Wolf Tales recording with Carolei Bryan, Maya Mariable, and Jordan Shai Anderson: African American Cultural Center's Harambee 2016, 8 September 2016

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Title:

Wolf Tales recording with Carolei Bryan, Maya Mariable, and Jordan Shai Anderson: African American Cultural Center's Harambee 2016, 8 September 2016

Description:

This recording was conducted in the Talley Student Union on the campus of North Carolina State University in Raleigh, North Carolina, at the NCSU African American Cultural Center’s 2016 Harambee event. In the recording, Carolei Bryan (‘17), Maya Mariable (‘15), and Jordan Shai Anderson (‘18) discuss: Anderson’s first time at the African American Cultural Center (AACC) after the African American Symposium, through a tour from fellow student Destinie Statum; former AACC Directors Dr. Sheila Smith-McKoy and Dr. Tracy Ray; AACC Program Coordinator Toni Harris Thorpe (known as “Mama Thorpe”); leadership as AYA Ambassadors; the AACC as a second home; Bryan discovering the AACC through Peace Church in the Witherspoon Center; finding community and support as underrepresented minorities on campus and in STEM fields especially; Mariable also discovering the AACC through the African American Symposium; the African proverbs “Until the lion has his own historian, the tale of the hunt will always glorify the hunter,” “You learn more when you lose than when you win,” and “It takes a village to raise a child;” and recalling meeting each other at different points in their time at NC State, through the AACC and Peace Church. [Preferred citation: Wolf Tales recording with Carolei Bryan, Maya Mariable, and Jordan Shai Anderson, 8 September 2016, NCSU Libraries Wolf Tales Recordings, MC 00581, Special Collections Research Center, North Carolina State University Libraries, Raleigh, NC]

Topics:

Student Life
University History

Subjects:

African American students

Original Format:

Digital video recording, sound, color

Extent:

0:09:14

Item identifier:

mc00581-wt-bryan-mariable-anderson-20160908

Interviewee:

Anderson, Jordan Shai more info on Anderson, Jordan Shai 

Interviewee:

Bryan, Carolei more info on Bryan, Carolei 

Interviewee:

Mariable, Maya more info on Mariable, Maya 

Producer:

North Carolina State University. Libraries more info on North Carolina State University. Libraries 

Created Date:

2016-09-08

Genre:

Interviews
Oral histories (Document genres)

Names:

North Carolina State University -- Students more info on North Carolina State University -- Students 
Harambee Event more info on Harambee Event 
North Carolina State University. African American Cultural Center more info on North Carolina State University. African American Cultural Center 
Anderson, Jordan Shai more info on Anderson, Jordan Shai 
Bryan, Carolei more info on Bryan, Carolei 
Mariable, Maya more info on Mariable, Maya 

Location:

Raleigh (N.C.)

Digital Project:

Wolf Tales