Mary Stepp Burnette Hayden was born into enslavement in Black Mountain, North Carolina. She was 7 years old when she was freed. She stayed in Black Mountain and became a midwife, delivering several hundred babies including her own grandchildren. Her granddaughter, Mary Othella Burnette, came to StoryCorps with her daughter, Debora Hamilton Palmer, to honor the family matriarch. [Overview Courtesy of Storycorps]
Crew
Jasmyn Morris
Audio Post Coordinator
Jarrod Sport
Audio Post Coordinator
Richard O'Connor
Director
Dave Isay
Executive Producer
Rachel Hartman
Executive Producer
Savannah Winchester
Producer
Natalie Greene
Animation, Graphic Designer
Taisiya Zaretskaya
Animation
Jarrett Floyd
Mixing Engineer
Jo Corona
Sound
Joshua Abrams
Music Supervisor, Musician, Music
Neil Strauch
Music Supervisor
Emmet Kelly
Musician
Marquis Hill
Musician
Hamid Drake
Musician