Michel Martin The Fabric of Our Identity

Published: Oct. 2, 2014, 4 p.m.

b'If journalism is a primary way we tell the story of ourselves and our time, Michel Martin is a person helping us tell that story \\u2014 and take part in it \\u2014 more completely. Her daily NPR program \\u201cTell Me More\\u201d was often labeled as \\u201cdiversity\\u201d or \\u201cminority\\u201d programming. But in fact, she and her journalism are about a more generous and realistic sweep of who we are now \\u2014 and how we\\u2019re creating our life together anew. At the Chautauqua Institution, we mine her wisdom on the emerging fabric of human identity. The third in a four-part series, \\u201cThe American Consciousness.\\u201d'