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I Was All Over That Mill

"I got to watch that. This was big for me. It was something that I just dearly loved..." Produced by Rich Elliott. Transcript for I Was All Over That Mill Bethlehem Steel had...
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Getting Rich for My Blood

“It’s just changed. It’s a bigger town feeling than it used to be.” Edited by Rich Elliott. Transcript for Getting Rich for My Blood Living in Valpo’s been great. My kids were able...
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Making Enemies

“People are so afraid of change.” Edited by Rebecca Werner. Transcript for Making Enemies If you want to talk about making enemies, I could tell you that I did a lot of zoning...
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Still Working on the Revolution

"You’ve given status to people who would ordinarily not have it...thus giving them power and ability to make change." Rev. Dr. Gregory Jones Edited by Rebecca Werner Transcript for Still Working on the...
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Not Something That You Force

"You learn how to trust each other, you learn to assume responsibility for each other, you develop relationships… It’s something that happens in the course of time." Rev. Dr. Gregory Jones Edited by...
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Hold the Line

“These were good people who honestly believed that there was a real problem in terms of the difference between the races.” Edited by Rebecca Werner. Transcript for Title of Story Well, at the...
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Competition Came In

“What happened with the steel industry is foreign steel.” Edited by Rebecca Werner. Transcript for Title of Story Bethlehem Steel supposedly came to the Midwest and moved into U.S. Steel’s territory, supposedly after...
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Terrible Things Happen

"I’m sitting in my car and I hear a crumple and next thing ya know, I’m out." Produced by Welcome Project intern Noah Sobocinski. Transcript for Terrible Things Happen Part 1 I get...
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Vulnerability Is Power

"If you can find security in where you are, then you can open up your ability to be vulnerable." Produced by intern Marcus Boas. Vulnerability Is Power I started to understand during my...
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