• “This tall, dark fellow was singing. He had these shades on. I was like, 'Look at this guy.'”

    Andrea McKnight and her husband, Jay, remember meeting as teenagers in the 1950s.

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    Recorded in New York, NY
  • “He never said anything good about my writing.”

    Author Walter Dean Myers talks about his father in an interview with his son Christopher Myers.

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    Recorded in Brooklyn, NY
  • “I just hugged the man who murdered my son.”

    Mary Johnson speaks with Oshea Israel, who killed her son in 1993.

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    Recorded in Minneapolis, MN
  • “All of my friends know me to be outspoken...”

    William Anthony Cobb tells his mother, Mary, about the influence she had on him. William Anthony also talks with his sister, Valerie Foster, about their mother.

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    Recorded in New York, NY
  • “The next day, the police car pulled up and they said, 'We're taking y'all to jail.'”

    James Hanover Thompson (L) tells his brother Dwight (R) about his involvement in the "Kissing Case" of 1958.

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    Recorded in Wilmington, NC
  • “I had a position at a senior citizen facility...”

    John Klein remembers meeting the love of his life, Mary Ann Allen, with her daughter Bernice Flournoy.

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    Recorded in Oakland, CA
  • “I think in our marriage, it was all about you.”

    Pepper and Ron Miller talk about what led to their divorce.

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    Recorded in Chicago, IL
  • “He was so busy that he would schedule surgeries for three and four in the morning.”

    Linda Kenney (R) Miller and her sister Diane Kenney (L) remember their grandfather, Dr. John A. Kenney, who founded the first hospital for African Americans in Newark, NJ.

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    Recorded in Montgomery, AL
  • “Ron was someone who didn't accept societal norms as being his norm.”

    Carl McNair remembers his brother, Ronald McNair, who was one of the astronauts killed aboard the space shuttle Challenger on January 28, 1986.

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    Recorded in Atlanta, GA
  • “I was working for the state of Colorado...”

    Queen Jackson (R) tells her case manager, Debra MacKillop (L), how she became homeless.

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    Recorded in Denver, CO
  • “She reaches around the wall with this little yellow bunny rabbit puppet...”

    Showaye Selassie (L) tells her friend Susan Greenfield (R) about an early memory of her mother.

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    Recorded in New York, NY
  • “When I was younger I didn't like you much.”

    Bryan Echols (R) and his father, Lindberg (L), talk about how their relationship has changed over time.

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    Recorded in Chicago, IL
  • “EMTs arrived within minutes...”

    David Wilson, a plaintiff in the 2004 court decision legalizing same-sex marriage in Massachusetts, remembers the death of his first partner.

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    Recorded in New York, NY
  • “I found myself in the principal's office a lot.”

    Judge Berryl Anderson (L) and her mother, Virginia (R), remember what Berryl was like as a child.

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    Recorded in Atlanta, GA
  • “When I was thirteen, I mapped out my life...”

    StoryCorps Facilitator Lillie Love talks to her friend and fellow Facilitator Anthony Knight about how her life has been different than she'd imagined.

    Lillie died on June 25, 2010 in Atlanta, GA.

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    Recorded in Atlanta, GA
  • “I just idolized him.”

    Zenobbie Clark (L) and her sister, Diana Carter (R), remember their brother, Samuel "Bubba" Hammond Jr., who was shot in the back and killed during the Orangeburg Massacre of 1968.

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    Recorded in Plantation, FL
  • “I didn't have any idea as to what to expect...”

    Colbert Williams (R) talks with Ralph Catania (L), his fifth grade math teacher who later became his legal guardian, about going to live with Ralph at the age of 15.

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    Recorded in Ann Arbor, MI
  • “What were you thinking when I was born?”

    Nathan Williams, 15, interviews his father, Colbert, 30, about being a single parent.

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    Recorded in Grand Rapids, MI
  • “My mother was the glue to our family...”

    Gwen Richards remembers her mother, Helen, who had Alzheimer's.

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    Recorded in Prairie Village, KS
  • “When I first met Antonio he was 270 pounds...”

    Cactus Car Wash owner Frank Lynch (L) talks with his employee and friend, Antonio Douglas (R), about helping him get in shape.

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    Recorded in Atlanta, GA