EP: 35 Writing and Telling Stories for History’s Sake with Prof. Henri Giles

This week’s episode dives into the personal history of Professor Henrietta Giles and her experiences as a child at the heart of the desegregation movement of the 1960s. Today, her life has come full circle in her current work as a journalist, cultural historian, professor, and documentary storyteller.   In this episode Prof. Henri talks about:   • Her background. • The two pivotal moments in her youth that had the most impact on her life. • Her work as a college professor enables her to guide students in discovering the social issues that most impact them. • Her dissertation examines the news stories of the Civil Rights era and how they impacted the way black people perceived themselves during that historic time.