Extraordinary Stories of Ordinary Life

Stories

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Randy’s Diary: Remembering Ozell

While living on a farm that was once part of a slave plantation, Randy searches for clues about the life of his great-grandfather, the civil rights leader Ozell Mitchell.

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Emily’s Diary: Teenage Days

Emily gives an inside look at “sportos,” “krusties,” “krinkles,” and how being a teenager isn’t all it’s cracked up to be.

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Nick’s Diary: Home School to High School

Nick chronicles a turbulent year in his life. He’s 15-years-old and hates school, but somehow he must learn to make friends.

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Ricky’s Diary: What If God….

Ricky’s father is an atheist activist. Ricky is beginning his own search for something to believe in.

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The Rubber Room

The true story of little-known rooms in the New York City Board of Education building. Teachers are told to report there instead of their classrooms. No reason is usually given.

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Mandy’s Diary: God is My Guy

Mandy’s growing up with an evangelical pastor for a father.

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Lady Writes the Blues

You may not know her name, but Rose Marie McCoy was one of the most prolific songwriters of the 1950s and 1960s.

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Gibtown

At one time Gibsonton, Florida was considered the oddest town in America.

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The Starting Five

The NBA, now a multi-billion dollar entertainment industry, looked very different a half century ago.

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Civil War Widows

Seven decades ago, Daisy Anderson and Alberta Martin were brand new brides. And their husbands served on opposite sides of the Civil War.

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Conrad’s Garage

“To invent, you need a good imagination… and a pile of junk…” -Thomas Edison

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Esperanza Garden

Esperanza Garden was a much-loved community space in Manhattan’s East Village…until city bulldozers arrived to tear it down.

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