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.
Backlash to Obama's presidency and the country's changing demographics
Obama's use of autobiography, identity, and language modulation across audiences
Documenting the 2015 Freddie Gray uprising and its aftermath
Black soldiers' service challenging racial inferiority and the foundations of slavery
Activists leading the way before political leadership in key reform movements
How historical narratives have been shaped by white male political power
Lincoln's evolving emancipation policy and relationship with abolitionists
Shifts in historical scholarship placing slavery at the center of American history
The New York Public Library's role in integrating generations of immigrants
The Civil War's end of slavery and unanswered questions about Black freedom
“See the dysfunction, but don't give up the human being. We can begin to talk to each other and begin to tell the truth.”
James Cromwell
King's enduring optimism and concerns about the movement's future direction
The role of fear and scapegoating in American political history
Founding the Bryan A. Stevenson School of Excellence for underrepresented youth
Diverse historical sources for reconstructing the experiences of enslaved people
Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address and the debt owed to enslaved people
The decline of the Klan as a victory of reason over fear and division
Distinguishing tragedy and suffering in Lincoln's and Black Americans' experiences
The deep entrenchment of white supremacy in American culture and capitalism
Parks' photographs for "Harlem Is Nowhere" as symbolic and corrective representations
Billy Porter being recognized as a leading man and encouraged to be fully himself on Pose
