The McDonough 3 - Segregated Schools
Before these women went to a desegregated school, they went to an all-black school that was separate but not even close to equal. Leona, Gail, and Tessie talk about those schools and how they were different.
In their talk, they described their experience in the lower 9th; the inequality of their lives in segregated schools; the process of applying to go to a white-only school; their lives after the Marshals left in the 3rd grade; going to a high school that honored the confederacy; and the innocence of children who just wanted to go to school.
You can see the full video and learn more about them here https://www.storytellingcenter.net/legacy-series/equalitys-smallest-soldiers/
The McDonogh 3 - Life in the South
In this clip from the Legacy Series at the National Storytelling Festival in 2022, Leona Tate, Gail Etienne, and Tessie Prevost (commonly known as the McDonogh 3) discuss what it was like to live in New Orleans, in the deep South, during the Jim Crow era.
In their talk, they described their experience in the lower 9th; the inequality of their lives in segregated schools; the process of applying to go to a white-only school; their lives after the Marshals left in the 3rd grade; going to a high school that honored the confederacy; and the innocence of children who just wanted to go to school.
You can see the full video and learn more about them here https://www.storytellingcenter.net/legacy-series/equalitys-smallest-soldiers/
In this clip from our Legacy series, Tova Friedman talks about her life in a Nazi Labor Camp, Starachowice. She talks about being one of the few children in the camp, the lessons her mother taught her to survive, her identity as a Jew, and hiding to survive.
Tova Friedman was one of the youngest people to emerge from Auschwitz. After surviving the liquidation of the Jewish ghetto in Central Poland where she lived as a toddler, Tova was five when she and her parents were sent to a Nazi labor camp, and almost six when she and her mother were forced into a packed cattle truck and sent to Auschwitz II. She is one of a handful of Jews to have entered a gas chamber and lived to tell the tale.
Tova Friedman joined us at the 2023 National Storytelling Festival to share her stories as part of the Legacy series. ISC founded its Legacy Series to platform narratives and points of view that have been hard to hear, underrepresented, or underexplored.
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Tova Friedman was born on September 7th, 1938 in Gdynia, Poland, a suburb of Danzig. In this clip from our Legacy series she talks about her hometown, her survival, and survival of the Jewish people.
Tova Friedman was one of the youngest people to emerge from Auschwitz. After surviving the liquidation of the Jewish ghetto in Central Poland where she lived as a toddler, Tova was five when she and her parents were sent to a Nazi labor camp, and almost six when she and her mother were forced into a packed cattle truck and sent to Auschwitz II. She is one of a handful of Jews to have entered a gas chamber and lived to tell the tale.
Tova Friedman joined us at the 2023 National Storytelling Festival to share her stories as part of the Legacy series. ISC founded its Legacy Series to platform narratives and points of view that have been hard to hear, underrepresented, or underexplored.
#ISC #StoriesThatMatter #Storytelling #LegacyStories #JewishAmericanHeritage #HolocaustRemembrance
Become a Friend of the National Storytelling Festival
A special announcement from Paul Strickland - Now is the time to become a friend of the 52nd National Storytelling Festival! You can choose from five levels of support, each of which entitles you to distinct benefits, and all of which name you as a supporter in the National Storytelling Festival souvenir program. Now is your chance! https://www.storytellingcenter.net/support-isc/friend-of-the-festival/
David and josh - Clouds Gonna Roll Away
This piece, Clouds Gonna Roll Away, was one of the first songs from icon Doc Watson. Doc was an American guitarist, songwriter, and singer of bluegrass, folk, country, blues, and gospel music.
David is a four-time Grammy Award-winning musician, storyteller, artist, historian, and radio and television host, who, for more than 45 years, has collected and performed the songs and stories of the Blue Ridge Mountains. He plays ten acoustic instruments, including banjo, slide guitar, harmonica, bones, and spoons.
Josh grew up in Madison County, North Carolina surrounded by the music and stories of his ancestors. He is a highly accomplished storyteller and old-time, bluegrass, and swing musician playing close to 20 instruments.
This story is from Festival Encore: Appalachian Stories and Songs with David Holt and Josh Goforth from our virtual National Storytelling Festival.
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David Holt and Josh Goforth - The Barbara Allen Ballad
Western North Carolina is known for its ballads. These songs were passed down from generation to generation. The stories tell a tale from the past including love, murder, and family. This ballad, The Barbara Allen Ballad, is a traditional ballad from Madison County North Carolina.
David is a four-time Grammy Award-winning musician, storyteller, artist, historian, and radio and television host, who, for more than 45 years, has collected and performed the songs and stories of the Blue Ridge Mountains. He plays ten acoustic instruments, including banjo, slide guitar, harmonica, bones, and spoons.
Josh grew up in Madison County, North Carolina surrounded by the music and stories of his ancestors. He is a highly accomplished storyteller and old-time, bluegrass, and swing musician playing close to 20 instruments.
This story is from Festival Encore: Appalachian Stories and Songs with David Holt and Josh Goforth from our virtual National Storytelling Festival.
#Storytelling #storytellers #musicians #Appalachianmusic #bluegrass #storyandsong #appalachianarts #NationalStorytellingFestival #oralstorytelling
David Holt and Josh Goforth - Black Mountain Rag
This piece, Black Mountain Rag, is from iconic flat-picking guitarist Doc Watson. Doc was an American guitarist, songwriter, and singer of bluegrass, folk, country, blues, and gospel music.
David is a four-time Grammy Award-winning musician, storyteller, artist, historian, and radio and television host, who, for more than 45 years, has collected and performed the songs and stories of the Blue Ridge Mountains. He plays ten acoustic instruments, including banjo, slide guitar, harmonica, bones, and spoons.
Josh grew up in Madison County, North Carolina surrounded by the music and stories of his ancestors. He is a highly accomplished storyteller and old-time, bluegrass, and swing musician playing close to 20 instruments.
This story is from Festival Encore: Appalachian Stories and Songs with David Holt and Josh Goforth from our virtual National Storytelling Festival.
#Storytelling #storytellers #musicians #Appalachianmusic #bluegrass #storyandsong #appalachianarts #NationalStorytellingFestival #oralstorytelling
David Hold and Josh Goforth - Cotton Eye Joe
Byard Sneed Ray was born in 1910 in Sodom Laurel, a section of Madison County that has been home to a great many legendary musicians. This piece, The Cotton Eye Joe, was a piece Josh got to hear Byard play in his youth.
David is a four-time Grammy Award-winning musician, storyteller, artist, historian, and radio and television host, who, for more than 45 years, has collected and performed the songs and stories of the Blue Ridge Mountains. He plays ten acoustic instruments, including banjo, slide guitar, harmonica, bones, and spoons.
Josh grew up in Madison County, North Carolina surrounded by the music and stories of his ancestors. He is a highly accomplished storyteller and old-time, bluegrass, and swing musician playing close to 20 instruments.
This story is from Festival Encore: Appalachian Stories and Songs with David Holt and Josh Goforth from our virtual National Storytelling Festival.
#Storytelling #storytellers #musicians #Appalachianmusic #bluegrass #storyandsong #appalachianarts #NationalStorytellingFestival #oralstorytelling
The Impact of Storytelling with Carol Moore #ISC #PowerOfStorytelling #BHM #BlackStories
'A Crack in the Wall' with storyteller Ray Christian. Let his words ignite empathy and understanding as we honor diverse experiences and voices. #BHM #DiverseVoices #PowerOfStorytelling #ISC
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