2.8.13: For All the World to Hear

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Living witnesses to history are a precious (and often overlooked) cultural resource.  What young people read in textbooks about 20th century history is alive and well in the minds of neighborhood elders who’ve experienced it firsthand.  Taking that into account, a team at UMBC has organized an oral history program called “For All the World to Hear:  Stories from the Struggle for Civil Rights.”  Producer Aaron Henkin takes us inside the project.