Category: Griot

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

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

Recorded in Atlanta, GA.

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

Recorded in Atlanta, GA.

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

Recorded in Little Rock, AR.

Theresa Burroughs tells her daughter Toni Love about registering to vote.

Recorded in Tuscaloosa, AL.

Jerome Smith tells his friend Carol Bebelle about an incident from his childhood.

Recorded in New Orleans, LA.

Samuel Black tells his wife, Edda Fields-Black, about his father, who operated a boiler room.

Recorded in Pittsburgh, PA.

Hasiyna Price, right, tells her cousin Danette Banks about being a teenager with scoliosis.

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

New Orleans police officer David Duplantier tells his wife, Melissa Eugene, about patrolling the Superdome during Hurricane Katrina.

Recorded in New Orleans, LA. Click here for more Hurricane Katrina stories.