Stories in the 'Struggle' category
“We saw the searchlight from the patrol boat...”
Gustavo Mestas talks to his daughter, Ileana, about escaping from Cuba to the U.S. in 1963.
Recorded in Georgetown, DE
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“My mother, of course, spoiled me...”
Tom Domingue, who had polio as a child, tells his wife Dotty, about coming home from the hospital.
Recorded in Georgetown, DE
“He made me his little helper...”
90-year-old James Lacy tells his daughter, Jamie Breed, about his father's general store in Comanche County, Texas.
Recorded in Abilene, TX
“How did you get by?”
Jerry Johnson interviews his mother, Carrie Conley, about raising six children as a single mother.
Recorded in Detroit, MI
“He either wanted to be a marine biologist or he wanted to be ten.”
Myra Dean tells her friend Gary Jamison about her son, Rich Stark, who was killed by a reckless driver in 1977.
Recorded in Abilene, TX
“I just tried to stay in the background...”
Joe Buford tells his literacy tutor, Michelle Miller, about what it was like not knowing how to read.
Recorded in Nashville, TN
“We wanted to be treated as men.”
Elmore Nickelberry and Taylor Rogers remember why they went on strike as Memphis sanitation workers in 1968.
Recorded in Memphis, TN
“He really talked that night.”
Retired Memphis sanitation worker Taylor Rogers and his wife, Bessie, remember Martin Luther King Jr.'s final speech.
Recorded in Memphis, TN
“I couldn't understand why all the black men had signs that said 'I AM A MAN.'”
Reverend George Turks, Jr. remembers witnessing the 1968 Memphis Sanitation Workers' Strike as a teenager. Click here to see a photo from the strike.
Recorded in Memphis, TN
“A policeman was coming down the street...”
Ella Owens (L) tells her daughter, Lynn Reed, about participating in a march during the 1968 Memphis Sanitation Workers' Strike.
Recorded in Memphis, TN
