Category: Struggle

John Brown (R) tells his brother Paul (L) about an encounter with a local radio station in West Virginia.

Recorded in Charleston, WV.

Lillian Howell, 89, tells her son Thomas about moving from Ohio to Virginia during the Great Depression.

Recorded in Roanoke, VA.

Victoria Fraser talks to her grandson, Christopher, whom she raised, about the day he came to live with his grandparents.

Recorded in Burlington, VT.

Andrea St. John (R) remembers her fiance.

Recorded in Saranac Lake, NY.

Betty Esper talks to her friend Mark Fallon about life in Homestead, before the U.S. Steel mill closed in the 1980s.

Recorded in Homestead, PA.

Gustavo Mestas talks to his daughter, Ileana, about escaping from Cuba to the U.S. in 1963.

Recorded in Georgetown, DE. Click here for more from Historias.

Tom Domingue, who had polio as a child, tells his wife Dotty, about coming home from the hospital.

Recorded in Georgetown, DE.

90-year-old James Lacy tells his daughter, Jamie Breed, about his father's general store in Comanche County, Texas.

Recorded in Abilene, TX.

Jerry Johnson interviews his mother, Carrie Conley, about raising six children as a single mother.

Recorded in Detroit, MI.

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.