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StoryCorps at North Carolina Public Radio - April 2006
North Carolinians took part in StoryCorps, a national oral history project in 2006
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North Carolinians are taking part in StoryCorps, a national oral history project. During the month of April the project will be based in Durham and Chapel Hill. A 26-foot trailer serves as a mobile recording booth, where everyday people interview friends and relatives about their lives. These stories will eventually end up in the Library of Congress. Here are some of the North Carolina stories collected by StoryCorps. The StoryCorps booth arrived April 6 in Durham. We'll feature stories and photos of contributors to StoryCorps as they come in. Read about and listen to other StoryCorps interviews here. |
Posted: April 26, 2006
Cynthia Rahn and Adrienne Lee have been friends for more than 40 years. They met in Sunday school in Transylvania County in the North Carolina mountains. During their visit to the StoryCorps MobileBooth they talked about the kind and generous nature of their mothers. In this excerpt Cynthia tells about her mother's help with a kindergarten assignment.
Posted: April 25, 2006
For 300 years the Lumbee Indians have considered the area we now call Robeson County their home. And for 151 years the State of North Carolina has recognized the Lumbee as a tribe. But for much of that time, that special recognition has meant anything but special treatment. During their visit to the StoryCorps MobileBooth Mike Cummings and Gary Locklear talked about the indignities they faced growing up as Lumbees. Cummings leads the Burnt Swamp Baptist Association - a group of Native American churches in North Carolina. Locklear is a missionary with the United Methodist Church and works with Native American congregations here in North Carolina. Both men are in their late 50s and have been friends since childhood. Mike Cummings started off by remembering the divisions in Robeson County's population.
Posted: April 21, 2006
In North Carolina, tobacco auctions were once festive occasions, where the smell of money competed with the scent of newly dried tobacco leaves. But those days are over. And once-busy auctioneers like Gregg Goins and Steve Nelms are left trying to adapt to what's next. [see NPR site for more]
NC Auctioneers Greg Goins (left) and Steve Nelms (right). Greg lives in Bailey, NC (Nash County). Steve lives in Castalia, NC and both have led tobacco auctions in the past. The two men participated in the opening ceremonies for StoryCorps' arrival in the Triangle. Watch and listen to Greg's examples and explanations of tobacco auctioneering.
Posted: April 21, 2006
Reverends David Forbes and Collins Kilburn became friends during the Civil Rights movement in North Carolina in the 1960s. Forbes grew up in Raleigh as the son of a bishop in the United Holiness Church and attended Shaw University. While at Shaw, Forbes became involved in civil rights protests and was the first person arrested when students began staging sit-ins in Raleigh in February 1960. Forbes was also present at the organizing meeting for the Student Non-Violence Coordinating Committee, held at Shaw University in April 1960. As a minister with the United Church of Christ, Kilburn became involved in the Civil Rights movement in late 1960. For 30 years he led the North Carolina Council of Churches. The two friends recalled the Civil Rights movement and discussed where inequality still exists during their conversation in the MobileBooth.
Posted: April 13, 2006
Tom and Lauren Nelson visited the MobileBooth in Fort Bragg. Tom is an officer in the 82nd Airborne and Lauren is a real estate agent. The couple met several years ago when Tom was a student at West Point and Lauren at Princeton. They married on July 4th, 2005 - about two weeks before Tom was deployed to Afghanistan for six months. As the couple prepared for another possible deployment of the 82nd Airborne, they talked about the stress the military life can place on a marriage.
Posted: April 10, 2006
Terell and Theresa Johnson visited the StoryCorps MobileBooth during its stop at Fort Bragg. The couple has been married for 11 years. Both had been married before and each has 3 children. They met at a nightclub where Terrell was working security and Theresa was deejaying. Terrell is a sergeant in the Army and has served two tours of duty in Iraq. Theresa is a disabled veteran. They discussed the effects that Theresa's medical problems and Terrell's deployment have had on their marriage and careers.
The WUNC lead for The StoryCorp Project was John Blythe.
