Category: Struggle

Mamie Todd (R) tells her daughter, Ann Todd Jealous (L), and grandson, Benjamin Todd Jealous, about demanding supplies from the white school superintendent while teaching at an all-black school in the 1930s. Benjamin Todd Jealous is President and CEO of the NAACP.

Recorded in Pacific Grove, CA.

Dottie Copeland tells her daughter Tina Nelson about being diagnosed with breast cancer.

Recorded in partnership with the Siteman Cancer Center at Washington University in St. Louis, MO.

Sergeant Papsy Lemus tells her daughter Griselda about going off to war in Iraq.

Recorded in Salt Lake City, UT. Click here for more from Historias

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

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

Lourdes Villanueva tells her son Roger about growing up in a family of migrant workers.

Recorded in Tampa, FL, in partnership with Redlands Christian Migrant Association.

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

Recorded in San Francisco, CA.

James Bost remembers his father, a salesman during the Great Depression, in an interview with his son Doug.

Recorded in New York, NY.

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

Recorded in Peoria, IL.

Barbara Esrig remembers the car accident that nearly took her life.

Recorded in Gainesville, FL, in partnership with Shand's Art and Medicine..

Barbara Cooper (L) tells her mother, Jody Houston (R), about living with a form of the rare genetic condition, Progeria.

Recorded in Abilene, TX.