African American

Tod Sloan hosts this episode of the Old Mole and we hear-- 1.  Alex Diamond talks with Bill Resnick about his experience teaching in a poor schools in Memphis. 2.  Desiree Hellegers reads from a history of how the bodies of people of color were used to study and teach an... Read more

Bill Resnick interviews Alex Diamond, who has taught school in Asia and Latin America, about his experience teaching in a poor school in Memphis, Tennessee. Among the issues they discuss is the impact on teachers and students of standardized testing used as a criterion f... Read more

  Spies of Mississippi is a journey into the world of informants, infiltrators, and agent provocateurs in the heart of Dixie. The film tells the story of a secret spy agency formed by the state of Mississippi to preserve segregation and maintain “the Mississippi way of ... Read more

  Stephen is truly passionate about history. In 2013 he published the Akee Tree about his family’s history and genealogy. A few years ago, he started researching the local stories of early Portland African American pioneers, and created walking tours to share with the p... Read more