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“He was immaculate from head to toe.”

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Earl Reynolds Jr. tells his daughter, Ashley, about meeting James Brown at his father's barbershop in Roanoke, Virginia.

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Recorded in Roanoke, VA.

“I do the decorating, paperwork, whatever law enforcement's needed.”

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Warren Weems (R), who is a teacher's aide in his wife, Robin's, first-grade classroom, is interviewed by his son Jason (L).

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Recorded in Baltimore, MD.

“He employed performers that the other agents would never use.”

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Mort Segal and his sister, Joan Feldman, remember their father, Jack Segal, a booking agent for novelty acts in the Catskills. Read more…

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Recorded in New York, NY.

“When you told me someday you’re gonna be an NBA referee, I said, ‘Yeah, of course.”

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Leon Kogut talks with his son, Marat Kogut, an NBA referee. Read more…

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Recorded in New York, NY.

“She died on an incident that I sent her on.”

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Retired Sgt. 1st Class Max Voelz remembers his wife, Staff Sgt. Kimberly Voelz, who died in Iraq while disarming an IED. Read more…

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Recorded in Baltimore, MD.

“There was no doubt in my mind, I was going to work along side of my dad, my granddad, my uncles.”

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Retired teacher George Lengel remembers growing up in the company town of Roebling, NJ. Read more…

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Recorded in Trenton, NJ.

“I was in Brooklyn, New York teaching the third grade.”

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Sister Vincent Cecire, 94, tells her friend Sister Catherine Garry how she fell in love with baseball.

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Recorded in Dobbs Ferry, NY.

“The guy that was interviewing told me I was too little.”

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Dee Dickson remembers trying to get a job as a shipyard electrician in the 1970s.

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Recorded in Biloxi, MS.

“I was working in the gas station...”

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Majid Al-Bahadli and his wife, Diana Klatte, remember how they met.

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Recorded in Seattle, WA.

“You don't have to be dirty to be poor.”

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94-year-old Mary Van Beke tells her son, Charles, about growing up in the 1920s.

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Recorded in Knoxville, TN.

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