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StoryCorps: Mikayla Stephens and Tesia Williams
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Mikayla Stephens and Tesia Williams at their StoryCorps interview in Washington, D.C. on August 27, 2021., Credit: By Clean Cuts Studios for StoryCorps.
Tesia Williams talks to her daughter, Mikayla Stephens, about being at the Pentagon during the terrorist attack on 9/11 and how that day shaped her...

Bought by WYAP


  • Added: Sep 22, 2022
  • Length: 03:07
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps Griot: Clara Jean Ester
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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72-year-old Clara Jean Ester remembers bearing witness to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s final speech in 1968, and rushing to his side the next day w...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 11, 2021
  • Length: 02:55
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps: Nia Cosby and Chalana McFarland
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Nia Cosby and Chalana McFarland in Marietta, GA on June 28, 2020., Credit: Michael Reese for StoryCorps.
After being incarcerated for 15 years, Chalana McFarland is reunited with her daughter following a federal memorandum that called for releasing non...

Bought by WYAP, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, and WERA-LP


  • Added: Jul 27, 2020
  • Length: 03:20
  • Purchases: 3
Resist and the Role of Solidarity
From: When We Fight, We Win!
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How do you speak the truth with grace? Radical musician, theologian, and activist Rev. Sekou speaks about how he learned to fight white supremacy a...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: May 27, 2020
  • Length: 41:10
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps: Patsy Rembert and Winfred Rembert
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Patsy and Winfred Rembert at their StoryCorps interview in Hamden, CT in April of 2017. , Credit: By Jacqueline Van Meter for StoryCorps.
73-year-old Winfred Rembert is one of the only people ever known to have survived a lynching. At StoryCorps, he sat down with his wife, Patsy, to r...

  • Added: Nov 22, 2019
  • Length: 03:09
StoryCorps: Denise Baken, Richard Yingling, and Christian Yingling
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Denise Baken (center) with her children Christian Yingling (left) and Richard Yingling (right) at their StoryCorps interview in Baltimore, MD on August 23, 2019., Credit: By Emilyn Sosa for StoryCorps.
Denise Baken tells her children about her family's legacy of military service—and the battles faced along the way.

Bought by Allegheny Mountain Radio, PRX Remix, and WHRV


  • Added: Sep 26, 2019
  • Length: 02:19
  • Purchases: 3
StoryCorps Griot: Elizabeth Vega and Jamell Spann
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Elizabeth Vega and Jamell Spann at their StoryCorps interview in St. Louis, Missouri on June 27, 2019. , Credit: Dupe Oyebolu for StoryCorps
Five years after they met in Ferguson protesting the killing of Michael Brown Jr. by police officer Darren Wilson, Jamell Spann and Elizabeth Vega ...

Bought by KWMU St. Louis, KVNF, and WHRV


  • Added: Aug 14, 2019
  • Length: 02:23
  • Purchases: 3
StoryCorps Griot: Carol Barner--Seay, Shirley Reese , Diane Bowens, and Verna Hollis
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Carol Barne---Seay, Shirley Reese, Diane Bowens, and Verna Hollis
In 1963, more than a dozen African American girls, including Carol Barner-Seay , Shirley Reese, Diane Bowens, and Verna Hollis, were arrested for p...

  • Added: Mar 28, 2019
  • Length: 06:02
StoryCorps Griot: Dennis Simmonds and Roxanne Simmonds
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Roxanne Simmonds and her husband, Dennis, remember their son, police officer D.J. Simmonds, who died due to injuries he sustained confronting the B...

Bought by WVBI-LP and WEZU


  • Added: Apr 13, 2018
  • Length: 02:35
  • Purchases: 2
StoryCorps Griot: Tanai Benard and Dezmond Floyd
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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10-year-old Dezmond Floyd talks with his mother, Tanai Benard, about the active shooter drills in his 5th grade classroom.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and WEZU


  • Added: Mar 27, 2018
  • Length: 02:45
  • Purchases: 2
StoryCorps Griot: Gregory Bess and April Gibson
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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33-year-old April Gibson talks to her teenage son, Gregory Bess, about how she felt when he was born.

Bought by WVBI-LP and WEZU


  • Added: Jan 25, 2018
  • Length: 02:10
  • Purchases: 2
StoryCorps: Five Mualimm-ak and Omar Mualimmak
From: StoryCorps
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StoryCorps gives people the chance to sit down together and have a conversation they’ve never had before. Five Mualimm-ak did just that with his so...

Bought by WEZU


  • Added: Jul 11, 2017
  • Length: 02:52
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps Roberta Vincent and Robert Howard II
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Robert Howard II talks with his mother, Roberta Vincent, about losing his father, an Army Sergeant killed in action during the Vietnam War.

Bought by WEZU, WVBI-LP, and WMUU-LP


  • Added: May 22, 2017
  • Length: 02:54
  • Purchases: 3
Life of the Law #106: Mother and Son
From: Life of the Law
Series: Life of the Law
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What’s it like to be a teenager sent to prison for what may be forever, and what’s it like to be his mom? Our story is Mother and Son.

  • Added: Apr 05, 2017
  • Length: 37:45
StoryCorps: Michael Benjamin Ryan and Michael John Ryan
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Judge Michael John Ryan talks with his son, Michael Benjamin Ryan, about growing up in an abusive household, and how he found the strength to gradu...

Bought by Public Radio for All, WEZU, and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Mar 06, 2017
  • Length: 02:20
  • Purchases: 3
StoryCorps: Jamal Faison and Born Blackwell
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Jamal Faison (right) with his uncle, Born Blackwell (left)
Jamal Faison talks with his uncle, Born Blackwell, about his release from Rikers Island and the support he received through the challenges of re-en...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, Public Radio for All, and WRIR


  • Added: Jul 11, 2016
  • Length: 02:39
  • Purchases: 3
StoryCorps: Darnell Moore and Bryan Epps
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Darnell Moore (R) and his friend Bryan Epps (L).
Darnell Moore (R) tells his friend Bryan Epps (L) about an incident that shaped his...

Bought by WEZU and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Sep 03, 2014
  • Length: 03:43
  • Purchases: 2
StoryCorps: Alex Landau and Patsy Hathaway
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Alex Landau, who is African American, and his adoptive mother, Patsy Hathaway, who is white,...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WEZU, Third Coast Festival/Re:sound (Outside Purchaser), WTJU, and KMUD


  • Added: Aug 21, 2014
  • Length: 03:34
  • Purchases: 5
A Father's Choice: Autism or Alcohol
From: Jesse Regis
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Berta and Joseph spent years as drug dealers and hustlers in the roughest parts of New York. They both served time. Joseph was an alcoholic. Their ...

Bought by XRAY.fm


  • Added: Jul 19, 2014
  • Length: 18:54
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps: Rowena Gore-Simmons and Kenya Gore
From: StoryCorps
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Rowena Gore-Simmons speaks with her daughter, Kenya Gore, about the year Rowena spent in prison.

Bought by WEZU


  • Added: Mar 15, 2013
  • Length: 01:56
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps Griot: Charlie Morris and Sylvester Lewis
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Charlie Morris remembers his brother's death in 1939, with his cousin Sylvester Lewis.

Bought by WEZU and KUOW


  • Added: Oct 16, 2012
  • Length: 01:46
  • Purchases: 2
StoryCorps: Tierra Jackson and John Horan
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Twenty-three-year-old Tierra Jackson talks to John Horan, the president of her high school, about what her life was like when they first met.

Bought by WEZU, New Hampshire Public Radio, and KUOW


  • Added: Oct 16, 2012
  • Length: 02:07
  • Purchases: 3