
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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Friends and coworkers Tina Lewis and Ife’ Colvin sat down at StoryCorps to share their innovative approach to teaching and reflect on their own journeys to become educators.
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In this edition of StoryCorps, Julie shares the story of her son's cancer diagnosis as a child.