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The Signs Were Not There
"We used to say this was 'up South,' and, you know, the other places were 'down South.'" https://youtu.be/5UZ4zGofi1c Transcript for The Signs Were Not There All of my folks—my father and my mother’s side, they were all from Florida. Gainesville,...
How We Ended Up Coming to Gary
"It was the dirtiest place in the mill. But I guess they made a decent salary. So he encouraged my father to leave Florida and move to Gary." https://youtu.be/3bUnw0wexeY Transcript for How We Ended Up Coming to Gary We grew...
A Wonderful Childhood
"We had a village out there in Small Farms." https://youtu.be/aXd1nReZBxM Transcript for A Wonderful Childhood I grew up in the Midtown section of Gary. It was a place called the Small Farms. It was called that for a reason because...
International Education at Valparaiso University – An Oral History
“The goal was always to get more students here and get more of our students to go abroad.” The following stories, edited by Nick Ladeau, offer a portrait of how international education was established and developed at Valparaiso University. Study...
In My Own Skin
"I think it's the exact opposite. I think those are the reasons I can do it." https://youtu.be/YUwOqWH3zq0 Produced by Carmen Vincent Transcript for In My Own Skin I was born in Texarkana in Texas. It's a city near where Oklahoma,...
Green Light to Go Out of Town
"Did you want to take a stand… or was it just an inevitability, 'Man, we can’t stay here any longer?'" https://youtu.be/JDdfi8MzO7Q Transcript for Green Light to Go Out of Town It didn’t take a lot of, “Let’s sit down and...
Living with Mental Illness
"We should all be allies to each other for mental health, and for everything else." https://youtu.be/LrPoisfEwhU Produced by Carmen Vincent Transcript for Living with Mental Illness When people say bad things about you, it's sometimes hard to let them go,...
Fences
"Just leave me alone. I’ll leave you alone. We’ll be good." https://youtu.be/mhIWAx5sznQ Transcript for Fences Ok, what I think makes a good neighbor is fences. That’s what I think makes a good neighbor, and that sounds mean to say that,...
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...