• “Everywhere we went my mother would make sure that they enrolled us in school.”

    Lourdes Villanueva tells her son Roger about growing up in a family of migrant workers.

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    Recorded in Tampa, FL

  • “I'm always working 24 hours a day.”

    90-year-old Bill Schifrin tells his son-in-law, Herman Rotenberg, about making his living as a wedding ring salesman.

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    Recorded in New York, NY

  • “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.

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    Recorded in Staten Island, NY

  • “I really didn't talk much about the site in the beginning.”

    Mike Kenny, a ground zero worker during the recovery effort, talks with his wife, Brenda, about working at the World Trade Center site after the September 11 attacks.

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    Recorded in New York, NY

  • “Every brain is a little bit different...”

    10-year-old Ida Cortez talks about her dyslexia with her mother, Kim Wargo.

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    Recorded in San Francisco, CA

  • “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.

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    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.

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    Recorded in New York, NY

  • “They wanted me to stop seeing Daddy...”

    Willa and Brad Guidi tell their daughter Tasha about meeting at college in 1970.

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    Recorded in Peoria, IL

  • “I broke a hundred and sixty-four bones.”

    Barbara Esrig remembers the car accident that nearly took her life.

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    Recorded in Gainesville, FL

  • “School was out for two weeks and all the telephone lines were down.”

    Dr. Jim Fleming tells his daughter, Janetta, about being trapped indoors by the Great Ice Storm of 1951.

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    Recorded in Nashville, TN