From inside a mobile home studio in Powderhorn Park, an ambitious project is recording voices about George Floyd’s murder and the unrest that followed.
“Oral history storytelling is one of the most powerful and profound ways that we can learn from each other,” says Michele Jackson, the Deputy Director of the Minneapolis Racial Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging Department.Now, those stories are being recorded in the present day.
“It’s powerful for anyone,” declares Chris Norris, the Chief Strategy Officer for StoryCorps Studios, a New York City non-profit. “To be able to go into a moment in time, or a moment in history, and actually listen to the people that lived.”…