• “We really had some adventures...”

    Wydenia Perry and Essie Gregory, who have visited over 125 countries together, talk about their travels.

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    Recorded in New York, NY
  • “Let's talk about Miss Devine.”

    James Ransom and Cherie Johnson remember their neighbor and Sunday school teacher.

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    Recorded in Sarasota, FL
  • “I can't even begin to tell you the misery of rain.”

    George Hill remembers being homeless. Hill has been off the streets for 10 years.

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    Recorded in Santa Monica, CA
  • “You wouldn't give me the time of day...”

    Joe Hunter, who was Ray Charles' road manager, and his wife, Trudy, a back-up singer, remember falling in love.

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    Recorded in Memphis, TN
  • “When I was in high school I was afraid of you...”

    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
  • “My brother came home wearing an afro.”

    Judith Wilson tells her husband, Donald Kaufman, about a conversation that changed her life.

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    Recorded in Oakland, CA
  • “She absolutely knocked me out...”

    Donald Taylor tells his son Cheo about falling in love with Cheo's mother, Doris.

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    Recorded in Oakland, CA
  • “We went down there in a Pullman...”

    Leon May, who fought as a Marine in World War II, tells his daughter about leaving for basic training.

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    Recorded in Detroit, MI
  • “Recess came and the boys had a football...”

    Mweupe Mfalme Nguni remembers his first day at an integrated elementary school in 1965.

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    Recorded in Oakland, CA
  • “I can still hear him hollering and coaching...”

    William Haley (L) and his brother Glen remember their father, Joseph Howard Haley, founder of Jackie Robinson West Little League in Chicago.

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    Recorded in Chicago, IL
  • “I got to find a job I can do for thirty years in this place.”

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

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    Recorded in Chicago, IL
  • “He saw me and he said, 'You're going to be my wife.'”

    Rebia Mixon-Clay remembers her late husband, Frank Mixon.

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    Recorded in Chicago, IL
  • “When all the parents leave, it goes crazy...”

    Clayton Hall Jr. tells his daughter, Breana, about his first day as a cadet at the Virginia Military Institute.

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    Recorded in Richmond, VA
  • “I got bussed to a high school in my sophomore year...”

    Ricardo Pitts-Wiley tells his son Jonathan about a year that shaped his life.

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    Recorded in Providence, RI
  • “I said, 'Is this going to actually be me?'”

    Nzingha Masani tells her friend, Noah Hairston, about receiving her name at an African naming ceremony.

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    Recorded in Detroit, MI
  • “I really miss so much about New Orleans...”

    Antoinette Franklin (R) and her niece, Iriel Franklin, talk about relocating to Houston after Hurricane Katrina.

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    Recorded in Houston, TX
  • “None of us looked like our mom; but everybody knew we belonged to her husband.”

    Yvonne Logan Jones (L) and her sister Ola Mae Logan Allen remember their parents, who migrated north in the 1940s.

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    Recorded in Detroit, MI
  • “My husband was the physical training officer for the fliers...”

    91-year-old Ruth Ballard (L) tells her minister, Ramonia Lee, about moving to Tuskegee, Alabama during World War II.

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    Recorded in Silver Spring, MD
  • “He saw this country boy, took me over to the side—he didn't want to embarrass me.”

    Larry Young (L) tells his friend Clyde Cleveland about trying to register for college in the early 1940s.

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    Recorded in Detroit, MI
  • “He was my best friend in the whole wide world...”

    Otis Wade remembers Mandred Henry, in an interview with Mandred's granddaughter, Beatrice Perron.

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    Recorded in Martha's Vineyard, MA