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12-year-old Ezra Awumey interviewed his grandfather, Sam Harmon, at a StoryCorps mobile recording booth in Washington D.C. Here, Harmon recalls a day during his service in the U.S. Navy when a tour of the nation's capital from his home port of Norfolk, Va., ended with a belittling reminder of segregation.
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12-year-old Ezra Awumey interviewed his grandfather, Sam Harmon, at a StoryCorps mobile recording booth in Washington D.C. Here, Harmon recalls a day during his service in the U.S. Navy when a tour of the nation's capital from his home port of Norfolk, Va., ended with a belittling reminder of segregation.
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Review of StoryCorps: Sam HarmonThis tiny piece from StoryCorps is a real gem.
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Intro and Outro
INTRO:A sad experience at a movie theater is the subject of today's excerpt from the StoryCorps oral history project.
Last week, Ezra Awumey <
Seventy-five-year-old Sam Harmon speaking to his grandson last week here in Washington, DC. To find out when a StoryCorps mobile recording booth is coming to your town, visit npr.org.
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Catherine Toomer
Posted on January 12, 2008 at 03:38 PM | Permalink
Review of StoryCorps: Sam Harmon
Sam Harmon is my father. I knew about the interview's content, and I had read the trasnscript, but I was not prepared for the pain I just heard in his voice. Knowing the incredible strength he has exibited in so many situations, I found the exerpt painful to listen to, but necessary to have recorded. Catherine Harmon Toomer, M.D.