My dad, Leon May, was chosen to have a small portion of his interview for the StoryCorps Griot initiative--a project which seeks to record personal histories for national archival--aired on National Public Radio. We're so proud! He was interviewed by my sister, Dr. Angela May.

It's very short--he talks about his experiences being one of the first black Marines back in WWII.

http://www.npr.org/templa...d=16257517

And for the PRINCE connection--for those of you Detroiters who may have remembered Prince's Musicology tour at the Palace on Father's day: my dad got a personal invite on stage by Prince to dance early in the show, all by himself!
He was all over the big screens!
[Edited 11/13/07 17:49pm]

That is so cool! Congratulations to your father and your entire family!

LOVE Story Corp! That is absolutely awesome that your father was intereviewed. Excellent story. To see your enemy as human and a person. Powerful.

Congratulations and thank you for sharing this with us!

Thanks, everyone! I'll be sure to print this out for dad to see.