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Hurricane Risk for New Orleans
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This transcribed article from American Radio Works discusses the hurricane risk in New Orleans. The 2002 article talks about how deep flood waters would be in a Category Five hurricane and the likelihood that such a storm would hit. Users may also listen to the article using Real Player audio program.

Material Type:
Reading
Provider:
American Public Media
Provider Set:
American RadioWorks
Author:
Daniel ZwerdlingAmerican Public Media
Date Added:
11/14/2006
Korea: The Unfinished War
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To fully grasp the ongoing tensions between the United States and North Korea, it is important to understand the war that ended fifty years ago this summer. John Biewen and Stephen Smith of American RadioWorks examine the often-overlooked war that helped define global politics and American life for the second half of the 20th century.

Subject:
Ethnic Studies
Social Science
Material Type:
Lecture
Reading
Provider:
American Public Media
Provider Set:
American RadioWorks
Date Added:
03/24/2004
Radio Fights Jim Crow
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During the World War Two years, a series of groundbreaking radio programs tried to mend the deep racial and ethnic divisions that threatened America. At a time when blacks were usually shown on the radio as lazy buffoons, the federal government and civil rights activists used radio for a counter attack. Did radio unify America in the face of war? This is "Radio Fights Jim Crow".

Subject:
Ethnic Studies
History
Social Science
U.S. History
Material Type:
Lecture
Provider:
American Public Media
Provider Set:
American RadioWorks
Date Added:
07/10/2003
Remembering Jim Crow
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Remembering Jim Crow is a companion to a radio documentary, and examines the system that, for much of the 20th century, barred many African Americans from their rights as U.S. citizens. Read personal histories of segregation. See a sampling of Jim Crow laws. Learn how African Americans fought economic hardships imposed by Jim Crow and how they built social institutions to combat segregation.

Subject:
History
U.S. History
Material Type:
Lecture
Lesson Plan
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Provider:
American Public Media
Provider Set:
American RadioWorks
Date Added:
04/27/2004