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Ayana Contreras

Username: ayana
Producer, Translator
Role: Producer/Reporter: Independent

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Caption: the Arcelor Mittal Steel Mill, East Chicago, IN. Formerly Inland Steel, Credit: Ayana Contreras

Brother Purham: A Steelworker's Story (10:00)
From: Ayana Contreras

Recorded by fellow retired steelworker Joe Gutierrez, and produced by Ayana Contreras, this piece was created for Vocalo.org in conjunction with The Thirty Year Project.

Sonari is Mixed (04:46)
From: Ayana Contreras

What is "The Black Experience"?

Practically Speaking: What's in a Name (10:22)
From: Ayana Contreras

Are African-American parents that choose unique or African-sounding names putting their children at a disadvantage? Is society unduly prejudiced against such names?

Sidney Barnes has a Stone Cold Feeling (03:38)
From: Ayana Contreras

Old record albums are plastic testaments to dreams: sometimes distant, forgotten dreams of their makers. Sidney Barnes wrote a song called "Stone Cold Feeling" in 1971 that ...