Remembering James Credle
On April 15th of 2023, we lost one of Newark's dearest LGBTQ+ leaders, James Credle. In this episode, you will get to hear James talk about...
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Queer Newark Oral History Project
Through a mix of interviews with LGBTQ community members, academics, and students, find out why Newark's LGBTQ history matters and how public history projects can combat queer erasure. This...
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9 episodesSaundra Toby-Heath
In 2002, Saundra Toby-Heath and Alicia Heath-Toby joined the fight for marriage equality in the state of New Jersey with six other same-sex...
Episode #7: Newark Pride with Sharronda "Love" Wheeler
As the president of Newark Pride, Sharronda "Love" Wheeler sits down with Kristyn to chat about what it's like to organize and run four days...
Episode #6: On Queer Loss: Interview with Aleix Martinez in Memory of Ray Rivas
Ray Rivas identified as a "revolutionary gender evolutionary." A trans warrior, activist, and artist, he refused to adhere to gender norms a...
Episode #5: Interview with Noelle Lorraine Williams on Frederick Douglass' 1849 Speech at Rutgers University-Newark
One hundred and seventy years ago, famed abolitionist Frederick Douglass gave a speech at the Plane Street Colored Church, once located at t...
Episode #4: Tips for doing oral history - Part 2 with Mi Hyun Yoon
American Studies doctoral students Kristyn Scorsone and Mi Hyun Yoon talk about their process when conducting oral history interviews includ...
Episode #3: Tips for doing oral history - Part 1 with Dr. Timothy Stewart-Winter
This is part one of two episodes on tips for doing oral history interviews. In this episode, Kristyn Scorsone talks to Dr. Timothy Stewart-W...
Episode #2: Interview with Aaron Frazier
In this episode Kristyn Scorsone talks to Aaron Frazier about his new book of poetry, Tears of a Poet . As house mother, Aaron describes wha...
Episode #1: Whit Strub and Timothy Stewart-Winter talk about Newark's LGBTQ History
Welcome to the Queer Newark Oral History Project! In this episode, grad student Kristyn Scorsone talks to Dr. Whitney Strub and Dr. Timothy...