StoryCorps Detroit

Lehman Robinson converted to Islam when he was a teenager working at a secular Michigan summer camp. In this episode of StoryCorps Detroit, he tells his roommate what prompted him to do so.

Musician Spencer Barefield and his wife, artist Barbara Barefield, first met in the 1970s at a jazz club in the Cass Corridor neighborhood.

This week's StoryCorps Detroit interviewees talk up their favorite Detroit gem.

Detroit Institute of Arts Museum Director Salvador Salort-Pons interviews his friend and colleague, Security Guard Roderick Walker.

In the mid-1990s, a Detroit artist brightened up the boarded-over display windows of the Hudson Building with chalk drawings of monsters. His renderings were on the iconic structure when it was blown up.

A mother and daughter from Detroit discuss how the deportation of their family's patriarch still affects them almost 15 years later.

Detroiter Roy Sims was diagnosed with a serious heart condition that doctors told him would be his demise. “It got to the point where I was placed under hospice care. That itself is quite difficult, because the idea there is to accept death, your imminent death.” recalls Sims.

Detroiter Carlena Murdy tells her daughter Holly Gist-Richer about being one of the first machine repairwomen at a Detroit auto-parts factory in the 1970s.

One new Detroiter tells of the dramatic welcome gift she received from a woman in her 90s, now her "best friend" here.

Two Detroit editorial page editors tell each other how their backgrounds influenced their opposing opinions.

How electronic dance music provides space for the LGBT community and others seeking a safe place to express themselves.

These two people held hands before they ever exchanged words.

A Detroiter who lived not far from 12th and Clairmount in 1967 recalls fire, bullet holes and giving pop to soldiers.

What happened in July 1967 in Detroit from the perspective of kids, then and now.

An intimate look at renowned poet jessica Care moore's relationship with her son, King.

In StoryCorps Detroit's first episode, a young woman who aged out of foster care is now a senior in college. In an interview with her mentor, she reflects on how far she's come.

Subscribe now for StoryCorps Detroit, interviews of Detroiters by Detroiters coming to you this summer. Hosted by Sascha Raiyn. Produced by Laura Herberg. Production oversight by Sam Beaubien. Music by Will Sessions. Clips in this trailer recorded by StoryCorps at the Urban Consulate in Detroit.