For this year's commemoration of America 250, we bring you Echoes of Chattanooga's Past: poetic monologues crafted from oral histories of Chattanoogans born in the late 1800's and early 1900's.
Interviews for the oral histories - archived at The Chattanooga Public Library's Local History & Genealogy Department - were conducted by Norman Bradley, former editor of The Chattanooga Times, and his team.
The monologues were written by playwright Dr. Peggy Douglas, directed by Dr. Anne Swedberg of UTC - recorded and produced here at WUTC.
Our thanks to them and our partners: ArtsBuild (through funding from the National Endowment for the Arts); The Tennessee Commission for the U.S. Semiquincentennial; Mark Making; Rhyme N' Chatt and The Chattanooga Public Library.
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For this episode of "Echoes of Chattanooga's Past," here are the words of James Mapp - interpreted by Marcus Lee. -
For this episode of "Echoes of Chattanooga's Past," here are the words of Irene Patton - interpreted by Tongeia Farmer. -
For this episode of "Echoes of Chattanooga's Past," here are the words of Gordon Patterson - interpreted by Ian Seaton. -
For this episode of "Echoes of Chattanooga's Past," here are the words of Fluker Walton, Sr. - interpreted by Eric Hubbard. -
For this episode of "Echoes of Chattanooga's Past," here are the words of Dorothy Hackett Ward - interpreted by Anne Swedberg. -
For this episode of "Echoes of Chattanooga's Past," here are the words of Columbia Jarrell - interpreted by Kelly Watts Williams. -
For this episode of "Echoes of Chattanooga's Past," here are the words of C.B. Robinson - interpreted by Mark Pollard. -
For this episode of "Echoes of Chattanooga's Past," here are the words of Abby Crawford Milton - interpreted by Peggy Douglas.
