“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

“When Dr. King was assassinated, I was on the air.”

Herb Kneeland (L) tells his son Martavius Jones about being a disc jockey at WDIA in Memphis on April 4, 1968.

Recorded in Memphis, TN

“The bulletin came across the TV...”

Kathy Dean Evans remembers the night Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated.

Recorded in Memphis, TN

“She said, 'You know, there was a time we couldn't wear no fingernail polish...'”

Mary Ellen Noone remembers a story from her great-grandmother.

Recorded in Montgomery, AL

“We got a postcard that my father was alive...”

Eric Lamet remembers reuniting with his father in Italy, where Eric and his mother lived as Jewish refugees during WWII.

Recorded in Miami, FL

“The pilot told us over the PA, 'It's going to be the roughest landing you've ever experienced.'”

Martha Conant (L) tells her daughter-in-law, Brittany, about surviving the crash of United Airlines Flight 232.

Recorded in Greeley, CO

“We went down there in a Pullman...”

Leon May, who fought as a Marine in World War II, tells his daughter about leaving for basic training.

Recorded in Detroit, MI

“We nicknamed him The Tiger because he was so mean...”

Korean War POW Wayman Simpson remembers the Korean officer who led the Tiger Death March, a brutal trek that claimed nearly 100 lives.

Recorded in Lawton, OK

“Recess came and the boys had a football...”

Mweupe Mfalme Nguni remembers his first day at an integrated elementary school in 1965.

Recorded in Oakland, CA

“One of the soldiers was crying...”

Jean Thackeray tells her daughter-in-law, Susan, about a German POW who worked on her father's farm during World War II.

Recorded in Logan, UT