Tag: politics

The Pull of Gary

"I want to come back, but I don’t want to come back." [iframe width="100%" height="166" scrolling="no" frameborder="no" allow="autoplay" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/414381993&color=%23ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&show_teaser=true"]   Produced by Rebecca Werner with interviews recorded by StoryCorps, a national nonprofit whose mission is to provide Americans of all...
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Veiled Racism

“It was legislated white flight… this was actually extremely deliberate.” [iframe width="100%" height="166" scrolling="no" frameborder="no" allow="autoplay" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/414381555&color=%23ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&show_teaser=true"]   Produced by Rebecca Werner with interviews recorded by StoryCorps, a national nonprofit whose mission is to provide Americans of all backgrounds and...
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We Were Bussed

"... we were in school together, but we were separated." https://youtu.be/W3raVGrHavY Editing by Welcome Project intern Brandi Casada. Transcript for We Were Bussed Originally, the East Side of Gary, which is anything east of Broadway.  See, downtown was flourishing then,...
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Hold the Line

“These were good people who honestly believed that there was a real problem in terms of the difference between the races.” [iframe width="100%" height="166" scrolling="no" frameborder="no" allow="autoplay" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/654857828&color=%23ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&show_teaser=true"] Edited by Rebecca Werner. Transcript for Title of Story Well, at the...
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Block and Pennsy

“These communities have been erased.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZhIZBN0-c4k Nicole Martinez-LeGrand, Multicultural Collections Coordinator, Library and Archives Division, Indiana Historical Society. Transcript for Block and Pennsy In the 1920s you have this curious, fabulous mix of people from all different backgrounds – middle...
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Pick Up That Slack

“The tradition of the mutual aid society dates all the way back to the earliest days of the Mexican colonies in Indiana Harbor and Gary, Indiana.” https://youtu.be/QH9lQD9OTSc Historian Emiliano Aguilar, doctoral student Northwestern University Transcript for Pick Up That Slack...
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Repatriation Movement

“From 1929 to 1939 the United States and communities across the United States engaged in a repatriation movement of Mexican nationals.” https://youtu.be/2Sgh9lqLFyY Historian Emiliano Aguilar, doctoral student Northwestern University Transcript for Repatriation Movement So from 1929 to 1939 the United...
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The Concerned Latins Organization

“And they really—under the umbrella of education, housing, and employment—try to confront a lot of the discrimination and issues that the community has faced in the region.” https://youtu.be/Cu_sVNwrMyU Historian Emiliano Aguilar, doctoral student Northwestern University Transcript for The Concerned Latins...
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A Long Way to Go

"It was hysteria...and fear." https://youtu.be/rbNGtOYO2V0 This story is part of our Flight Paths initiative.   Hold a Conversation In addition to the questions below, please see How to use the questions for reflection. Clarification Questions How has the speaker experienced...
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