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  Audio Projects

CDS audio projects give voice to people, communities, topics, and themes not readily heard on the radio or through other audio presentations. Investing substantial time in the field, CDS produces documentary audio programs marked by real-life scenes and in-depth interviews, embracing multiple voices.
   





 
   
Photograph courtesy of Brick School, Enfield, North Carolina. From "Behind the Veil."   Behind the Veil

Behind the Veil: Documenting African American Life in the Jim Crow South is a project designed to correct historical misrepresentations of African American experiences during the period of legal segregation in the United States.















Photograph of "Saxophonist Zoot Sims, Unidentified Woman, 1959" by W. Eugene Smith. Collection, Center for Creative Photography, The University of Arizona.   Jazz Loft Project

The Jazz Loft Project is devoted to preserving and cataloging audiotapes, researching photographs, and obtaining oral history interviews with all surviving participants from the Manhattan loft of legendary photographer W. Eugene Smith, where major jazz musicians of the day (1957-65), along with countless underground figures, gathered and played their music.














Photograph by Lewis Hine. Courtesy of NARA.   Lewis Hine Documentary Fellows Program

Founded on the spirit, values, and actions of Lewis Hine, the Lewis Hine Documentary Fellows Program connects the talents of young documentarians with the resources and needs of organizations serving children and their communities around the world.
 



"Saint Bhaatiji has cut off my hand," by Dasrath. From "Literacy Through Photography."   Literacy Through Photography

Literacy Through Photography, a school-based community program developed by photographer and teacher Wendy Ewald, uses the themes of self-portrait, family, community, and dreams to teach students self-expression through creative writing and photography.
 




Photograph from the "Neighborhoods Project."   Neighborhoods Project

The Neighborhoods Project offers North Carolina elementary school teachers an innovative and effective way to meet social studies goals outlined in the state's standard course of study. The project provides a way to engage students in their own communities, focusing on their individual lives and stories through photographs, narrative writing, and storytelling.
 




Photograph by Shenetta J. Loftin. From "Regarding Race."   Regarding Race

Regarding Race uses photography and writing as a catalyst for opening dialogue about race with young people and for developing the capacities of future North Carolina teachers to connect with children of varied backgrounds.
 





 
Photograph from Youth Document Durham   Youth Document Durham

Youth Document Durham is a nationally recognized program engaging young people from diverse local communities in documentary training and projects that examine their viewpoints and amplify their voices. Students in both the after-school and summer programs share the results of their work through publications, exhibitions, Web sites, radio and media projects, public art and community-service projects, and public forums.
 
 




 


Indivisible

Home Made Visible: Traditional Arts Project





   
Photograph by Lauren Greenfield. From "Indivisible."   Indivisible

Indivisible is a nationwide endeavor to document grassroots initiatives for social change in communities across America. Through photographs and first-person narratives, Indivisible explores twelve communities where residents are coming together to create better places to live.
 




 
Photograph from "Home Made Visible."   Home Made Visible:
Traditional Arts Project


The Home Made Visible project identifies traditional artists in Durham County, North Carolina, and highlights their work as symbols of community identity. As part of the project more than a dozen folklorists and photographers traveled the county in 2001, documenting people from diverse places and backgrounds who are creating traditional art and other handcrafted objects.

 




 
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Florida A&M Dean Bragg, flanked by Ms. Page and Ms. McGuinn, Matrons at Florida A&M, 1935.
Courtesy of Sue Kelker Russell, Tallahassee, Florida. From the Behind the Veil project.


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