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Destination Jazz

  • Sat 7 p.m.–10 p.m.

Each weekend, Ed introduces listeners to new recordings and plays the classics of years gone by.
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Jay’s Place w/ Jay Butler

  • Sat 10 p.m.–11:59 p.m.
  • Sun midnight–1 a.m.

Listeners can expect a lively mix of blues, R&B and soul when you stop by “Jay’s Place” on Saturday nights.

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StoryCorps

StoryCorps: Jessie Carlisle & Freddie Simmons

August 10th, 2012



America’s largest oral history project is in Metro Detroit, now through August 11th. StoryCorps' mobile booth is located in front of the Islamic Center of America in Dearborn - today and tomorrow.. You can learn more and make reservations now. Today’s story comes from Jessie Carlisle and Freddie Simmons. Their story was recorded when the mobile booth was in front of the Carr Center in Detroit's Harmonie Park/Paradise Valley district.The sisters grew up in Kentucky during segregation and talk about life and lessons learned from the Jim Crow South.

Please note: a derogatory word used in the story that may be offensive to some people.

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