Stories - Life Stories
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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.
The complexity and contradictions in Lincoln's legacy and racial views
Lincoln's refusal to compromise with Southern slaveholders before the Civil War
Jefferson's concept of the pursuit of happiness and its contradictions
Origins of antisemitism in the Middle East and the 1948 Arab-Israeli conflict
Speculation on slavery's future if the Confederacy had won the Civil War
Gordon Parks on the camera as a more powerful weapon than a gun
Confrontation with Jon Stewart and the culture at The Daily Show
Founding of the NBFO and its impact on Black women's organizing
Parks' enduring influence on Black artists and creative communities
Skepticism about the transformative impact of the Voting Rights Act on white public opinion
“I consider mentoring a process of showing your scars instead of your successes. I've always been awed by how many people resonate when I tell the story of my life. Often it's the first time they've ever told anyone their own story.”
Loretta Ross
Concern about global decline in human rights commitments since 9/11
Black Union soldiers' motivations and experiences of unequal treatment
Founders' compromise on slavery and its consequences for future generations
Obama's approach to racial incidents and the Trayvon Martin case
Emmett Till's murder and its role in galvanizing Civil Rights activism
Strategies for explaining the Japanese American incarceration experience to different audiences
Jesse Jackson's impact on Black voter registration and Democratic Party politics
Formation and early impact of the Liberty Party in 1840s abolitionist politics
Harding and Coolidge's measured stances against racial discrimination in their era
Enslaved people's legal strategies to claim freedom based on movement between states
