Extraordinary Stories of Ordinary Life

The History of Now

Exploring America’s past to cast fresh light on contemporary life.

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The Rise and Fall of Black Swan Records

The story of the first major black-owned record label and the mystery behind the man who created it.

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The Forgotten Story of Clinton Melton

Emmett Till’s murder is considered the spark that ignited a burgeoning Civil Rights movement. But there was another brazen murder of a Black man that happened just three months later, in a neighboring town in the Delta.

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Soul Sister: The Limits of Empathy

A story about the limits of empathy. A collaboration with NPR’s Code Switch.

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The Working Tapes of Studs Terkel

We present a special, one hour episode of our series The Working Tapes of Studs Terkel.

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