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StoryCorps: In the Wrong Body
“You said that you were in the wrong body, that you should be a man.”
July 8, 2014
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StoryCorps: The Armor of a Wheelchair
“Being in a wheelchair, you're always protected by this chair. There's armor between you and the opposite sex.”
July 8, 2014
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StoryCorps: Crossing the Border
“He said, 'When the border patrol changes shifts, you're going to run.'”
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StoryCorps: Living with Dyslexia
“I always lived in fear that someone would discover that I couldn't keep up.”
July 8, 2014
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'What Has Happened to America?'
Klan groups frequently leave pamphlets on doorsteps and parked cars to spread their message of hate. A group calling itself the Bristol Knights distributed a flier in white Connecticut neighborhoods in the 1980s.
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StoryCorps: My Father Worked in a Chocolate Factory
“My father went to work in a chocolate factory. When he'd come home, his hair was all full of chocolate; his pillows were all brown.”
July 8, 2014
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The Civil Rights Act of 1964: A Long Struggle for Freedom World War II and Post War (1940–1949)
This excerpt is part of a larger exhibition from the Library of Congress. This excerpt demonstrates the ways World War II and the Cold War informed President Roosevelt’s and President Truman’s decisions to pursue civil rights legislation.
July 18, 2022