education
The Strike at Froebel
"We were in school one day, the next day when we went back, the entire white population of students were gone." https://youtu.be/YDhAJ6NxNC8 Transcript for The Strike at Froebel I was totally shocked when I moved to Gary. For the simple...
Bigger Forces Swirling
"I realized that my little Wonder Bread existence in Miller was not quite what I thought it was." https://youtu.be/FJ-Upndyw_g Transcript for Bigger Forces Swirling I grew up in the Miller section of Gary in the late 1960s through the ‘70s,...
Hitting Home
"I was starting to grow up and see things the way my parents were seeing them." https://youtu.be/G44IXUlKZKM Transcript for Hitting Home The school I went to in Detroit was what they say now was integrated. When I came here to...
Vulnerability Is Power
"If you can find security in where you are, then you can open up your ability to be vulnerable."
Produced by intern Marcus Boas. Vulnerability Is Power I started to understand during my...
Felt a Lot of Pride
"I was thinking black power was a good thing."
Produced by Rebecca Werner with interviews recorded by StoryCorps, a national nonprofit whose mission is to provide Americans of all backgrounds and beliefs with...
Life has Yin and Yang
"Key things happen in your life that trigger you… put you on your path."
Produced by Dan Funderburg. Thanks to the Office of Multicultural Programs for organizing a story collection day during the...
Forty Years an Educator
"Never, ever look the other way." https://youtu.be/XpT5zJOuvuU Edited by Reagan Skaggs. Transcript for Forty Years an Educator I probably over the years have had a couple incidents where someone used a racist term in class because there were no people...
No One Ever Told Me That
"I feel safe on campus, but the fact that there were people willing to oppress minorities and make them feel like they shouldn't be here, were moments where I was like, 'Ummm, maybe I shouldn't be here?'" [iframe width="100%" height="166"...
Game Changer
"It became my mission to change the way people saw Gary, how people saw people of color, and the knowledge they had of people of color because it was hurtful." Paste Soundcloud or YouTube code here. [iframe width="100%" height="166" scrolling="no" frameborder="no"...