Omar Leech

91-year-old Ruth Ballard (L) tells her minister, Ramonia Lee, about moving to Tuskegee, Alabama during World War II.

Recorded in Silver Spring, MD.

Gloria Mengual tells her partner, Charles Gregory, about growing up with epilepsy.

Recorded in Hartford, CT. Click here for more from Historias.

Larry Young (L) tells his friend Clyde Cleveland about trying to register for college in the early 1940s.

Recorded in Detroit, MI.

Otis Wade remembers Mandred Henry, in an interview with Mandred's granddaughter, Beatrice Perron.

Recorded in Martha's Vineyard, MA.

Maureen Krekian tells her daughters, Lynn Everett and Joanne Krekian, about surviving the Hartford Circus Fire of 1944.

Recorded in Hartford, CT.

Nick Shepard (L) tells his friend Hugh Ryan the story of meeting his biological father for the first time.

Recorded in New York, NY.

Kahlil Almustafa remembers his mother in an interview with his friend Kamilah Duggins.

Recorded in New York, NY.

Tony Gargagliano tells his friend Cathie Campbell about his father, an Italian immigrant.

Recorded in New York, NY.

Murray Brown tells her friend Kerrie Cotten Williams about being a nursing student in a segregated hospital.

Recorded in Atlanta, GA.

LeKeisha Williams (L) interviews her best friend, Tia Williams.

Recorded in New York, NY, in partnership with ACORN Community High School. Array