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O’Brien, Michael Dennis

Posted in: European American, Indiana, Story Story by: Michael O'Brien June 5, 2013

Michael Obrien talks about training to go to India with the Peace Corps in 1973, how growing up in a large family on a Wisconsin dairy farm helped prepare him for that work and how stories and language affect our world view.

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Anthroplogy Farms and farming India language and culture Peace Corps

Nytes, Jackie

Posted in: European American, Indiana, Inner City, integration, Story Story by: Jackie Nytes June 5, 2013

Jackie Nytes

From Jackie Nytes account of learning about the issues facing inner city families though her neighbor Dorothy’s family in a newly integrated Mapleton Fall Creek neighborhood South of 38th Street.

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Wynalda, Cecil

Posted in: childhood, European American, family values, Indiana, Inner City, Story Story by: Cecil Wynalda May 31, 2013

Cecil Wynalda

Cecil Wynalda reflects on the integrity and humor of his parents.

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Bloomfield, Celestine

Posted in: African American, childhood, Civil Rights Movement, Indiana, Schools and Education, Story Story by: Celestine Bloomfield May 27, 2013

Celestine Bloomfield

Celestine Bloomfield talks about her early love of reading and the realization that school integration in Gary, Indiana was not working well for African Americans.

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