11 episodes
StoryCorps Comes to Hampton Roads, WHRO Public Media_ WHRO
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- Society & Culture
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3.3 • 7 Ratings
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Beginning October 22nd, you’ll have the opportunity to share your stories during the StoryCorps MobileBooth’s month-long visit to Hampton Roads. At the MobileBooth, interviews are conducted between two people who know and care about each other. You’ll hear a selection of these local stories on WHRV, and we’ll even create special programs around the project. Some segments may air nationally on NPR’s Morning Edition.
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Don Davis and Kendall Bailey
Kendall Bailey talks about his experience being discharged from the Marine Corps under the Don't Ask, Don't Tell policy with his friend Don Davis.
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MJ Seide and Genna Alperin
MJ Seide talks with her eldest granddaughter Genna about the first time they met.
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Janetta Elisa Harris and Regina Harris
Regina talks with her daughter about how the Access College Foundation helped her achieve her dreams.
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Adam and Shewling Moy Wong
Adam talks with his mother about how culture impacts her relationships with her own parents.
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Nancy Gatlin, Tony Zantini and Lee Dial
Three friends talk about growing up in the 1940's.
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Andrew Heidelberg and Brenda Andrews
On February 2, 1959, seventeen African-American students entered six previously all-white middle and high schools in Norfolk, VA. Andrew Heidelberg speaks with his friend Brenda Andrews about being one of those seventeen students.