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Origins Stories
Movement Stories
Transformation Stories
Stories that reflect the adjustments and struggles made by people of African descent as the traditions and memories we carry with us evolve amid new surroundings and other cultures.
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Listing stories: by theme of Adaptation
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Surprised by Life by Rodger and Katie September 2008 Rodger Allen, a native Californian, discusses growing up in both Marysville County, CA and San Francisco's Fillmore District in the early fifties... Read more |
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True School by Doris and Frankie September 2008 Two long-time friends share memories, in which one recounts stories from Indiana to Mississippi to California... Read more |
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Hard-Knock Lessons Across a Generation by Askari and Marcus September 2008 An uncle shares with his nephew his growing pains of coming of age without a father in Oakland and San Leandro, California... Read more |
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Birds of a Feather by Winifred and Phillip September 2008 As their thirtieth wedding anniversary approaches, a couple discusses the value of having a loving family and its impact on their current lives... Read more |
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Images Speak Words - My Mom Minerva by Aaron May 2007 The one person in my mom's life who made a difference is her Auntie Mayda. She always told her to study for some career and to try to be successful, no matter what... Read more |
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Jazz funeral biz battered by storm by Kamika Dunlap March 2006 Post-Katrina, undertaking industry in a changed New Orleans faces grim future. .. Read more |
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9th Ward Bus Tours by Jane Tyska April 2006 For the residents of New Orleans' devastated Lower 9th Ward, the first.. Read more |
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Katrina Audio Portraits ? Anjoli Cooper by Amanda Herman April 2006 Amanda Herman presents the story of Hurricane Katrina survivor Anjoli Cooper... Read more |
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IKRewind: Panthermania by Staff April 2006 In recognition of the fortieth anniversary of the Black Panther Party... Read more |
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Before by Lakiba Pittman May 2006 Reflection on life as a child BEFORE I knew all that I know today - before war, racism, anger, crime, etc. What a mighty people we are because we continue to be able to tap into the true spirit of who we are... Read more |
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Variation Blues by S. Anderson May 2006 Our people have faced much hardship, but have also been blessed with the grace of resilience. We have all experienced difficult times and have pulled through with support from family, friends, and faith... Read more |
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Katrina Audio Portraits ? Juan Ambrose by Amanda Herman April 2006 Amanda Herman presents the story of Hurricane Katrina survivor Juan Ambrose... Read more |
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Katrina Audio Portraits ? Obeidee Zachary by Amanda Herman April 2006 Amanda Herman presents the story of Hurricane Katrina survivor Obeidee Zachary... Read more |
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Katrina Audio Portraits ? Renata Mattis by Amanda Herman April 2006 Amanda Herman presents the story of Hurricane Katrina survivor Renata Mattis... Read more |
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Katrina Audio Portraits ? Lisa Ambrose by Amanda Herman April 2006 Amanda Herman presents the story of Hurrican Katrina survivor Lisa Ambrose.. Read more |
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Katrina Audio Portraits ? Eric Butler by Amanda Herman April 2006 Amanda Herman presents the story of Hurricane Katrina survivor Eric Butler.. Read more |
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Gulf Coast Middle Passage by Aya de Leon August 2006 Katrina-related audio projects produced through the Ella Baker Center... Read more |
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Taking Care of her Little NaiNai by Vicki Ferstel August 2006 When Shanai Green slipped off a roof and into Hurricane Katrina's floodwaters, her horrified grandfather, Robert Green, could do nothing to save the 3-year-old "NaiNai.".. Read more |
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They Won't Cry For You by Renee Wilson August 2006 Katrina-related audio projects produced through the Ella Baker Center... Read more |
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Shelter From the Storm by Orlonda Uffre August 2006 The story is told by the faces of the survivors... Read more |
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We Are Here by Marie-Jose Durquet August 2006 These photographs were made during several months I spent in Haiti in 2005-2006, while documenting health care at the Albert Schweitzer Hospital there... Read more |
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racial recollections : a prose poem by Jacqueline E. Luckett January 2006 black black stay back, black like me, black as night, black as coal. black as the pit from pole to pole a dying poet wrote from the sadness of his soul. colored. negro. black. african american... Read more |
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Paris Noir : The Complexities of American Exile by Miles Marshall Lewis January 2006 "We helped to make America great, so why can't we help to make another country great? Anywhere we go, we are going to bring our African-American culture with us ..... Read more |
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God's Son by Gail Rusch January 2006 i was asleep. at one in the morning you don?t do anything else. duane came in. gail. he said. gail, i'm talking to you. what? i've got some bad news to tell you. tomone called. your grandson has been shot. ..... Read more |
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Young, Gifted, and Black in Beijing by Kimberly C. Ellis, Ph.D. January 2006 Ni Hao! (Hello / How Are You in Mandarin) I?m a newly minted professor, poet and performing artist with a love of Old-School and conscious Hip Hop and a wanderlust that rivals the most ancient of nomads. ..... Read more |
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Venom by Max Smith January 2006 She has a conversation with the man: the black man. He is tired of seeing himself portrayed in stereotypical images. ..... Read more |
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They're Not Talking About Me by Elsa Nefertari Ulen January 2006 At the junior high school across the street from my Brooklyn apartment, girls still claim an empowered dominion over the spaces they occupy ..... Read more |
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The Reality of Our Mentality by E. Joyce Moore January 2006 The speaker was talking about the Stockholm Syndrome as it pertained to Jews in the Holocaust. I was suddenly struck: how does this psychological phenomenon apply to me ..... Read more |
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Malcolm on My Mind by Herb Boyd January 2006 I was 20 years old in 1958 when I first met Malcolm X. The story begins with my friend who lived up the street from me and who was a member of the Nation of Islam... Read more |
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Blues for Charlie for Charlie Braxton by Kevin Powell January 2006 What does death look like, Charlie?.. Read more |
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Why Won?t My Neighbor Say Good Morning? by Retha Powers January 2006 My New York City neighborhood was once a black enclave of mixed incomes, but remained plagued by a modicum of services, crime and police disinterest due to the complexion of its inhabitants... Read more |
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