Almost 30 years ago on this program, we introduced listeners to two boys from Chicago. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED NPR BROADCAST, "GHETTO LIFE 101") LEALAN JONES, BYLINE: My name's LeAlan Jones, and I'm 13 ...
Art under siege: In 1940, Jewish artists in the Łódź Ghetto staged an exhibition despite extreme deprivation and Nazi persecution. Visual resistance: Many artists secretly created works depicting ...
LeAlan Jones rushes onto the West Chatham Park practice football field and shoves his right outside linebacker: “Why are you waiting for him to come to you?” he demands, then shows the young man how ...
In the early 90s, teenagers LeAlan Jones and Lloyd Newman recorded a week of their lives on Chicago's South Side. Working with StoryCorps founder Dave Isay, LeAlan and Lloyd produced a documentary ...
Starving violinist on the street, 1940-1944. Self-portrait of Henryk Ross standing on top of a ladder, 1940-1944. Henryk Ross—Art Gallery of Ontario Sometimes a camera is more than a tool to document, ...
The song is titled “The Sewing Song,” and it rhythmically echoes the pace of a spinning wheel. It’s a simple melody that captures a complex topic: the day-to-day struggle of life in the Warsaw Ghetto.