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Racism Is a Disease
"Until you change inside, all the laws you can pass ain’t gonna do a bit of good."
Produced by Emmanuel Higgins for Flight Paths. Thanks to Mr. Allison for sharing this story. ...
Veiled Racism
“It was legislated white flight… this was actually extremely deliberate.”
Produced by Rebecca Werner with interviews recorded by StoryCorps, a national nonprofit whose mission is to provide Americans of all backgrounds and...
We Just Want to Run
"...it is actually possible for something so wrong to go on with everybody just assuming it’s normal."
This story is part of our Flight Paths initiative. Produced by Rebecca Werner for the Welcome...
Really Nice Subdivision
"I think that a lot of the affluent white people here, if you really got inside their heads, they’d just prefer it to be lily-white."
This story is part of our Flight Paths...
It Takes Time
"I can’t imagine why some forward-thinking company wouldn’t want to do something..."
This story is part of our Flight Paths initiative. Produced by Rebecca Werner for the Welcome Project. Transcript for It Takes Time...
Division Road
“There can be some tension. But it doesn’t seem to be that way, especially in this northwest area up here.” [soundcloud url="https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/328576887" params="color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false" width="100%" height="166" iframe="true" /] Produced by Rebecca Werner with interviews recorded by StoryCorps, a national nonprofit whose...
Dodged A Bullet
"I don’t know why I was anxious. I guess everything just looked so distressed."
This story is part of our Flight Paths initiative. Produced by Rebecca Werner for the Welcome Project. Transcript for Dodged...
You Have to Have Places
“We trained people to go south—to see entertainment, to shop, to eat.” [soundcloud url="https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/310364057" params="color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false" width="100%" height="166" iframe="true" /] This story is part of our Flight Paths initiative. Produced by Rebecca Werner with interviews recorded by StoryCorps, a national...
Iron Curtain
"You know, growing up, race was never discussed... There were no signs: 'Whites only,' 'Blacks only.'"
This story is part of our Flight Paths initiative. To find more stories from Flight Paths, click here....