PRX - Pieces for Topic: African-American
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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
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
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
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
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
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
- Added: Nov 17, 2016
- Length: 04:14
Darlene Lewis, who helps former inmates find employment, interviews James Taylor about his life after prison.
Bought by Public Radio for All, WMUU-LP, Blue Mountain Radio , WEZU, and WTJU
- Added: Jan 09, 2015
- Length: 02:14
- Purchases: 5
Raphael and Heidi Hameed (R) lost their son when he was struck by a speeding car. They spoke with Megiddëh Goldston (L), the driver's sister, about...
Bought by Blue Mountain Radio , WEZU, and WTJU
- Added: Jan 06, 2015
- Length: 02:13
- Purchases: 3
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
Queen Jackson tells her case manager, Debra MacKillop, how she became homeless.
Bought by WEZU, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, and KUOW
- Added: Dec 19, 2011
- Length: 02:16
- Purchases: 3
Broadway star Lawrence Hamilton tells his own true story of his childhood in racially-divided south Arkansas. These encore presentations of our Tin...
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Nov 27, 2011
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 1
Reflections on My Father
- Added: Jun 16, 2008
- Length: 12:54
A compilation of memories of the historically black neighborhood of South Rome (Rome, Floyd County, Georgia), a community currently undergoing "red...
- Added: Jun 08, 2007
- Length: 06:31
Journalist John W. Fountain believes God offered him more parenting than his father ever could have.
- Added: Jun 12, 2006
- Length: 04:04
- Purchases: 4
Somali refugee Abdi Said, 11, narrates his mother's story of war, marriage, and escape.
Bought by WMPG, Arab American Radio, WETA, KUT, and WYSO
- Added: Jan 10, 2005
- Length: 07:16
- Purchases: 5
