How I Became Muslim
Lehman Robinson converted to Islam when he was a teenager working at a secular Michigan summer camp. In this episode of StoryCorps Detroit, he tells h...
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Giving people of all backgrounds the opportunity to record meaningful conversations, StoryCorps seeks to preserve and share humanity’s stories in order to build connections between people and create a more just and compassionate world. The StoryCorps Mobile Tour stopped in Detroit from June 29 to July 30,2017 to collect the stories of our region.
"Someone I Could Be Myself With"
Musician Spencer Barefield and his wife, artist Barbara Barefield, first met in the 1970s at a jazz club in the Cass Corridor neighborhood.
Is this Detroit Institution Under-Rated?
This week's StoryCorps Detroit interviewees talk up their favorite Detroit gem.
How is the Force Today?
Detroit Institute of Arts Museum Director Salvador Salort-Pons interviews his friend and colleague, Security Guard Roderick Walker.
Drawing Monsters on the Hudson Building
In the mid-1990s, a Detroit artist brightened up the boarded-over display windows of the Hudson Building with chalk drawings of monsters. His renderin...
What Happens When a Father is Deported?
A mother and daughter from Detroit discuss how the deportation of their family's patriarch still affects them almost 15 years later.
Not Ready to Die
Detroiter Roy Sims was diagnosed with a serious heart condition that doctors told him would be his demise. “It got to the point where I was placed und...
"I Work Like a Woman"
Detroiter Carlena Murdy tells her daughter Holly Gist-Richer about being one of the first machine repairwomen at a Detroit auto-parts factory in the 1...
"The city is like one big house"
One new Detroiter tells of the dramatic welcome gift she received from a woman in her 90s, now her "best friend" here.
A Tale of Two Paper's Opinions
Two Detroit editorial page editors tell each other how their backgrounds influenced their opposing opinions.