Tag: migration

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...
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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...
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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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No Interest in Seeing Our City Progress

"Why don’t you come to Gary and see what Gary really is?" https://youtu.be/YPOfcFVlWx4 Transcript for No Interest in Seeing Our City Progress You know—city services are based on tax revenue and if you don’t have enough people who are paying...
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Double Whammy

"Now, we talked about the white flight; we didn’t talk about what really made it worse in Gary." Double Whammy is part of our Flight Paths initiative. Double Whammy So the white flight...
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Settlement House

"If you could make it through the wobbles and the buckles in the floor at the Neighborhood House, you could skate anywhere." This is an audio excerpt from Just What a Neighbor Does....
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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.  ...
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Homestead

"They came in their covered wagon to Merrillville..." https://youtu.be/Wd1WsMS0FWI   Transcript for Homestead Well, I just did my DNA thing, and it’s basically Western European. That’s traced back to 212 AD. This is the family history; this is the oldest...
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Drumbeat

"Their own coverage began to contribute to what was going on in Gary." https://youtu.be/LIM20-48RmE This story is part of our Flight Paths initiative. Produced by Willow Walsh for the Welcome Project. Transcript for Drumbeat The newspaper did a whole project...
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