July 8, 2014
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July 8, 2014
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StoryCorps: My Father Worked in a Chocolate Factory
“My father went to work in a chocolate factory. When he'd come home, his hair was all full of chocolate; his pillows were all brown.”
July 8, 2014
July 8, 2014
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StoryCorps: It Was Never a Slum to Me
“They called it slums but it was never a slum to me.”
July 8, 2014
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March With Me
Letitia and Mae join children leaving school to march in Birmingham, Alabama. Disappointed that they were not arrested while picketing Woolworth’s, they feel reassured by Rev. Bevel, who tells them they made a great contribution to the movement.
October 30, 2014
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A Student Remembers Her School's 'Lunch Man,' Philando Castile
On July 6, 2016, Philando Castile was pulled over by police near Saint Paul, Minn., after being misidentified as a robbery suspect. He was then shot and killed by an officer during the traffic stop. In this StoryCorps edition, Chad Eisen-Ramgren has a conversation with his 10-year-old daughter, who was a student at the school where Mr. Phil managed the cafeteria.
September 28, 2018
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To Serve With Honor
Leonard Matlovich, a U.S. Air Force sergeant, was awarded the Purple Heart for service in Vietnam, but discharged soon after telling his captain he was gay and appearing in uniform on the cover of Time magazine with the words, "I Am a Homosexual" emblazoned next to him. While he may have "settled" in his fight against the Air Force, he was a pioneer in the fight for gay and lesbian rights in the military.
September 28, 2018