Nellie Gilles
- Username: nelliegilles
- Assistant Producer
- Role: Producer/Reporter: Independent
Portfolio
Last Witness: Surviving the Tulsa Race Riot
(06:20)
From: Radio Diaries
On May 31, 1921, Olivia Hooker was six-years-old when white mobs launched an attack on the Greenwood section of Tulsa, Oklahoma. In less than 24 hours, the mobs destroyed ...
The Story of Jane
(11:59)
From: Radio Diaries
In 1965, an underground network formed in Chicago to help pregnant women get abortions. At first, they connected women with doctors willing to break the law to perform the ...
The Working Tapes: Press Agent
(01:43)
From: Radio Diaries
Eddie Jaffe was a press agent "legendary for his lost causes, chutzpah and angst," according to his obituary in the New York Times. He represented Broadway and Hollywood ...
The Working Tapes: Union Rep
(04:17)
From: Radio Diaries
Gary Bryner tells Studs Terkel about being a union member and working in an auto factory for General Motors. Four decades later, he reflects on how factory work and the role ...
