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StoryCorps - 2007
StoryCorps Griot is a one-year initiative, funded by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, to collect interviews from at least 1,750 African Americans, with special emphasis on the stories of World War II veterans and men and women involved in the Civil Rights struggle. The StoryCorps Mobile Booth is in Chicago through July 27.  
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Marcus Johnson
From the StoryCorps MobileBooth, we meet Chicagoan Marcus Robinson who speaks about his mother, a Civil Rights activist.
Judy Jackson Thomas
From the StoryCorps Griot Initiative, Judy Jackson Thomas speaks about equality in the workplace.
Gladys Beard
We share a story from Chicago’s StoryCorps Griot Mobile Booth. South Holland resident Gladys Beard has just returned to the Chicago area and is disappointed by the segregation of neighborhoods she sees.
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