The Rochester Democrat and Chronicle Sound Lounge
The Rochester Democrat and Chronicle Sound Lounge
Interviews, audio artefacts and podcasts from the newsroom of the Democrat and Chronicle based in Rochester, NY. Part of the USA Today network. The Democrat and Chronicle was founded in 1833 and serves readers in the Finger Lakes region of New York and beyond. More at democratandchronicle.com or follow @DandCSocial links:
50 years ago Rochester tried an experiment with desegregation. It lasted less than 2 months.
Education reporter Justin Murphy reads an excerpt from his book, Your Children Are Very Greatly in Danger: School Segregation in Rochester, New York, published March 15, 2022 by Cornell University Press. This excerpt originally appeared in the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle.
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More youths are becoming home caregivers. Daniela Castro-Martinez is one of them.
More youths are becoming home caregivers. Experts say they need more help and support. Daniela Castro-Martinez remembers how dedicated and active her mother was before she got sick, giving her only child a lot of attention. “Every weekend, she’d take me to tennis tournaments. Sometimes they were…
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Listen: Pittsford's Chris Lillis falls just short of second Olympic medal
Pittsford's Chris Lillis falls just short of second Olympic medal. Here's what he had to say.
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Listen: Chris Lillis advances to men's aerials finals in quest for second Olympic medal
Chris Lillis advances to men's aerials finals in quest for second Olympic medal.
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Listen: Freestyle Skiier Chris Lillis Interview on Team United States gold medal win
Olympic Gold medalist from Pittsford, NY, Christopher Lillis (R) of Team United States celebrates during the Freestyle Skiing Mixed Team Aerials. He provides some comments after his team's gold medal win at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games at the Genting Snow Park A & M Stadium in Zhangjiakou …
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Attica Radio Traffic Excerpt Five
Archival audio of emergency services radio traffic from Sept. 9, 1971 from the early hours of the Attica Prison uprising. The audio has not been publicly available before.
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Attica Prisoner's Manifesto, an introduction
Rochester publisher and journalist, Howard J. Coles makes opening remarks on the "Anti-repression platform", a typed document produced by prisoners and recovered from the Attica Prison following the uprising there in 1971. It is believed there is only one copy of the document extant in the holdings…
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Attica Radio Traffic Excerpt Four
Archival audio of emergency services radio traffic from Sept. 9, 1971 from the early hours of the Attica Prison uprising. The audio has not been publicly available before.
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Attica Radio Traffic Excerpt Three
Archival audio of emergency services radio traffic from Sept. 9, 1971 from the early hours of the Attica Prison uprising. The audio has not been publicly available before.
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Attica Radio Traffic Excerpt Two
Archival audio of emergency services radio traffic from Sept. 9, 1971 from the early hours of the Attica Prison uprising. The audio has not been publicly available before.
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