‘Driving While Black’ Film Uses Sorin Research COOPERSTOWN – A new Ric Burns documentary titled “Driving While Black” will be based on research by Gretchen Sorin, director of the Cooperstown Graduate Program in Museum Studies, on the “Green Book.” “The Green Book” is a 1937 travel guide listing hundreds of establishments across the South and the nation that welcomed African-Americans. The book became an essential resource for safe travel in the pre-Civil Rights era. Burns talks about the project and his work…
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Over 50 Years, CGP Students Gather 1,800 Oral Histories By LIBBY CUDMORE•The Freeman’s Journal Edition of Thursday, Sept. 25 From maple sugar to folk songs, from farming techniques to pierogie recipes, over 1,800 recordings have been collected by the Cooperstown Graduate Program since its founding 50 years ago. “There’s all kinds of incredible material,” said Will Walker, the associate professor of history who oversees the student research. “These are people’s lives.” The Oral History collection has been part the Folklore…