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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
Romance - Leaveil Degree is a member of The Whispers. The group scored 15 top-ten R&B singles, and eight top-ten R&B albums, with two of them, "The...
- Added: Mar 25, 2022
- Length: 01:30
Dorothy Salmon-Lindsay speaks with Rowan Allen, the EMT who saved her son’s life and inspired her to become a nurse.
- Added: Dec 28, 2021
- Length: 01:59
Strength - Solo is a R&B musical group. The original members were Robert Anderson, Darnell Chavis, Eunique Mack, and Dan Stokes. The group recorded...
- Added: Dec 13, 2021
- Length: 01:01
Today on The Rough Draft Diaries, we headed down to Bowling Green, Ohio to meet with DeAnte Shivers, the creator of TriggaMeals. It's a food busin...
Bought by WRFA-LP
- Added: Dec 06, 2021
- Length: 06:01
- Purchases: 1
Today we're talking to Rhonda Sewell, the first director of belonging & community engagement at the Toledo Museum of Art. Although Rhonda is fillin...
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- Added: Sep 28, 2021
- Length: 06:08
- Purchases: 1
Libby Stroik talks about finding a kindred spirit in her grandfather, Harry Golomski, and about her treasured memories of their quiet mornings in r...
- Added: Aug 16, 2021
- Length: 02:29
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
From: Stories from Deep in the Heart, a project of Texas Folklife
Series: Akins High School Spring 2021
Series: Akins High School Spring 2021
Clifford has been a long-standing community activist on Austin’s east side. He routinely conducts focus groups, hosts various community meetings, a...
- Added: May 28, 2021
- Length: 08:50
Wishes - Yolanda Franklin-Moore is Fashion Designer and Owner of Xande Fadee, an innovative fashion and accessories line. She is a highly skilled f...
- Added: Jul 06, 2020
- Length: 01:11
Rain - André Wallace is a City Council Member at Mount Vernon, New York. He is also the owner of a construction company, Creative Direction Constru...
- Added: Jul 06, 2020
- Length: 02:22
Perseverance - American R&B singer and actress Melba Moore is a 4-time Grammy Award nominee and the winner of the 1970 Tony Award for Best Performa...
- Added: Jul 06, 2020
- Length: :56
Ellis Marsalis joins Gwen Thompkins for a wide-ranging talk about his life in music - from modern jazz pianist, to jazz educator, to father of four...
- Added: May 20, 2020
- Length: 51:58
We're finishing up our two-part series on the barbershop on The Rough Draft Diaries. We'll head into one last barbershop before heading to The Tole...
- Added: Mar 02, 2020
- Length: 06:26
David Wilson and his husband Rob Compton, one of the first legally married same-sex couples in the US, talk about how they met and reflect on the s...
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- Added: Jun 11, 2019
- Length: 04:45
- Purchases: 1
Hospitalist Meghan O'Brien recounts the frustration of caring for a homeless patient who would rather be on the streets.
- Added: Jun 06, 2019
- Length: 32:47
During the 1968 Mexico City Olympics, many black athletes were called to protest racial inequality. Not all were able to do so. That was the case f...
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- Added: Oct 18, 2018
- Length: 02:34
- Purchases: 1
Roxanne Simmonds and her husband, Dennis, remember their son, police officer D.J. Simmonds, who died due to injuries he sustained confronting the B...
- Added: Apr 13, 2018
- Length: 02:35
- Purchases: 2
To Dr. Michael White, it's not just a clarinet, but a time machine.
“I listened to Johnny Dodds’ recordings. I listened to Sidney Bechet. I listen...
Bought by KMUW
- Added: Nov 09, 2017
- Length: 52:12
- Purchases: 1
During the 1940s, custodians who worked for the New York Public Library often lived inside the buildings they tended. In exchange for cleaning and ...
- Added: Oct 17, 2017
- Length: 02:11
On June 12, 2016 a lone gunman killed 49 people at the Pulse Nightclub in Orlando, Florida.Among those killed was Deonka Drayton. She was 32.
Deon...
Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio
- Added: Jul 06, 2017
- Length: 03:54
- Purchases: 1
Robert Howard II talks with his mother, Roberta Vincent, about losing his father, an Army Sergeant killed in action during the Vietnam War.
- Added: May 22, 2017
- Length: 02:54
- Purchases: 3
Unveiled in 2004, the African American Legacy Project (AALP) of Northwest Ohio, has been documenting and preserving the history of Northwest Ohio's...
Bought by WAER Syracuse, NY and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio
- Added: Feb 13, 2017
- Length: 06:18
- Purchases: 2
A 14:30 sampler of comments and music from an upcoming public radio special on the legendary soul singer Otis Redding. Commentators in this previe...
Bought by KGLT
- Added: Sep 09, 2016
- Length: 14:27
- Purchases: 1
As a law student, Bryan Stevenson was sent to a maximum security prison to meet a man on death row. The man told Stevenson he’d never met an Africa...
Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and PRX Remix
- Added: Jun 17, 2016
- Length: 24:56
- Purchases: 2
