Stories - Life Stories
Stories 1596 Interviews 45
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.
A racially charged incident with a tennis coach at Punahou School
Persistence of antisemitism and the scapegoating of Jewish people
Learning about the Tulsa Race Massacre and experiencing racial discrimination in Oklahoma
Lincoln's constitutional views on slavery and the founding principles of the United States
Gordon Parks' Fontanelle series and the context of systemic racism in Northern cities
Distinguishing between historical Populism and contemporary misuse of the term
Abolitionist movement's role in redefining freedom as a universal birthright
Gordon Parks's portrait of Red Jackson and Black interiority
King's underestimation of entrenched urban segregation in Chicago
Dr. King's shifting public reception in Atlanta over six years
“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
Enslaved people's political awareness and agency during the Civil War era
Obama's election as a repudiation of the Three-Fifths Clause
Expansion of white settlement and the loss of Indigenous peoples' freedom
The transatlantic slave trade, the domestic slave trade, and the unfinished journey toward equality
Resistance to the Fugitive Slave Law and freedom seekers' rebellions in the 1850s
Dissenting Supreme Court opinions on the Korematsu ruling and racism
Critique of generalizing feminist theory across diverse women's experiences
Mayor Daley's political response to the Chicago open housing marches
Workplace flexibility, women's career paths, and untapped potential
Sheltered upbringing in New Rochelle and early encounters with racism
