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Highlights from the archives of @NPR and beyond. Brought to you by @npr_rad.

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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

[Recordings at Risk @CLIRRaR]

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

[Laura Soto-Barra @lsotobarra]

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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"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. https://t.co/c4leJQBmkd #NationalVoterRegistrationDay

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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! https://t.co/hqPGPLn5kr

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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: https://t.co/N5zpsdZjCN

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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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Don Voegeli talks with @stamberg about his collection of instruments, including the “Merry Moog” @moogmusicinc https://t.co/FJt4WCF9co

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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! https://t.co/cIo05l4CEk

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This interview ends with a 53-bell carillon version of Voegeli’s @npratc theme from @MusicKU https://t.co/o5W2bIeXzI

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@npratc @NPR @TheNationalMall @people 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 📻 https://t.co/bygsxUrF72

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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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@npratc @NPR @TheNationalMall @people 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 📻 https://t.co/bTkIBMAMvn

[NPR's Code Switch @NPRCodeSwitch]

🎴 Last #BlackHistoryMonth episode alert 🎴

This week's podcast is about resisting the urge to forget history, even when remembering is incredibly painful.

https://t.co/B60z1rXXtX

[Ina Jaffe @InaJaffeNPR]

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

[Rebecca Frank @frankrebecca]

bring that logo back!

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@NPR @bsiemering "... 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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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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@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