StoryCorps Chicago: Dad Knew Me When I Didn’t Know Myself
After his daughter got in a fight, her father signed her up for the Marines.
After his daughter got in a fight, her father signed her up for the Marines.
A daughter learns about her mother’s involvement in the Civil Rights movement at the StoryCorps booth in Chicago.
Carter came out to his parents last year, after coming back from summer camp when he was in seventh grade.
Hal Bergen graduated high school in Chicago just as World War Two was ending. He was then sent by the U.S. military to Nuremberg, Germany.
A new law takes effect in Illinois on January 1 guaranteeing nannies, housekeepers and other people who work in homes are entitled to minimum wage and a day off. Hear from two of the organizers.
Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient Newton Minow talks to his wife Josephine about the city they both love.
Sharareh Drury was bullied due to her part-Iranian, part-Irish heritage. Her parents helped her realize her differences make her special.
At 27 years old, Paris Mullen went from being a youth pastor at a church, engaged to a woman, to coming out as a gay man.
In 2005, Judge Joan Lefkow came home to an unspeakable tragedy. Today, she talks to her daughter about becoming stronger in the wake.
“The King of the Dusties” talked to Richard Steele in 2005 as part of our StoryCorps series.