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Category: Freedom

Stories in Motion July 30, 2021

‘Room in the Tent’: An Interview with Freedom Stories Project Director Dr. Alicestyne Turley

  Freedom Stories: Unearthing the Black Heritage of Appalachia was a series of...
Blog July 30, 2020

Stories as Living Political Movements

As part of the new...
Freedom July 2, 2020

ISC Welcomes Dr. Alicestyne Turley as Director of Freedom Stories Project

(Jonesborough, Tenn.) – The International Storytelling Center (ISC), home to the world-renowned National...
Blog November 26, 2019

Examining Our Roots

This year’s Festival marked the kickoff of ISC’s new “Freedom Stories” project, which...
Freedom August 19, 2019

International Storytelling Center Receives Major Grant to Highlight African American Heritage of Appalachia

(Jonesborough, Tenn.) – The International Storytelling Center (ISC), home to the world-renowned National...
Freedom September 6, 2017

The Gee’s Bend Quilters

Every year, months before the first weekend in October, volunteers begin cutting some...
Stories in Motion March 27, 2017

Stories in Motion: Making History Talk

Rex Ellis was a storyteller before he knew that storytelling was a thing—that...
Blog March 16, 2016

The Silver Dove

Last month, I traveled to Charleston, South Carolina to give a talk at...