• “When you think about your kids, what makes you happy, what makes you sad?”

    Bob Chase, Jr. interviews his father, Bob Sr.

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    Recorded in Cleveland, OH

  • “I think I had the greatest mom in the world.”

    Wanda Zoeller (L) remembers her mother with her partner, Susan Herndon.

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    Recorded in Louisville, KY

  • “It sounds like you were the black sheep.”

    Carly Dreher interviews her grandfather Lyle Link, who is 90, about growing up on his family's farm.

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    Recorded in Milwaukee, WI

  • “I just tried to stay in the background...”

    Joe Buford tells his literacy tutor, Michelle Miller, about what it was like not knowing how to read.

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    Recorded in Nashville, TN

  • “We wanted to be treated as men.”

    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

  • “He really talked that night.”

    Retired Memphis sanitation worker Taylor Rogers and his wife, Bessie, remember Martin Luther King Jr.'s final speech.

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    Recorded in Memphis, TN

  • “I couldn't understand why all the black men had signs that said 'I AM A MAN.'”

    Reverend George Turks, Jr. remembers witnessing the 1968 Memphis Sanitation Workers' Strike as a teenager. Click here to see a photo from the strike.

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    Recorded in Memphis, TN

  • “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.

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    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.

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    Recorded in Memphis, TN

  • “The bulletin came across the TV...”

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

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    Recorded in Memphis, TN