neighborhood life
Mexican Colonies
"You have a delightful mix of people starting over fresh and I think the notion was that, 'We are Mexican. We will always be Mexican first and maybe American second.'" https://youtu.be/Uq-zxxkV8m8 Nicole Martinez-LeGrand, Multicultural Collections Coordinator, Library and Archives Division,...
Neighboring in Kouts
"If you are a good neighbor, your neighbor’s going to be a good neighbor."
Welcome Project at Valparaiso University · Neighboring In Kouts Produced by Rich Elliott with interviews recorded by StoryCorps, a...
Part 1: That’s Who I Am
"She actually made a bassinet out of a drawer for me." https://youtu.be/YXqugzpV-as Part 1 of an oral history story from an interview with Mayor Jerome Prince, Gary, Indiana. You can find Part 2 here, Part 3 here, and Part 4...
Cross-Connect
"Pierogies are the Eastern European version of empanadas, you know?" https://youtu.be/z-Eurt554aM An oral history story from an interview with Nicole Martinez-LeGrand, Multicultural Collections Coordinator, Library and Archives Division, Indiana Historical Society. Transcript for Cross Connect When I was growing up,...
Residential Segregation and Racial Inequality
"...central obstacles for black Americans seeking to make their way in post-war America." https://youtu.be/4cs2_xbcld8 Historian Heath Carter discusses how post-war policies and practices (including the G.I. Bill, redlining, and restrictive covenants) created a Northern Jim Crow. Transcript for Residential Segregation...
Before the Floodgates Opened
"I will call some agents out there and see what's available, but I want to let you know what times we're living in." https://youtu.be/ipBby9naDwQ Transcript for Before the Floodgates Opened Open housing just opened the floodgates and made it possible...
Things Like That, They Happened
"You kind of adjusted… we didn’t like it. We just, we kind of adjusted." https://youtu.be/E9wjSZH8shw Transcript for Things Like That, They Happened We grew up in the neighborhood that was near Pulaski School. And at the time that I went,...
Proud of Where You Came From
"I wanted to [write] a book where people would say, 'Oh, man, I loved that book, I want to go see where it took place...'"
Produced by Rich Elliott. Transcript for Proud of...
History Came Alive
"History is a pattern of life...something that happened then and is continuing now or has an effect on what’s happening now."
Produced by Rich Elliott. Transcript for History Came Alive You know I...