Flight Paths Project
I’m 101-Years-Old (Parts 1 and 2)
Parts one and two of a two-part biographical story in which our 101-year-old storyteller remembers part of her family's journey prior to the Emancipation Proclamation up to her birth in St. Louis, MO, and her move as a young adult...
Here on Earth to Help Each Other
"...we must do it in a good way so we don’t destroy our earth." https://youtu.be/D22an8Fjwhc Part two in a two-part story. Transcript for Here on Earth to Help Each Other Always, whenever you spoke of Gary, people said, “Oh, the...
But I’m Still Here
"The doctor...made a comment, 'Oh, the girl doesn’t have a chance.'" https://youtu.be/W0FvxNO6TRY This is part one of a two-part story. Transcript for But I'm Still Here This goes way back to before the Emancipation Proclamation. My grandfather’s father was born...
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...
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...
Caught in the Crossfire
"I love hearing both sides. Which makes my black and white world very gray." https://youtu.be/quZfLQO3G2E Transcript for Caught in the Crossfire I think that like, all of us live this shared experience, but we see things differently, obviously. It’s like...
Resilience of the Residents
"I’m talking about people in my neighborhood who have been in their homes for forty years—they believe in the city and believe that it can work. https://youtu.be/mP-MnM6cszU Transcript for Resilience of the Residents Well, you know, I used to always...
Thought I Was Stuck
"I thought I was going somewhere else. I was planning on going somewhere else. But I didn’t." https://youtu.be/u24kxLh7GGM Transcript for I Thought I Was Stuck I didn't think I was going to be the one left behind, but his name...
Memory in the Light of These Sources
"You can’t come in with your history book and bang people over the head… It’s going to be more dialogical than that." https://youtu.be/m7hl0k0P0ZE Dr. Heath W. Carter, Historian Transcript for Memory in the Light of These Sources Part of what...