“None of us looked like our mom; but everybody knew we belonged to her husband.”

Yvonne Logan Jones (L) and her sister Ola Mae Logan Allen remember their parents, who migrated north in the 1940s.

Recorded in Detroit, MI

“My husband was the physical training officer for the fliers...”

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

“He saw this country boy, took me over to the side—he didn't want to embarrass me.”

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

Recorded in Detroit, MI

“He was my best friend in the whole wide world...”

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

Recorded in Martha's Vineyard, MA

“She made us feel like we were royalty...”

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

Recorded in New York, NY

“I came to Grady in the 1956 class.”

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

Recorded in Atlanta, GA

“Who is important in your life right now?”

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

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

“And right then it dawned on me -- that's not family, those aren't friends.”

Omar Leech (R) tells his friend Lenear Pryor about life as a gang member.

Recorded in Atlanta, GA

“My grandmother used to take my brother and myself to the south every summer...”

Jim McFarland remembers traveling from New York City to the segregated south as a boy.

Recorded in Atlanta, GA

“When I was nine, I weighed 250 pounds.”

Johnnie Tyson tells her niece Sandra Fleming about growing up obese.

Recorded in Little Rock, AR