Voices from the Archive: Martin Luther King, Jr.
In this month's Voices from the Archive, the stories are in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. Listen to stories about how his assassination affected people's lives. Guerry McConnell has lived all over the South, and seeing the TV bulletin announcement as a kid had a profound impact on her. Keith Bridwell has lived in Jonesborough, TN all his life, and he tells about his meaningful friendship with Ernest McKinney, who was the first African American Alderman in Jonesborough, Tennessee. Voices from the Archive is a monthly segment of StoryTown Radio. It shares stories from people living here, just how they told them. You might think of it as a news report that tells you about all sorts of things. From ghost stories to apple butter, you could learn just about anything from the people living here in East Tennessee. Listen in as they tell the stories of their lives here in Appalachia. StoryTown Radio is a production of the McKinney Center's Story Initiative. Grounded in the belief that stories connect people to each other, the Story Initiative sets out to collect, archive, and share the stories from the region. Broadcast from Jonesborough, Tennessee, the Storytelling Capital of the World, StoryTown Radio is one way these stories are shared with people, nearby and all around. Instagram: @storytownjbo Facebook: StoryTown Radio Show Storytellers: Guerry McConnell and Keith Bridwell Story Collectors: Jules Corriere and Nancy Kavanaugh Editors: Isaac Wood, Skye McFarland, Anne G'Fellers-Mason Narrator: Isaac Wood Music by audionautix.com Titles: Rocky Top (trad.), Autumn Sunset, Thingamajig Sponsors: Tennessee Arts Commission ( https://tnartscommission.org/ ) Town of Jonesborough ( https://www.jonesboroughtn.org/ ) Gary and Sandy Degner First Horizon Bank The Wild Women of Jonesborough McKinney Center (mckinneycenter.com) The Story Initiative