Reach - Then Teach

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Dear Hannah: Derrick Brown's Oral History (#YourStory) (Episode 1.09 How I Chose Clemson) (2m19sec)

March 05, 2025

In June 2023, The Computer History Museum (Mountain View, CA) published my oral history (https://bit.ly/CHMOH_DB_YT) for my contributions to the computing world as an Internet strategist for The Universal Black Pages (an Internet directory of African-related content), and as the founding director of KnowledgeBase’s Project CHIP (which refurbished and redistributed 1500+ computers to Georgia families and organizations). My oral history experience inspired a new project called #YourStory. #YourStory combines #StandupStorytelling with principles and best practices of oral history recording to document the thoughts and experiences of ordinary people who do extraordinary work. EPISODE 1.09 "TRANSCRIPT": ... 40m31sec ... the Clemson experience included the isolation of The Clemson House ... which taught me again that experience was a great teacher, and a greater equalizer ... hmmm (CMcI) 43m07sec ...