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Join us for a community garden tour and conversation with Phyllis Boyd, former director of Groundwork Indy.

  • Added: Jan 20, 2022
  • Length: 54:01
Caption: Albert and Aidan Sykes in Jackson, Mississippi, 2020, Credit: Albert Sykes.
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.

Bought by WERA-LP and WYAP


  • Added: Jun 16, 2020
  • Length: 02:41
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Dr. Max Klau
Recent events in America have once again turned the spotlight on the issues of race. Just when we think we are overcoming our racial divide, anothe...

Bought by KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., KVSC, and KCBX


  • Added: Mar 28, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
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Hear how guest Cathy McGill responds to Marcus Garvey’s words “A people who lack the knowledge of their past history, origin and culture are like a...

  • Added: Oct 01, 2018
  • Length: 12:48

  • Added: Feb 04, 2016
  • Length: 02:54
Caption: Coach Roscoe Bryant and Eugene Corr, San Francisco, CA 10/2/15, Credit: Andrea Chase
Coach Roscoe Bryant and filmmaker Eugene Corr talk baseball, family values, and the importance of play.

  • Added: Oct 27, 2015
  • Length: 28:01
Caption: 2013 Beyond Idol grand finale championship at Yoshi's in Oakland, Credit: Beyond Emancipation
It’s audition day for Beyond Idol. Contestants pace around a large waiting area at Laney College, practicing softly to themselves as they wait for ...

  • Added: Dec 29, 2013
  • Length: 08:36
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My Choice My Voice teens Wanya Ramsey and Frank D interview Black Kold Madina a.k.a. Kimberly Roberts about her award winning film "Trouble the Wat...

  • Added: Jul 09, 2013
  • Length: 06:43
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New York State has the worst high school graduation rate in the country, according to a recent study by the Schott Foundation for Public Education....

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Jan 16, 2013
  • Length: 06:18
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Free Spirit Media
Using the poem "Where I'm From" by Willie Perdomo as a creative prompt, students created poems to share and express where they come from and how th...

  • Added: Nov 12, 2012
  • Length: 01:08
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Thomas McCall, a 20-year-old student-athlete and father-to-be, was already struggling to make it in the American job market. Courtney Supple produc...

  • Added: Nov 16, 2010
  • Length: 02:39
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A while ago, Bobby McFerrin performed at the Berliner Philharmonic with the Munich Symphony Orchestra. Well, that was something we just couldn't m...

  • Added: Mar 24, 2009
  • Length: 09:29
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Ohio writer Michael Oatman believes education gave him a better life than his street-corner youth.

Bought by WEZU, WEZU, and KJZZ


  • Added: Jun 04, 2007
  • Length: 03:28
  • Purchases: 3