StoryCorps: Recording the Lives and Stories of Everyday Americans
StoryCorps is an independent nonprofit project whose mission is to honor and celebrate the lives of everyday Americans by listening to their stories. Episodes show a candid, unscripted conversation between two people about what's really important in life: love, loss, family, friendship... and everything else in between. Since 2003, StoryCorps has built the largest collection of human voices ever archived, including conversations from Alabama. Alabama Public Radio hosted the Airstream portable studio in Mobile in 2017 and 2023. Those recordings and others from across the country are kept at the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress.
StoryCorps recently traveled to Selma to record, preserve, and share conversations from the community. The excerpts below were selected and produced by Alabama Public Radio. Stories previously shared in Mobile can be found here.
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This week on StoryCorps, Snookie Parish and Michael Lewis remember their childhood in the Mill Village in the midst of segregation and integration, and how blissfully unaware they were of the societal problems that surrounded them. -
This week on StoryCorps, we return with Ty Cramer and Steve Romein as they discuss how Common Power branched out towards Selma, Alabama and the significance it has for education and voting rights. -
This week on StoryCorps, Ty Cramer and her spouse Steve Romein discuss their early involvement with the organization called Common Power and how it has impacted their careers and lives.
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This week on StoryCorps, Afriye Wekandodis continues her story from last week, shedding light on how and why she created the By The River Center for Humanity in Selma, Alabama. -
This week on StoryCorps, Afriye Wekandodis tells the story of how she was called to move to Selma, Alabama where she would become the director of the Ancient Africa, Enslavement and Civil War Museum and the founder of the By The River Center for Humanity.
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This week on StoryCorps, Sarah Aghedo and Verdell Dawson compare South Africa and Selma and discuss how Selma's family-oriented community has changed over the decades. -
This week on StoryCorps, Julie Lyons and Glenda Nichols discuss the rich history of Selma and the importance of its preservation. -
This week on StoryCorps, Veteran Jeanne Charbonneau continues her story on how she and her son persevered through a seemingly impossible situation. -
This week on StoryCorps, we hear Veteran Jeanne Charbonneau's terrifying story of giving birth on a Turkish army base, and the challenges that ensued.
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This week on StoryCorps, Susan Youngblood tells the story of her career as an advocate for victims of domestic abuse. She begins with her graduation from paralegal school in Nashville and then tells how she went on to establish the SABRA sanctuary to protect victims here in Alabama.
