Category: Griot

George Robinson tells his daughter, Katie, about meeting his biological father after searching for more than 40 years. Read more…

Recorded in Edina, MN.

Andrea McKnight and her husband, Jay, remember meeting as teenagers in the 1950s.

Recorded in New York, NY.

Author Walter Dean Myers talks about his father in an interview with his son Christopher Myers. Read more…

Recorded in Brooklyn, NY.

Mary Johnson speaks with Oshea Israel, who killed her son in 1993. Read more…

Recorded in Minneapolis, MN.

William Anthony Cobb tells his mother, Mary, about the influence she had on him. William Anthony also talks with his sister, Valerie Foster, about their mother.

Recorded in New York, NY.

James Hanover Thompson (L) tells his brother Dwight (R) about his involvement in the "Kissing Case" of 1958. Read more…

Recorded in Wilmington, NC.

Pepper and Ron Miller talk about what led to their divorce.

Recorded in Chicago, IL.

Linda Kenney (R) Miller and her sister Diane Kenney (L) remember their grandfather, Dr. John A. Kenney, who founded the first hospital for African Americans in Newark, NJ.

Recorded in Montgomery, AL.

Carl McNair remembers his brother, Ronald McNair, who was one of the astronauts killed aboard the space shuttle Challenger on January 28, 1986. Read more…

Recorded in Atlanta, GA.

Showaye Selassie (L) tells her friend Susan Greenfield (R) about an early memory of her mother.

Recorded in New York, NY.