“As long as there was one black child left in town, they had to keep the school open.”

Reverend James Seawood remembers how African-American families were forced out of Sheridan, Arkansas, when the schools attempted to integrate.

Recorded in Staten Island, NY, in partnership with the Sandy Ground Historical Society

“My dad was working 24/7 to make it.”

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

Recorded in New York, NY

“He was a short-order cook...”

Ed Miller (L) tells his son EJ (R) about his father, Ed Miller, Sr.

Recorded in New York, NY

“It's a premature aging disorder...”

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

Recorded in Abilene, TX

“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

“They would allow potential parents to check you out like a library book.”

Ray Martinez remembers growing up in an orphanage during the 1950s.

Recorded in Fort Collins, CO

“By the time I was in the second grade, everyone was calling me Raymond.”

Ramón "Chunky" Sanchez remembers how teachers changed the names of Mexican-American students during the 1950s.

Recorded in San Diego, CA

“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