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“Jimmy, tell me how it all started.”

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Tim Russert interviews fellow Buffalo-native, James T. Molloy, retired doorkeeper of the U.S. House of Representatives.

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Recorded in Washington, DC.

“We wanted to be treated as men.”

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Elmore Nickelberry and Taylor Rogers remember why they went on strike as Memphis sanitation workers in 1968.

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Recorded in Memphis, TN.

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

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

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Recorded in Memphis, TN.

“In prison I started painting and drawing...”

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Darryl Downes remembers discovering his talent while serving time in Sing Sing Prison.

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Recorded in New York, NY.

“He said to me, 'I will make sure every day is a living hell for you.'”

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Tia Smallwood tells her daughter, Christine, about becoming a business woman in the 1970s.

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Recorded in New York, NY.

“When I was in high school I was afraid of you...”

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Master quilter Geraldine Nash (R) talks to her former math teacher, Gustina Atlas, who is now her quilting student, about their friendship.

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Recorded in Port Gibson, MS.

“I have close to a million objects in my apartment.”

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Harley Spiller, who holds the record for the largest private collection of menus in the world, talks about collecting.

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Recorded in New York, NY.

“They were all wearing their nice Christmas clothing...”

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Piano tuner Ron Kroenke tells his friend Shannon O'Donnell about tuning a piano at a nursing home.

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Recorded in Omaha, NE.

“What was the best tip you ever got?”

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Debra Goodman interviews her friend Ed Trinka, a doorman at the Plaza Hotel since 1963.

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Recorded in New York, NY.

“I got to find a job I can do for thirty years in this place.”

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Dorothy Glinton tells her son, Sonari, about becoming a manager at Ford Motor Plant in Chicago.

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Recorded in Chicago, IL.

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