Oral history preserves the past by recording people’s real voices. It’s not just about recording the stories people tell. It’s also about the way they tell them. Oral history is about memory and humanity. It’s a form of history that anyone can be a part of.
This hour, we’re talking to two ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø residents about the stories they have preserved through oral history.
Author and educator talks about her father's experience as a Black person imprisoned in a Nazi concentration camp. And , a PhD candidate in American Studies at Yale University, discusses the history of ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø's Puerto Rican communities.
GUESTS:
- : retired teacher and author of . The book details her father’s experience in a Nazi concentration camp during World War II
- : PhD candidate in the Department of American Studies at Yale University. Her work explores activism and education reform in Puerto Rican communities in southern ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø.
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