Podcasts and other audio files published by Historic Geneva.
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Lift Every Voice: Ed and Henryetta McDonald
Siblings Ed and Henryetta talk about attending DeSales High School as two of the few Black students and about their father Henry McDonald, known for playing professional baseball and football in the early 20th century and coaching both sports in Geneva.
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Lift Every Voice: Mount Olive Choir 1980
The Mount Olive Missionary Baptist Church Choir performs at a dedication ceremony for the Geneva General Hospital. At this time, the choir was led by Jim Richmond.
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Lift Every Voice: Cora Williams Wells
Cora Williams Wells discusses living at the old Dixon Homes tract, a former prisoner of war camp, and then in Chartres Homes, a housing project which replaced Dixon.
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Lift Every Voice: Charles Kenney
Charles Kenney discusses the segregated congregation of black families in Trinity Church, known as St. Philip’s Mission.
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Lift Every Voice: McKinley Flowers
NAACP and African American Men’s Association leader McKinley Flowers discusses the segregated military, racism in the south versus the north, and protesting discrimination.
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Lift Every Voice: Al Dion Robinson
Al Dion Robinson talks about how he became the first Black postal worker in the Geneva Post Office.
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Lift Every Voice: James and Beth Henderson
Jim and Beth Henderson discuss how they were pushed out of their first Geneva neighborhood when the city displaced them to build senior citizens’ housing on Elm Street with federal grant money. They also discuss further discrimination during their subsequent search for housing in Geneva.
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Lift Every Voice: Harry Gramling
Bishop Harry Gramling talks about working various jobs as a young man and about how he welcomes people into his congregation at First Love Church of God’s Revealed Truth.
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Lift Every Voice: Rosa Blue
Rosa Blue discusses protesting discrimination in Geneva with the Geneva Chapter NAACP.
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Lift Every Voice: James Richmond
In this clip, James Richmond discusses discrimination in the workplace, and becoming the second Black manager of a Firestone store in the United States.
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Music in the Key of Geneva: Matt McGinley
A conversation with co-founder of Gym Glass Heroes, Matt McGinley.
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Music in the Key of Geneva: The Geneva Music Festival
A conversation with Festival founders Geoffrey Herd, Hannah Collins, and Eliot Heaton.
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Music in the Key of Geneva: Scott LaFaro
David Brent Johnson, jazz director at WFIU public radio in Bloomington and musician Gap Mangione discuss jazz bassist Scott LaFaro.
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Music in the Key of Geneva: The Boys Wouldn’t Know Enuf to Quit
A piece from a family piano provides a glimpse into Geneva’s past
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Music in the Key of Geneva: Gramophone Concert Encore
Sample recordings of famous musicians who performed in Geneva in the early 20th Century.
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Music In The Key of Geneva: Shrimps
A conversation with the band Shrimps.
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Music in the Key of Geneva: A Gramophone Concert
Sample recordings of famous musicians who performed in Geneva in the early 20th Century.
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Music in the Key of Geneva: Pablo Falbru
A conversation with Pablo Falbru.
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Music in the Key of Geneva: Appleknockers Drum and Bugle Corp
Discussion of the the recent Appleknockers reunion and memories from Junior Appleknockers.
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Music in the Key of Geneva: Area Records and Music
A discussion with Mike George about Area Records and Music in Geneva.
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Music in the Key of Geneva: Tuesday Piano Quartette
A discussion with the Tuesday Piano Quartette about the group’s history in Geneva.
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Music in the Key of Geneva: Introduction
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