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50 years ago @NPR was incorporated on February 26, 1970. We're celebrating by sharing a thread of NPR's original mission statement: @bsiemering’s #PublicRadioPurposes #npr50
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Incredible to hear these newly-digitized recordings that capture day-to-day life in 1940s Wisconsin, from 'Cow yard improvement' to 'Questions about DDT'. #avpres #twitterstorians #CLIRRaR
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ALL, we are so happy to present to you the digitized transcription disc recordings from our @CLIRRaR funded project Preserving Rural and Women’s Programming on Wisconsin Public Radio (WHA). Check it out, cruise through, take a stop and listen. digital.library.wisc.edu/171…
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In 1976 @NPR’s 'Voices in the Wind' interviewed James Baldwin; listen to this clip thanks to @NRPFoundation grant and @npr_rad’ s digitization work: @quotesbybaldwin @HowardU @EBONYMag @wkamaubell @rpm1021
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“Something very dangerous happens… when a whole population... grow[s] up believing an American myth projected from the screen...” From the @NPR archives, we take you to 1976 to hear James Baldwin discuss American cinema, structural racism and hope. npr.org/2020/10/07/921294780…
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"I found out that the ballot was powerful because they'd done everything to keep us from getting it." From the @NPR + @WBEZ archives, hear Fannie Lou Hamer discuss the fight for Black Americans' right to vote. npr.org/2020/09/02/908795860… #NationalVoterRegistrationDay
Civil Rights Activist Fannie Lou Hamer's Fight For Black Americans' Right To Vote

Civil Rights Activist Fannie Lou Hamer's Fight For Black Americans' Right To Vote

A year after she was prohibited from seeking state office, Fannie Lou Hamer continues to advocate for Black Americans' right to vote. In Chicago, we hear why her belief in the vote remains unwavering.

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¡Su voto es su voz! In 1984, @NPR’s Spanish-language news program, “Enfoque Nacional,” spoke with Willie Velásquez of the SVREP @SuVotoEsSuVoz about their goal to register one million new Latino voters. ¡Escucha la historia and make your plan to #Vote2020! npr.org/2020/10/07/917028817…

'Su voto es poder': el objetivo de registrar un millón de nuevos votantes latino

Según el director nacional Willie Velásquez, el Proyecto de Inscripción y Educación de Votantes del Suroeste ha coordinado cerca de 300 campañas para inscribir e incentivar a los latinos a votar.

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Astronaut Linda Godwin👩‍🚀 in 1997: “...this space station is my house...you start thinking of all the things that you can do to make it like home.” Texas helps by legalizing absentee voting by email FROM SPACE. From @NPR and @HoustonPubMedia archives: npr.org/1997/09/02/1028015/a…
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While you are on the edge of your seat, listen to these 3 @npr stories about voting (from 1972, 1984, and 1997) 🗳️
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You gotta fight for your right to VOOOOOOTE🎶 For #Election2020 we've been looking to the @npr archives for stories across time (and space!) about Americans exercising their right to #vote
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Interested in learning more about Don Voegeli and his synthesizers? Check out the thread below from the @NPR and @WPR archives! n.pr/2QoqD2I
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This interview ends with a 53-bell carillon version of Voegeli’s @npratc theme from @MusicKU n.pr/2QqBcCt
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Don Voegeli talks with @stamberg about his collection of instruments, including the “Merry Moog” @moogmusicinc n.pr/2QqqKL0
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On May 3, 1971, @npratc debuted as over 20,000 protesters gathered in DC to protest the Vietnam War. @NPR continued documenting the political protests of the 70s & 80s, capturing the views of Black activists. Check out this #BlackHistoryMonth thread to hear some of those voices!
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Black Panther chairman Bobby Seale commented on race and violence in the U.S. after news of the shooting of Democratic presidential candidate George Wallace. This story originally aired on @npratc May 18, 1972. #BlackHistoryMonth 📻 n.pr/2vkUuSb
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In 1977, @KCUR talked to Bobby Seale about why he renounced gun violence and turned to homicide prevention and criminal justice reform. This story originally aired on @npratc October 21, 1977. #BlackHistoryMonth 📻 n.pr/3abtofo
🎴 Last #BlackHistoryMonth episode alert 🎴 This week's podcast is about resisting the urge to forget history, even when remembering is incredibly painful. npr.org/2020/02/25/809370459…

Claude Neal: A Strange And Bitter Crop : Code Switch

Eighty-five years ago, a crowd of several thousand white people gathered in Jackson County, Florida, to participate in the lynching of a man named Claude Neal. The poet L. Lamar Wilson grew up there,...

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When I filed my first story 11 years after @NPR was founded, the producer said to me: don’t be nervous, it’s just NPR, no one’s listening. Now we have millions of listeners on 1000+ stations. Oh, the things I have seen in almost 40 years! #npr50
NPR RAD (@npr_rad) profile pictureNPR RAD@npr_rad26 Feb 2020
Today @npr turns 50! The Corporation for Public Broadcasting announced in 1970: “A new national organization entered public broadcasting with the incorporation of National Public Radio, which will produce, acquire and distribute programs to public radio stations.” #npr50
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bring that logo back!
NPR RAD (@npr_rad) profile pictureNPR RAD@npr_rad26 Feb 2020
Today @npr turns 50! The Corporation for Public Broadcasting announced in 1970: “A new national organization entered public broadcasting with the incorporation of National Public Radio, which will produce, acquire and distribute programs to public radio stations.” #npr50
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Replying to @nprchives @NPR @bsiemering
"The total service should be trustworthy, enhance intellectual development, expand knowledge, deepen aural esthetic enjoyment, increase the pleasure of living in a pluralistic society ..." #PublicRadioPurposes #npr50
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"... and result in a service to listeners which makes them more responsive, informed human beings and intelligent responsible citizens of their communities and the world." - @bsiemering, 1970. #PublicRadioPurposes #npr50
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