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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
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
Hi I’m Makayla and my piece is about my adventures being a fifth grade reject.
- Added: Jan 21, 2021
- Length: 13:40
My name is Shawn Hughes. I wrote this piece consciously, recapping one of my most important moments of the year. In the midst of two pandemics, eve...
- Added: Jan 21, 2021
- Length: 06:54
In this episode, I reveal a secret that i've kept from my parents for 16 years. What direction will this go?
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Aug 27, 2020
- Length: 24:50
- Purchases: 1
A piece by Lael Saphir. My piece is about what it feels like to be a P.O.C. dancer in a community that excludes you.
Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio
- Added: Aug 18, 2020
- Length: 06:47
- Purchases: 1
I'm Shawn Hughes and a student from Walter Payton College Prep. This project details, despite the success, the complications and struggles that our...
- Added: Aug 18, 2020
- Length: 07:15
Gay teenager attends a Black Lives Matter protest in a suburb of NYC.
- Added: Jul 31, 2020
- Length: 08:15
Albert Sykes returns to StoryCorps with his son Aidan--now 14-- to talk about how Aidan is feeling as a young Black man in 2020.
- Added: Jun 16, 2020
- Length: 02:41
- Purchases: 2
My piece depicts the systemic racism that has infested the educational system and environment.
- Added: Dec 30, 2019
- Length: 04:06
My Grandmother, who I loved dearly, passed away, and nobody spoke up until three days later: I was told.
- Added: Dec 30, 2019
- Length: 06:59
Being told by my mother that I’m Ethiopian is the only connection that I have to this stranger: my father.
Bought by WOUB
- Added: Dec 11, 2019
- Length: 04:07
- Purchases: 1
I’m fifteen and a student at Epic Academy. My podcast is about how stereotypes against your race can affect what music people think you listen to, ...
- Added: Dec 06, 2019
- Length: 05:11
Our piece is about Tobias’ brother and Miracle’s uncle and how they live their lives in and outside of prison.
Bought by WMMT
- Added: Aug 08, 2019
- Length: 08:02
- Purchases: 1
Students at several prominent historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs), have demanded that school administrators address sexual assault...
Bought by WVAS
- Added: Aug 31, 2018
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 1
My story is about the Mixed/Biracial experience in America (specifically Chicago). I chose to do this because I am mixed race. I identify as Black ...
- Added: Aug 03, 2018
- Length: 07:40
The story of a shy teenager who wanted to meet the man of her dreams. Or at the very least, a straight guy. But some things are easier dreamed than...
- Added: Mar 11, 2018
- Length: 19:49
In the 1990s, Johnny Holmes was head of security at a high school in Blue Island, Illinois, located just outside of Chicago, where he met Christian...
- Added: Oct 10, 2017
- Length: 02:19
We all remember the influential teacher who made a difference in our lives. But for Drego Little, the teacher that changed his life was the one he ...
- Added: Sep 14, 2017
- Length: 05:56
- Purchases: 1
RadioActive youth producers take a look at one of the most important things in their lives: school.
- Added: Sep 14, 2017
- Length: 12:12
As an African-American and the son of a police officer in Shreveport, LA, Antonio McKinney offers a nuanced view of the relationship between Africa...
Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio
- Added: Jul 31, 2016
- Length: 04:32
- Purchases: 1
Khiari Benson recalls coming to his mother's defense when a police officer attacked her. He was just five years old.
"I didn't see the badge. I d...
Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio
- Added: Jul 31, 2016
- Length: 03:25
- Purchases: 1
From: Dred-Scott Keyes
Dr. Christopher Emdin, associate Professor of Math, Science and Technology at Teachers College of Columbia University) speaking about his new book,...
- Added: Unknown
- Length: 01:00:03
The foot soldiers of the civil rights movement were shot, beaten, jailed, even murdered. Yet they kept on marching. Love for their community and fa...
Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio
- Added: Feb 25, 2016
- Length: 07:46
- Purchases: 1
Raymond Summerville uncovers the surprising and troubled past of George Hatton, a beloved citizen of Columbia, Missouri, whom neighborhood children...
- Added: Nov 18, 2015
- Length: 06:58
