StoryCorps Southwest Florida

StoryCorps Southwest Florida

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Local stories recorded by StoryCorps during its visit to Fort Myers during January 2017. StoryCorps’ mission is to preserve and share humanity’s stories in order to build connections between people and create a more just and compassionate world.

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Alberita Johnson grew up in Queens, New York where she was bussed to white schools and says she experienced racial violence in the 1970’s. At the Story Corps mobile booth in Fort Myers, Johnson speaks with her friend Genelle Grant about that time, as well as what it was like moving to a still segregated Fort Myers in 2002.

Previous episodes

  • 21 - Alberita Johnson Talks About Racial Violence & Segregation 
    Thu, 13 Jul 2017
  • 20 - Mayan Princess Mari Jimenez 
    Thu, 27 Apr 2017
  • 19 - The Chen Sisters’ Family Came From China And “Their Journey Has Been Amazing” 
    Thu, 21 Sep 2017
  • 18 - I Don’t Have to be Like Everybody Else. I Just Have To Be Me. 
    Thu, 07 Sep 2017
  • 17 - Going To The Everglades Means Coming Home 
    Thu, 31 Aug 2017
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