Stories - Life Stories
Stories 1977 Interviews 101
Our stories are about how people make sense of their own lives, how they can shed light on our lives, and how we are connected to one another, to history, and to the larger human story.
Reflecting on King's legacy and its relevance to today's political climate
Engaging men and boys as partners in preventing domestic violence
Speculation on whether going public could have led to Jim's release
Free Black communities' personal ties to enslavement and abolitionist motivations
Father's relationship with Jim Foley's parents during captivity
Lincoln's physical and emotional toll during the Civil War years
Viewing antisemitism as rooted in ignorance, misery, and scapegoating
America's cyclical struggle toward expanding equality and inclusion
King's legacy applied to voting rights and political power today
Rosenberg executions as a political and moral awakening during McCarthyism
“I am what I am not because America gave me opportunity. I am what I am because I became who I am despite the suffocation that Americans more often put in my path than the windows of opportunity.”
Harry Belafonte
Directing "Ladies First" and incorporating South African anti-apartheid footage
The transformative power of photographs depicting anti-Black racial violence
Resistance networks protecting freedom seekers before and after the Fugitive Slave Act
White supremacist violence against Black communities during the Red Summer of 1919
The Civil Rights Movement's expansive definition of freedom for Black Americans
The history of racial inequality in America, from genocide and slavery to the collapse of Reconstruction
Motivation to share her story publicly and keep Holocaust memory alive
Brother Bryan Stevenson's vision for a lynching memorial and its inspiration
Navigating ideological tensions as a Vietnamese refugee and atheist
Tracking police violence data and the laws that protect officers from accountability