Category: Struggle

A.P. Tureaud Jr. (R) tells his friend Steven Walkley (L) about becoming the first African-American undergraduate at Louisiana State University in 1953.

Recorded in New York, NY.

Former World Trade Center Director and CEO Charles Maikish remembers John DiGiovanni, who died in the World Trade Center bombing on February 26, 1993.

Recorded in New York, NY.

Retired Sgt. 1st Class Max Voelz remembers his wife, Staff Sgt. Kimberly Voelz, who died in Iraq while disarming an IED. Read more…

Recorded in Baltimore, MD.

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

Recorded in Minneapolis, MN.

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.