StoryCorps
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StoryCorps is an independent nonprofit project whose mission is to provide people of all backgrounds and beliefs with the opportunity to record, share, and preserve the stories of our lives. The StoryCorps crew visited the California African American History Museum in LA's Exposition Park this Spring to capture oral histories for a national archive at the American Folk Life Center at the Library of Congress. While in Los Angeles, StoryCorps focused on the Griot Initiative, a project aimed at recording African American experiences and life stories. Griot (pronounced GREE-oh) is a storyteller and a position of honor in West African tradition. In addition to the Griot project, StoryCorps captured interviews from undocumented immigrants across the United States as part of their Every Voice Initiative. In 2010, StoryCorps brought their Historias Initiative capturing the stories of the Southland's Latinos to the East Los Angeles Library. StoryCorps invites people to connect with one another through the power of their own words and experiences, so share yours! If you have a reaction to any of the interviews you've heard, leave a comment. We want to hear from you. The stories that result celebrate our shared humanity. |
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Glynn Turman sits down in the StoryCorps booth to be interviewed by his daughter Delena Turman on March 24, 2011.
Slideshow:
StoryCorps: Robert Geminder
July 4, 2011 | 5 comments
75-year-old Robert Geminder of Rancho Palos Verdes is a Holocaust survivor. His family lived in Poland, near the German border, before World War Two. He was four years old when the Nazis occupied Poland in 1939 and he shares his tale of survival.
StoryCorps: Eugenia Dallas
June 27, 2011 | 0 comments
86-year-old Eugenia Dallas of Los Angeles came to the United States when she was young woman to be a model. But the story of her life before she got here is hardly one of glitz and glamour. She's written a memoir titled One Woman, Five Lives, Five Countries.
StoryCorps: Penny Bautista and son, Herman Bautista
June 20, 2011 | 2 comments
80-year-old Penny Bautista of Midway City left her family in the Philippines nearly 50 years ago to find a better life for herself in the United States. She came with nothing, but ended up making a good living cleaning houses. She spoke with her son Herman Bautista, an assistant principal.
StoryCorps Griot: Glynn Turman with daughter, Delena Turman
June 16, 2011 | 1 comment
Emmy award winning actor Glynn Turman, 64, is known for originating the role of Travis Younger on Broadway in Lorraine Hansberry’s “A Raisin In the Sun” and for playing many celebrated roles including Mayor Royce on the highly-acclaimed TV series The Wire. Today we hear Turman share fond memories of his strong-willed and fiercely independent mother with Delena Turman, his 24 year-old daughter.
StoryCorps Griot: Jeffrey Anderson-Gunter and friend, Pedro Uribe
June 13, 2011 | 0 comments
Pedro Uribe interviews his mentor, Jeffrey Anderson-Gunter. Anderson-Gunter is an actor who lives currently in Palmdale. He remembers his parents and shares a story about the power of forgiveness.
