Category: Identity

“A Staff Sergeant went through my cell phone and saw some of the text messages that I had to my boyfriend.”

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Kendall Bailey (R) talks to his friend Don Davis (L) about his dismissal from the U.S. Marines under the "Don't Ask Don't Tell" policy.

To see a photo of Kendall Bailey as a Marine, click here.

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Recorded in Norfolk, VA.

“When I look back, I do realize that I was a little bit too tough.”

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Theresa Nguyen (L) talks to her daughter, Stephanie (R), about balancing their Vietnamese heritage with raising a family in the United States.

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Recorded in Morrow, GA.

“When I was thirteen, I mapped out my life...”

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StoryCorps Facilitator Lillie Love talks to her friend and fellow Facilitator Anthony Knight about how her life has been different than she'd imagined.

Lillie died on June 25, 2010 in Atlanta, GA. View her tribute page here.

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Recorded in partnership with WABE in Atlanta, GA.

“They called it slums but it was never a slum to me.”

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Carol Jacques remembers growing up in Chavez Ravine, a Mexican-American neighborhood in Los Angeles that was replaced by Dodger Stadium.

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Recorded in partnership with KPCC in East Los Angeles, CA..

“I never have found another neighborhood like that one.”

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Alfred Zepeda (L) talks to his friend Albert Elias (R) about their childhood in Chavez Ravine, a Mexican-American neighborhood in Los Angeles that was replaced by Dodger Stadium.

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Recorded in Montebello, CA.

“There was this hole that I had all of my life.”

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MJ Seide talks to her granddaughter Genna Alperin about falling in love with her partner, Genna's biological grandmother.

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Recorded in partnership with WHRO Norfolk, VA.

“I learned from her, and that's why I can pass it on to you guys.”

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Richard Anthony Torres talks to his daughter Kathy Namba about his mother, Guadalupe Torres.

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Recorded in partnership with KRZA in Taos, New Mexico.

“We had to do a good deed every day...”

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John Hope Franklin, the late scholar of African American history, tells his son, John, about being a Boy Scout during the 1920s.

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Recorded in Tulsa, OK, in partnership with National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC).

“Every brain is a little bit different...”

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10-year-old Ida Cortez talks about her dyslexia with her mother, Kim Wargo.

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Recorded in San Francisco, CA.

“They wanted me to stop seeing Daddy...”

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Willa and Brad Guidi tell their daughter Tasha about meeting at college in 1970.

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Recorded in Peoria, IL.

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