Chicago Public Radio
Now Playing

9:00pm Radio M
11:00pm The Vinyl Cafe
  View Schedule


Pledge Now

There are many ways to support public radio.
Submit
Pledge Now
Events
11.20.2009 Poem Present: Discussion on Poetics with Mary Ruefle
11.20.2009 Chicago Public Radio Board Executive Committee Meeting
View full calendar
revolution in access
Feder Blog
Submit
  • facebook
  • twitter
  • unknown
StoryCorps
2007 | 2005 | About | Contact
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.  
Segments
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.
Support Provided By


Become a Sponsor
Support Provided By


Become a Sponsor
Local News
School Gives Special Ed Kids A Different Test, and Scores Soar

Oprah Counts Down to the End

Asian Carp Breach Barrier

Latest Unemployment Numbers Bad for Chicago Area, But There May Be Reason for Hope

Quinn Talks Price for Thomson Prison

Senate Panel Rebukes Burris

Chicagoans Talk About the End of Oprah's Show



National News
Moderate Dems pivotal in Saturday health care vote

Levin: May be more troubling e-mails from Hasan

US to drop shooting case against Blackwater guard

GOP: Health test recommendations could affect care

Police: NC girl raped, killed on day she was taken

Calif. launches probe into scam targeting churches

Army relents, will allow media at Palin book event



International News
6 world powers press Iran on nuclear issue

Campaigner against hate crimes killed in Moscow

Researcher: Faint writing seen on Shroud of Turin

Museum: Galileo's fingers, tooth are found

Fight is on between pro-fish camp, mine defenders

Argentina forces dirty war orphans to provide DNA

The new EU chiefs: Rompuy-pumpy and Cathy Who?

Kidnapped Britons say Somali pirates may kill them

Resort island reels after deadly attack by gunman

Floods devastate UK Lake District, much of Ireland