Tag: race
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,...
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,...
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...
Between Those White Lines
"With athletes, it was just a whole different kind of bonding." https://youtu.be/n002TWpLkL4 Transcript for Between Those White Lines The interesting thing about sports is this, and a lot of people just don’t get it. Sports for the most part, not...
Motivating Force
"You can make positives out of situations and we did that as an all-black school in an all-black community." https://youtu.be/Gl4ZSFibOrE Transcript for Motivating Force Today, if any student was going to Gary Roosevelt as I remember Gary Roosevelt and others,...
Part 2: All of That Changed for Me
"To go from a school that was predominantly African American to just the complete opposite was a little bit of a culture shock." https://youtu.be/l8UoRD1_2RE Part 2 of an oral history story from an interview with Mayor Jerome Prince, Gary, Indiana....
Watching Fires
"No other part of their humanity could be seen beyond the color of their skin." [iframe width="100%" height="166" scrolling="no" frameborder="no" allow="autoplay" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/986966776&color=%23ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&show_teaser=true"]Welcome Project at Valparaiso University · Watching Fires This interview was recorded over Zoom. Transcript for Watching Fires I...
Standing on Shoulders
"I was very fortunate because...people had gone through it already, you know, my brothers." [iframe width="100%" height="166" scrolling="no" frameborder="no" allow="autoplay" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/1018166080&color=%23ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=true&show_comments=false&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&show_teaser=true"]Welcome Project at Valparaiso University · Standing On Shoulders Warning: story contains racial slurs. Find a bleeped version below. [iframe...
Code-Switching
"And so they had to negotiate both of those worlds. That’s what black people have always done." [iframe width="100%" height="166" scrolling="no" frameborder="no" allow="autoplay" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/1018162690&color=%23ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&show_teaser=true"] Recorded over Zoom. Edited by Rebecca Warner. Transcript for Code-Switching The journey of my parents to...