Stories in the 'Griot' category
“Daddy would come home tired to the bone...”
Samuel Black tells his wife, Edda Fields-Black, about his father, who operated a boiler room.
Recorded in Pittsburgh, PA.
“Is there anything you wanted to know about me?”
Hasiyna Price, right, tells her cousin Danette Banks about being a teenager with scoliosis.
Recorded in New York, NY, in partnership with ACORN Community High School..
“The people never stopped coming in...”
New Orleans police officer David Duplantier tells his wife, Melissa Eugene, about patrolling the Superdome during Hurricane Katrina.
Recorded in New Orleans, LA. Click here for more Hurricane Katrina stories.
“It was raining just as hard in the station as it was outside.”
New Orleans Pump Station workers Rufus Burkhalter and Bobby Brown remember the night Hurricane Katrina hit.
Recorded in New Orleans, LA. Click here for more Hurricane Katrina stories.
“I'm trying to decide whether I stay in New Orleans or leave.”
John W. Taylor, Jr. talks about how New Orleans has changed since Hurricane Katrina.
Recorded in New Orleans, LA. Click here for more Hurricane Katrina stories.
“Well, I had a buddy and he used to dance up and down the docks...”
91-year-old Henry Belcher tells his friend Major A. Mason III about tap dancing in the 1930s.
Recorded in Pittsburgh, PA.
“The jobs change; managers change; I still stay there.”
100-year-old Arthur Winston tells his great-grandnephew, Eric Givens, about working for 72 years.
Recorded in Los Angeles, CA.
“Let's talk about Miss Devine.”
James Ransom and Cherie Johnson remember their neighbor and Sunday school teacher.
Recorded in Sarasota, FL.
“How is it being legit?”
Anthony Wilson interviews his coworker Leo Smith.
Recorded in New York, NY.
“I was typing, and he kept looking at my legs.”
Peggy Edwards to her granddaughter, Cinema Wood.
Recorded in Washington, D.C..