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In the wake of the police killing of Philando Castile, North Minneapolis native Geoffrey Lamar Wilson turned to music as an act of protest and reme...
- Added: Apr 08, 2024
- Length: 05:39
Mary Johnson-Roy first came to StoryCorps in 2011, to speak with Oshea Israel, the man who murdered her son. 12 years later, they share the latest ...
Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio and WYAP
- Added: Oct 13, 2023
- Length: 11:50
- Purchases: 2
Trey Phillips came to StoryCorps with his college roommate Andre Thomas to talk about their first year at school and the impact they had on each ot...
Bought by WYAP
- Added: Oct 12, 2023
- Length: 03:49
- Purchases: 1
Kesha Powell and Amen Emile have been working at BPL for over 20 years in various roles, from public safety to circulation manager. Thanks to BPL's...
- Added: Sep 29, 2023
- Length: 13:48
Eight years after their original StoryCorps interview, Burnell Cotlon reflects with his mother, Lillie Cotlon, about opening up a store in New Orle...
- Added: Sep 25, 2023
- Length: 06:09
In 2016, genealogist Mica L. Anders interviewed 7 families about their summer cabins in the north woods of Minnesota for the Minnesota Historical S...
- Added: Sep 21, 2023
- Length: 06:42
Jarie Bradley reflects with her aunt, Menaja Obinali, on the lessons she’s learned in their decades-long friendship.
Bought by Allegheny Mountain Radio
- Added: Jun 26, 2023
- Length: 03:07
- Purchases: 1
If you ask Hannah Jean what would be her greatest wish, she will say running Brooklyn Public Library. Last month, she got to do just that.
- Added: Jun 13, 2023
- Length: 09:14
Zaylore Stout (he/him) is a gay, African American attorney and author of "Our Gay History in Fifty States," which illustrates stories of queer Amer...
- Added: Jun 01, 2023
- Length: 05:52
Generational Gene may seem a special case; a middle-aged school superintendent with a father and grandfather who’ve contracted Type 2 diabetes, Gen...
- Added: Nov 01, 2022
- Length: 18:29
Nelva Williamson came to StoryCorps with her son Timothy J. Harris to reflect on a life in the classroom and her commitment to shedding light on hi...
- Added: Aug 30, 2022
- Length: 02:53
- Added: Jul 13, 2022
- Length: 50:30
- Purchases: 1
How does past trauma from generations ago play out in contemporary life? Artist Candice Davis creates works from clay, blood, and cloth with her ex...
Bought by KMUN
- Added: Feb 13, 2022
- Length: 04:24
- Purchases: 1
Lieutenant Colonel Abdul-Rasheed Muhammad talks to his wife, Saleemah Muhammad, about becoming the first Muslim chaplain in the U.S. Armed Forces, ...
Bought by WYAP
- Added: Nov 08, 2021
- Length: 02:34
- Purchases: 1
Lieutenant Commander La’Shanda Holmes talks to her mentor, Commander Jeanine Menze, about being the first two Black female pilots in the United Sta...
- Added: Oct 04, 2021
- Length: 02:25
Nearly 30 years after surviving a house fire as a kid, Myeshia Oates reunites with the Los Angeles County firefighter who saved her life, Derek Bart.
Bought by WYAP
- Added: Sep 27, 2021
- Length: 03:17
- Purchases: 1
Martin Jenkins makes history as the first openly gay Supreme Court of California justice, and only the third Black man ever to serve on the state's...
- Added: Sep 09, 2021
- Length: 29:30
Pamela Sneed’s prose and poetry can reach out and grab you. She reads selections from her memoir, Funeral Diva, and shares some of her life story. ...
- Added: Aug 27, 2021
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 2
Rev. Farrell Duncombe talks about growing up in Montgomery, AL, and the role models who shaped him, including his Sunday school teacher, Rosa Parks.
- Added: Aug 12, 2021
- Length: 03:15
In the 1940s, Dr. Charles Drew was a surgeon and blood scientist, and today he is known as the “Father of Blood Banks.” His daughter, Dr. Charlene ...
Bought by Allegheny Mountain Radio and WYAP
- Added: Aug 09, 2021
- Length: 02:55
- Purchases: 2
Topic 1: Juneteenth; Topic 2: Chestnut Trees; Topic 3: Fashion Bonding
Bought by KOWS, RADIOLEX, GCR (Global Community Radio), and WYAP
- Added: Jun 22, 2021
- Length: 51:34
- Purchases: 4
Belle da Costa Greene and Nella Larsen are two librarians of color, one who is white passing, and the other of mixed heritage who wrote famously ab...
Bought by KFAI Minneapolis
- Added: Nov 18, 2020
- Length: 32:46
- Purchases: 1
On the heels of Penumbra Theatre's 2.5 million dollar Ford Foundation grant, KFAI's Sheila Regan talked with Sarah Bellamy, Lily Tung Crystal, and ...
Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and KKWE Niijii Radio
- Added: Nov 08, 2020
- Length: 05:40
- Purchases: 2
Kim Hines’ Young Adult Novella Wingo Fly (2020) revolves around Christy Wingo, a 10 year old Black girl in 1965 Minneapolis, Minnesota. The book is...
Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio
- Added: Oct 21, 2020
- Length: 05:31
- Purchases: 1
An African American family that traces its roots back to Nancy Carter Quander, a woman who was enslaved by George and Martha Washington, talks abou...
Bought by WYAP
- Added: Aug 10, 2020
- Length: 02:31
- Purchases: 1
