“We were really pioneers. We were the Jackie Robinson of the Air Force.”

Roscoe Brown, Jr., telling his friend Javier Henriquez about being a Tuskegee Airman.

Recorded in New York, NY

“I'm sure for the rest of his life he's had nightmares and he's had a tortured, tortured soul.”

Michael Crowe tells his son about his sergeant during the Vietnam War.

Recorded in New York, NY

“You know, when everybody's poor, nobody feels poor.”

Manny Diaz tells his friend Blanca Vazquez about growing up in New York City, during the Depression.

Recorded in New York, NY

“I think my family saw them one time on the street, and they wouldn't even talk to them.”

Yvonne Powell tells her son, Gordon, about the Jewish family that lived downstairs from her in Germany, during World War II.

Recorded in New York, NY