK (Male), Liam (Male), Still Bill (Male), Big P (Male), DL (Male), Sweet T (Male)

Producer/Network

Black Talk Media Project

Email

****@blacktalkradionetwork.com

Estimated listeners

Location

United States

Rating

4.1/5

Reviews

7

Avg Length

175 mins

24. Black Diamonds

Black Diamonds
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SiriusXM and the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum will present an exclusive new podcast series, Black Diamonds.

Host

Bob Kendrick (Male)

Producer/Network

SiriusXM Podcasts

Email

****@siriusxm.com

Listener Type

Sociologists, Documentary Filmmakers

Estimated listeners

Location

United States

Rating

4.7/5

Reviews

612

Avg Length

57 mins

25. Footnotes with Dr. Jemar Tisby

Footnotes with Dr. Jemar Tisby
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News comes at you fast. It's not just hard to keep up with everything that's happening, sometimes you

Host

Dr. Jemar Tisby (Male)

Producer/Network

The Witness

Email

****@jemartisby.com

Listener Type

Educators, Community Organizers, Journalists

Estimated listeners

Location

United States

Rating

4.8/5

Reviews

464

Avg Length

54 mins

26. East Bay Yesterday

East Bay Yesterday
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East Bay history podcast that gathers, shares & celebrate stories from Oakland, Berkeley, Richmond and other

Host

Liam ODonoghue (Male)

Producer/Network

East Bay Yesterday

Email

****@salon.com

Listener Type

Educators, History Buffs, Community Activists

Estimated listeners

Location

United States

Rating

4.9/5

Reviews

417

Avg Length

64 mins

27. Real Black Consciousnesses Forum

Real Black Consciousnesses Forum
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Bringing discussions in the form of conversations to the Black community as we are impacted with issues

Host

Big Vjay (Male)

Producer/Network

Big Vjay

Email

****@yahoo.com

Listener Type

Educators, Policy Makers, Mental Health Professionals

Estimated listeners

Location

United States

Rating

3.9/5

Reviews

72

Avg Length

74 mins

28. Black on Black Education Podcast

Black on Black Education Podcast
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Welcome to the Black on Black Education Podcast where we believe the answer is in the classroom. This podcast

Host

Evalaurene Jean-Charles (Female)

Producer/Network

Evalaurene Jean-Charles

Email

****@blackonblackeducation.com

Estimated listeners

Location

United States

Rating

4.5/5

Reviews

15

Avg Length

44 mins

29. Rhapsody in Black

Rhapsody in Black
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Where we turn up the voices of Black artists in the world of classical music, with host Vernon Neal.

Host

Vernon Neal (Male)

Producer/Network

YourClassical

Email

****@americanpublicmedia.org

Estimated listeners

Location

United States

Rating

5/5

Reviews

22

Avg Length

5 mins

30. After 1954

After 1954
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Brown v. Board of Education held the promise of creating an integrated school system with equal education for

Host

Aimée Eubanks Davis (Female)

Producer/Network

Lemonada

Email

****@lemonadamedia.com

Listener Type

Educators, Parents, Community Organizers

Estimated listeners

Location

United States

Rating

4.7/5

Reviews

87

Avg Length

23 mins

31. The History of Haiti

The History of Haiti
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The History of Haiti is a podcast that tells a chronological history of the land that would one day become

Host

Tiffany Roman (Female)

Producer/Network

The History of Hiati

Estimated listeners

Location

United States

Rating

4.6/5

Reviews

23

Avg Length

15 mins

32. John Brown Today

John Brown Today
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John Brown Today is a podcast devoted to historical and contemporary themes relating to the abolitionist John

Host

Louis A. DeCaro Jr. (Male)

Producer/Network

Louis DeCaro Jr.

Estimated listeners

Location

United States

Rating

4.9/5

Reviews

36

Avg Length

40 mins

33. Shout! Black Gospel Music Moments

Shout! Black Gospel Music Moments
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Author and Baylor University professor Robert Darden tells stories - and plays recordings - from the Baylor

Host

Robert Darden (Male)

Producer/Network

Unknown

Email

****@baylor.edu

Estimated listeners

Location

United States

Rating

4.3/5

Reviews

8

Avg Length

3 mins

34. New Books in the American South

New Books in the American South
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Interviews with scholars of the American South about their new books.Support our show by becoming a premium

Producer/Network

New Books Network

Email

****@newbooksnetwork.com

Estimated listeners

Location

United States

Rating

4.3/5

Reviews

6

Avg Length

58 mins

35. JayQuan Presents:The Foundation

JayQuan Presents:The Foundation
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A comprehensive journey into the history of Rap music and Hip Hop culture, hosted and narrated by Hip Hop

Host

Jay Quan

Producer/Network

JayQuan

Email

****@gmail.com

Estimated listeners

Location

United States

Rating

5/5

Reviews

20

Avg Length

27 mins

36. Focus: Black Oklahoma

Focus: Black Oklahoma
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Focus: Black Oklahoma is a news and public affairs program covering topics relevant to the African American

Hosts

Kuma Roberts (Female), Jacob Littlebear (Male)

Producer/Network

KOSU

Email

****@kosu.org

Estimated listeners

Location

United States

Rating

5/5

Reviews

12

Avg Length

45 mins

37. PAY THE TAB: Reparations Now

PAY THE TAB: Reparations Now
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America has never faced up to the atrocities its massive wealth was built on — or the racism that still

Hosts

Adam Radinsky (Male), Tony Tolbert (Male)

Producer/Network

Tony Tolbert & Adam Radinsky

Email

****@yahoo.com

Estimated listeners

Location

United States

Rating

5/5

Reviews

38

Avg Length

50 mins

38. Queue Points

Queue Points
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Queue Points is the Black Podcasting Award and Ambie Award nominated music podcast that is dropping the

Hosts

DJ Sir Daniel, Johnnie Ray Kornegay III (Male)

Producer/Network

Queue Points LLC

Email

****@gmail.com

Estimated listeners

Location

United States

Rating

5/5

Reviews

17

Avg Length

37 mins

39. Reparations in Action

Reparations in Action
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Weekly radio show of the Uhuru Solidarity Movement: White solidarity with Black Power

Hosts

Penny Hess (Female), Brendan McCoy (Male), Jesse Nevel (Male), Jamie Simpson (Male)

Producer/Network

uhurusolidarity

Email

****@apscuhuru.org

Estimated listeners

Location

United States

Rating

4.3/5

Reviews

12

Avg Length

53 mins

40. Keepin' It a Bean

Keepin' It a Bean
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'Keepin' It a Bean' hosted by Marquise Davon is a podcast that brings together storytelling, an honest

Host

Marquise Davon Richards (Male)

Producer/Network

Marquise Davon

Email

****@gmail.com

Estimated listeners

Location

United States

Rating

4.8/5

Reviews

18

Avg Length

53 mins

41. C19: America in the 19th Century

C19: America in the 19th Century
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The C19 Podcast is a production by scholars from across the world exploring the past, present, and future

Producer/Network

Society of Nineteenth-Century Americanists

Email

****@gmail.com

Estimated listeners

Location

United States

Rating

4.7/5

Reviews

15

Avg Length

46 mins

42. King Cam's Ujumbe Podcast

King Cam's Ujumbe Podcast
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Hello, my name is King Cam and this is King Cam's Ujumbe Podcast. Ujumbe in Swahili means 'Message.' Let's

Host

Marques D Cameron Sr. (Male)

Producer/Network

King Cam

Email

****@gmail.com

Estimated listeners

Location

United States

Rating

5/5

Reviews

1

Avg Length

53 mins

43. Black in Appalachia

Black in Appalachia
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Having long been in this region, Black Appalachians remain mostly invisible, while the dominant narratives of

Hosts

Enkeshi El-Amin (Female), Angela Dennis (Female)

Producer/Network

Black in Appalachia

Email

****@easttennesseepbs.org

Listener Type

Educators, Community Organizers, Journalists

Estimated listeners

Location

United States

Rating

4.9/5

Reviews

225

Avg Length

35 mins

44. Nurah Speaks

Nurah Speaks
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Nurah Speaks is a weekly podcast that tugs at the soul and consciousness of the black community.  Nurah

Host

Nurah Zaheerah Muhammad (Female)

Producer/Network

Nurah Muhammad

Email

****@nurahspeaks.com

Estimated listeners

Location

United States

Rating

4.7/5

Reviews

14

Avg Length

23 mins

45. Afternoon Coffee Break with Darren Watts

Afternoon Coffee Break with Darren Watts
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Every day is racism for black people. Most people are not open-minded to understand racism, nor are most

Host

Darren Watts (Male)

Producer/Network

Darren Watts

Email

****@gmail.com

Estimated listeners

Location

United States

Rating

1/5

Reviews

1

Avg Length

20 mins

46. Notes from America with Kai Wright

Notes from America with Kai Wright
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Notes from America with Kai Wright is a show about the unfinished business of our history, and its grip on

Host

Kai Wright (Male)

Producer/Network

WNYC Studios

Email

****@gmail.com

Listener Type

Educators, Community Organizers, Policy Makers

Estimated listeners

Location

United States

Rating

4.3/5

Reviews

1538

Avg Length

44 mins

47. Port Of Harlem Podcasts

Port Of Harlem Podcasts
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Port Of Harlem Podcasts reflects Port of Harlem magazine, a general interest magazine that presents a global

Host

Wayne A Young (Male)

Producer/Network

Wayne A Young

Email

****@portofharlem.net

Estimated listeners

Location

United States

Rating

5/5

Reviews

1

Avg Length

35 mins

48. Public Historians at Work

Public Historians at Work
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Welcome to 'Public Historians at Work,' a podcast series from the Center for Public History at the University

Host

Dr. Mark Allan Goldberg

Producer/Network

Center for Public History @ University of Houston

Email

****@central.uh.edu

Estimated listeners

Location

United States

Rating

5/5

Reviews

3

Avg Length

39 mins

49. The Stoop

The Stoop
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The Stoop podcast digs into stories that are not always shared out in the open. Hosts Leila Day and Hana Baba

Hosts

Leila Day (Female), Hana Baba (Female)

Producer/Network

Radiotopia

Email

****@gmail.com

Listener Type

Educators, Journalists, Students

Estimated listeners

Location

United States

Rating

4.3/5

Reviews

1219

Avg Length

31 mins

50. African American Studies at Princeton University

African American Studies at Princeton University
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The Princeton African American Studies Department is known as a convener of conversations about the

Host

Justice Wilhoit (Male)

Producer/Network

Department of African American Studies at Princeton University

Email

****@princeton.edu

Listener Type

Educators, Students, Policy Makers

Estimated listeners

Location

United States

Rating

4.7/5

Reviews

63

Avg Length

50 mins

51. Conversations from the Diaspora

Conversations from the Diaspora
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Conversations from the African Diaspora, with love - a Building Africa's Future podcastAfrican

Host

Nkeiruka (Female)

Producer/Network

African Minded Woman

Email

****@gmail.com

Estimated listeners

Location

United States

Rating

4.9/5

Reviews

17

Avg Length

61 mins

52. South Bend's Own Words

South Bend's Own Words
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People's stories recorded from the Oral History Collection of the Civil Rights Heritage Center at the Indiana

Host

George Garner (Male)

Producer/Network

IU South Bend Civil Rights Heritage Center

Email

****@iusb.edu

Estimated listeners

Location

United States

Rating

4.3/5

Reviews

6

Avg Length

18 mins

53. Black Families Rising

Black Families Rising
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Black Families Rising is a free platform dedicated to elevating and promoting the Black Family while

Hosts

Grinder Spencer (Male), Jasa Love (Female)

Producer/Network

Black Families Rising

Email

****@gmail.com

Estimated listeners

Location

United States

Rating

1/5

Reviews

1

Avg Length

37 mins