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StoryCorps: She Couldn't Wear Fingernail Polish
“She said, 'You know, there was a time we couldn't wear no fingernail polish...'”
July 8, 2014
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StoryCorps: In the Wrong Body
“You said that you were in the wrong body, that you should be a man.”
July 8, 2014
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Gender Spectrum
Young people speak out against fitting every person into one of two narrowly conceived gender categories.
July 8, 2014
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Only One Me
This poem's speaker describes being bullied and feeling depressed and skipping school to avoid the harassment. Spiraling downhill emotionally, the speaker ultimately comes to accept and appreciate his/her unique identities.
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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Gay Marriage
This cartoon shows a legislator who voted against marriage equality as part of a series of legislators photographed for a “wrong-side-of-history photo shoot.”
November 3, 2014
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Remembering My Four Friends 50 Years Later
Glenn Ellis gives a personal account of the bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, and remembers his four friends: Addie Mae Collins, Cynthia Wesley, Carole Robertson and Denise McNair.
November 18, 2014
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The Christmas I Will Never Forget
Sixteen-year-old Brandon Garcia talks about his difficult journey from Guatemala to the United States and some of the challenges he’s faced since immigrating to the States.
December 11, 2014
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The Convert
This radio segment looks at a workshop, led by law professor Ramzi Kassem, offering guidance to Muslims on how to respond in the event that they find themselves under surveillance in terrorism investigations.
July 3, 2014
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The Jungle
From a novel that raised public consciousness about conditions in the meatpacking industry, these excerpts provide a glimpse into early 20th century industrialization from labor's vantage point.
July 3, 2014