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Listing stories: IKR Volume 004
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One Way Ticket: West Coast Griots Introduction by Cheo Tyehimba September 2008 The Museum of the African Diaspora (MoAD) partnered with the StoryCorps Griot Initiative to record the stories of African Americans living here in the Northern California... Read more |
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Two Hampton Classmates Reminisce by Frankie and Emma September 2008 Frankie Jacobs Gillette and her friend Emma Daughly discuss the good old times... Read more |
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A Former Panther on Her Path to Freedom by Kiilu and Tureeda September 2008 Tureeda Mikel interviews Kiilu Nyasha on "Black August" to learn about her journey to California and her activism in Black Power Movement... Read more |
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Segregation Blues by Michal and William September 2008 William Settles interviews his wife Michal Settles about growing up during segregation in a small southern town... Read more |
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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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A Mother's Memories by Carla and Gladys September 2008 This conversation starts as a mother, Gladys Evans, shares her almost unbelievable first memory with her daughter, Carla... Read more |
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Conversin' with the Elders by Willard and CToland September 2008 Wilard B. Smith, 81, talks to his brother C. Toland Draper, 86. Two friends discuss their friendship that spanned more than half a century... 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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