StoryCorps Chicago: ‘You Looked Like Someone I Could Trust’
Fildaus Umutoniwase talks with her former teacher about moving from Uganda to Chicago and joining the poetry club at Sullivan High School.
Fildaus Umutoniwase talks with her former teacher about moving from Uganda to Chicago and joining the poetry club at Sullivan High School.
Emily Litten talks to her boyfriend about being hit by a semitruck while standing outside of the Blue Line station at Harlem.
Fifty years ago, Illinois Black Panther leader Fred Hampton was killed by Chicago police. StoryCorps sat down with someone influenced by him.
When factories on the Southeast Side started to close, Gina and Giuliana’s friends started to move away. But their family stayed.
Mary Payne recalls working in a lab at UChicago in the 1940s, part of an effort to build an atomic bomb.
At StoryCorps Chicago, Tiffany Baker spoke to Terri Treiman, the social worker who helped ensure her family stayed together.
Johann Buis was born in South Africa during apartheid. At StoryCorps, he tells his daughters what he learned after meeting Nelson Mandela.
When sexual assault occurs in Chicago, volunteer medical advocates Cindy Alvarado and Astrid Tamer could get the call.
Vishal Bhuva recently completed a residency in the ER at Stroger Hospital. At StoryCorps, he read a poem he composed about the experience.
Amy Sheffield only recently had the courage to come out. At StoryCorps in Chicago, she spoke about her journey toward self-acceptance.