“Our stories are being told.” Of late, that phrase has become a rallying cry for minorities of all kinds. Embedded within the histories of any people group are their sense of identity, values, and aspirations. Sadly, those histories are not always told. It isn’t surprising then that the people whose histories have been forgotten are those outside of the majority culture. They are the ones who are on the fringe, those who hold the least power and influence. But now that minorities of all colors and creeds have more access to the cultural megaphone, many insist that these forgotten histories be brought back to the forefront of the American conscience.

It’s been said that those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it. But what happens when history has been forgotten? If cultural histories live on in the people who tell and embody them, what happens when those storytellers die and their stories die with them? More importantly, how do we bring those histories back into the light? How do we recall what has been lost to time? How do we remember what has been forgotten? All that and more on this edition of Questions from the Pew.