Category: Griot

Karen Slade, Eric "Rico" Reed, and Arthur "Sonny" Williams of radio station KJLH remember the 1992 Los Angeles Riots. Read more…

Recorded in Los Angeles, CA.

Iraq War veteran Richard Bennett (R) talks with Craig Williams (L) about how they became unlikely business partners.

Recorded in Norristown, PA.

John Hunter talks with two former students about what they learned playing the World Peace Game, which he created. Read more…

Recorded in Charlottesville, VA.

Queen Jackson (R) tells her case manager, Debra MacKillop (L), how she became homeless.

Recorded in Denver, CO.

Ayodeji Ogunniyi remembers how the murder of his father led him to a new career. Read more…

Recorded in Chicago, IL.

A.P. Tureaud Jr. (R) tells his friend Steven Walkley (L) about becoming the first African-American undergraduate at Louisiana State University in 1953.

Recorded in New York, NY.

John Klein remembers meeting the love of his life, Mary Ann Allen, with her daughter Bernice Flournoy.

Recorded in Oakland, CA.

Mary Morris remembers her husband, Thomas, one of two Washington D.C. postal workers who died from exposure to anthrax in October, 2001. Read more…

Recorded in Beach Park, IL.

Earl Reynolds Jr. tells his daughter, Ashley, about meeting James Brown at his father's barbershop in Roanoke, Virginia.

Recorded in Roanoke, VA.

72-year-old Ellaraino (R) tells her friend Baki AnNur (L) about meeting her great-grandmother for the first time.

Recorded in Los Angeles, CA.