Storytelling project to honor Austin military community for the record Austin military folks, StoryCorp wants you! Central Texas veterans and those in the military community have an opportunity to participate in a revered storytelling project that would enshrine their told experiences in the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., for generations to come. KUT Radio, Austin’s National Public Radio affiliate, is teaming up with StoryCorps, the national nonprofit that records, preserves, and shares the stories of Americans from all backgrounds, to honor area veterans and military families as part of StoryCorps’ Military Voices Initiative. The Austin recordings will take place through a “virtual recording booth” Monday, June 14 through Friday, June 25, and local members of the military community can make a reservation by calling StoryCorps’ 24-hour reservation line at 800-850-4406 or visiting storycorps.org.
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StoryCorps, the national nonprofit organization dedicated to recording, preserving, and sharing the stories of people from all backgrounds and beliefs, will team up with KUT Radio next month as part of its Military Voices Initiative. Together, they will honor Central Texas’s veteran and military community by recording and preserving their stories.
In this week s episode of Walter Edgar s Journal, Richard Gergel details the impact of the 1946 blinding of Sergeant Isaac Woodard on both President Harry S. Truman and Judge J. Waties Waring, and traces their influential roles in changing the course of America s;s civil rights history. A new, PBS special based on this book, will air on SCETV, beginning March 30 at 9:00 p.m.
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