Category: Struggle

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

Recorded in Wilmington, NC.

Nineteen-year-old Noe Rueda (R) talks to his high school economics teacher, Alex Fernandez (L), about growing up poor in Chicago. Read more…

Recorded in Madison, WI.

Jon Brock tells his daughter Glenny Brock about being committed to Bryce Hospital, Alabama's oldest psychiatric facility, in 1965.

Recorded in Birmingham, AL.

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.

Dee Dickson remembers trying to get a job as a shipyard electrician in the 1970s.

Recorded in Biloxi, MS.

94-year-old Mary Van Beke tells her son, Charles, about growing up in the 1920s.

Recorded in Knoxville, TN.

Erin Ryan remembers her father, Congressman Leo Ryan, who was assassinated in 1978 while on a fact-finding mission to Jonestown, Guyana.

Recorded in Washington, D.C.

Rob Littlefield remembers being bullied in junior high school for being gay.

Recorded in Oklahoma City, OK.

Robert Patterson, who has Alzheimer's disease, speaks with his wife, Karen.

Recorded in Los Angeles, CA.

Jean Braca talks with her son David about losing her husband, Alfred Braca, on September 11, 2001.

Recorded in New York, NY.