“She was a formidable presence.”
Nancy Wright tells her son, JD, about her mother, Frances Ericksen.
Recorded in Gainesville, FL
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“I just needed a little bit of help...”
Gus Hernandez (R) talks about how he met Siddiqi Hansoti (L), owner of the El Dorado Motel in Salinas, CA, after losing his house to foreclosure.
Recorded in Salinas, CA Click here for more from Historias.
“We had to do a good deed every day...”
John Hope Franklin, the late scholar of African American history, tells his son, John, about being a Boy Scout during the 1920s.
Recorded in Tulsa, OK, in partnership with National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC)
“We used to put out a hurricane section...”
Retired newspaperman Ed Pierce talks to his grandson, Scott, and his daughter, Rebecca, about working as managing editor of the Miami News.
Recorded in Gainesville, FL
“He did all his typing with his two fingers...”
George Edwardson tells his cousin, Doreen Simmonds, about watching his grandfather translate the New Testament into Iñupiaq, their native language.
Recorded in Anchorage, AK
“I was eighteen years old, and I had a fake ID...”
PJ Goetz tells her son, Sam, about how she met his father.
Recorded in Tampa, FL
“Everywhere we went my mother would make sure that they enrolled us in school.”
Lourdes Villanueva tells her son Roger about growing up in a family of migrant workers.
Recorded in Tampa, FL, in partnership with Redlands Christian Migrant Association
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“As long as there was one black child left in town, they had to keep the school open.”
Reverend James Seawood remembers how African-American families were forced out of Sheridan, Arkansas, when the schools attempted to integrate.
Recorded in Staten Island, NY, in partnership with the Sandy Ground Historical Society
“I'm always working 24 hours a day.”
90-year-old Bill Schifrin tells his son-in-law, Herman Rotenberg, about making his living as a wedding ring salesman.
Recorded in New York, NY
“Every brain is a little bit different...”
10-year-old Ida Cortez talks about her dyslexia with her mother, Kim Wargo.
Recorded in San Francisco, CA
