Veterans Day, observed annually on November 11, honors persons who served in the United States Armed Forces. It coincides with other holidays, including Armistice Day and Remembrance Day, celebrated in other countries that mark the anniversary of the end of World War I; major hostilities of World War I were formally ended at the 11th hour […]
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Veterans Day Sale!
November 11th, 2015 · No Comments · NPR, Sale
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New Hosts Join NPR’s ‘All Things Considered’
September 23rd, 2015 · No Comments · Author/Narrator News, NPR
Congratulations to NPR’s Ari Shapiro and Kelly McEvers, new hosts of All Things Considered! We’re proud to say that Ari hosts our StoryCorps: OutLoud collection and Kelly does the honors on NPR Driveway Moments: Love Stories. Two of our favorite audios – and people! Ari Shapiro has reported from above the Arctic Circle and aboard […]
Emmett Till Anniversary
August 28th, 2015 · No Comments · NPR
Sixty years ago today, Emmett Till, a black Chicago teenager, was killed for whistling at a white woman in Mississippi. Learn more about Emmett, his tragic murder, and his impact on the struggle for civil rights in NPR AMERICAN CHRONICLES: CIVIL RIGHTS, from HighBridge Audio. “The personal reflections and historical accounts are alternately riveting, moving, […]
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Women’s Equality Day
August 27th, 2015 · No Comments · NPR
Today is Women’s Equality Day. As a young woman myself, I can’t describe what this day means to me. We would be living in a much different world if it weren’t for these pioneers. Before the Women’s Suffrage Movement, people believed the sole purpose of women in life was to cook, clean and take care […]
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