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Cross-Connect
"Pierogies are the Eastern European version of empanadas, you know?" https://youtu.be/z-Eurt554aM An oral history story from an interview with Nicole Martinez-LeGrand, Multicultural Collections Coordinator, Library and Archives Division, Indiana Historical Society. Transcript for Cross Connect When I was growing up,...
Cuba: La Salida (Cuba: It Was Time To Leave)
"Nada más que he extrañado siempre a la familia." | "The only thing is, I have always missed my family." https://youtu.be/HxiYjFNQTas Mirtha Cuza | interviewed and produced by Melissa Avila Transcript for Cuba: La Salida | Cuba: It Was Time...
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...
What Are You? (Radio Edit)
"I would have been so normal if I grew up anywhere else."
Transcript for What Are You? In my high school, we had maybe three African American kids in our classes. And then...
Proud of Where You Came From
"I wanted to [write] a book where people would say, 'Oh, man, I loved that book, I want to go see where it took place...'"
Produced by Rich Elliott. Transcript for Proud of...
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,...
History Came Alive
"History is a pattern of life...something that happened then and is continuing now or has an effect on what’s happening now."
Produced by Rich Elliott. Transcript for History Came Alive You know I...
Growing Up Rural
"It was a lonely life. But there were woods and creeks and meadows and places where you can just sit on a hill under a tree and let the sun shine on you..."
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How We Ended Up Coming to Gary
"It was the dirtiest place in the mill. But I guess they made a decent salary. So he encouraged my father to leave Florida and move to Gary." https://youtu.be/3bUnw0wexeY Transcript for How We Ended Up Coming to Gary We grew...