Audio by Adam » African American http://www.audiobyadam.com Radio and Audio Features and Documentaries Mon, 02 Jan 2012 22:41:26 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Radio and Audio Features and Documentaries - An ever-fattening blog with scores (soon to be 100s) of the sound-rich radio stories and documentaries Adam Phillips has done over 25 years for National Public Radio, the CBC, and, since 1993, the Voice of America, where he is on staff. Phillips' interests are truly eclectic - there are almost no subject that do not engage him, and through his careful use of ambient sound and interviews, lure us in as well. Categories include Americana, religion and spirituality, New York life, arts, offbeat science, oral history, and lots and lots of "other." Phillips has won nearly 20 awards for his work. He is also an adjunct professor at the New School's Graduate School of Media Studies, and teaches oral history workshops. Adam Phillips no Adam Phillips adam@audiobyadam.com adam@audiobyadam.com (Adam Phillips) 1984-2010 Radio and Audio Features and Documentaries radio,documentaries,NPR,human interest,VOA,Americana,profiles,spirituality,New York,immigrants,ethnic,audio,features Audio by Adam » African American http://audiobyadam.com/audio/wp-content/uploads/powerpress/rss.jpg http://www.audiobyadam.com The Freedom Riders http://www.audiobyadam.com/2011/the-freedom-riders-2/ http://www.audiobyadam.com/2011/the-freedom-riders-2/#comments Sat, 07 May 2011 17:46:46 +0000 adamphillips http://www.audiobyadam.com/?p=923
  • The “Green Tortoise” Bus: Making the Miracle
    • ]]>     The American South was a segregated society 50 years ago. In 1960, the U.S. Supreme Court outlawed racial segregation in restaurants and bus terminals serving interstate travel, but African-Americans who tried to sit in the “whites only” section risked injury or even death at the hands of white mobs. In May of 1961, groups of black and white civil rights activists set out together to change all that. The “Freedom Riders,” An integrated group of young civil rights activists, decided to confront the racist practices in the Deep South by travelling together by bus from Washington D.C. to New Orleans, Louisiana.  This is a brief look at what happened.

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    ]]>     http://www.audiobyadam.com/2011/the-freedom-riders-2/feed/ 0     “Grandma” Cora’s Sweet Potato Pies http://www.audiobyadam.com/2009/grandma-coras-sweet-potato-pies/ http://www.audiobyadam.com/2009/grandma-coras-sweet-potato-pies/#comments Mon, 12 Oct 2009 04:38:32 +0000 adamphillips http://audiobyadam.com/?p=530
  • Profile: Dave Isay, Audio Documentarian and “Storycorps” Founder
    • ]]>     Down a couple of old Maryland country roads that barely show up on state maps you’ll find Grandma Cora, an elderly African American lady who is known throughout those parts for her delicious sweet potato pies, which she lovingly backs on her old stove and sells to make ends meet nicely. I spent an afternoon with Grandma Cora for this “Women in Business” story, and got both happier and fatter as a result.

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    ]]>     http://www.audiobyadam.com/2009/grandma-coras-sweet-potato-pies/feed/ 1 African American,business,folkways,foodways,Grandma Cora,sweet potato pie,Women Down a couple of old Maryland country roads that barely show up on state maps you'll find Grandma Cora, an elderly African American lady who is known throughout those parts for her delicious sweet potato pies, Down a couple of old Maryland country roads that barely show up on state maps you'll find Grandma Cora, an elderly African American lady who is known throughout those parts for her delicious sweet potato pies, which she lovingly backs on her old stove and sells to make ends meet nicely. I spent an afternoon with Grandma Cora for this "Women in Business" story, and got both happier and fatter as a result. adamphillips no 6:29