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Ann Todd Jealous, Ben Jealous and Mamie Todd

Ben Jealous, head of the NAACP, talks with his mother, Ann Todd Jealous (left), and his grandmother Mamie Todd about some of the racism they have experienced in their lifetimes.

Originally aired July 17, 2009, on NPR’s Morning Edition.

Tina Nelson and Dottie Copeland

Dottie Copeland tells her daughter Tina Nelson about her breast cancer diagnosis, how she decided to fight the disease like Sylvester Stallone in Rocky, and how beating it changed her life.

Originally aired June 12, 2009, on NPR’s Morning Edition.

Griselda Lemus and Papsy Lemus

Nine-year-old Griselda Lemus asks her mother, Sgt. Papsy Lemus, about the 13 months she spent at war serving in Baghdad, Iraq, and the difficulty of leaving her family in the United States.

Originally aired on May 29, 2009, on NPR’s Morning Edition.

Siddiqi Hansoti and Gus Hernandez

Gus Hernandez (right) talks with Siddiqi Hansoti (left), owner of the El Dorado Motel in Salinas, California, about how they met after Gus lost his home to foreclosure, and how Siddiqi became a friend to Gus for life after offering him a job.

Originally aired April 3, 2009, on NPR’s Morning Edition.

John Hope Franklin and John W. Franklin

John Hope Franklin became a Boy Scout in the 1920s as scouting was first coming to children in the black community. One of his troop requirements was to do a good deed each day. At StoryCorps he tells his son John W. about the racism he endured at the hands of a blind white woman he had just helped across a street.

Originally aired March 27, 2009, on NPR’s Morning Edition.

Roger Villanueva and Lourdes Villanueva

Lourdes Villanueva talks to her son Roger about growing up in a family of migrant workers, and the dedication and hard work she put in to get her GED—and her desire to graduate before her own children got their diplomas.

Originally aired February 27, 2009, on NPR’s Morning Edition.

Kim Wargo and Ida Cortez

Ida Cortez, 10, talks with her mom, Kim Wargo, about Ida’s dyslexia, and how she wishes people understood, “it’s not like an illness of the brain, it’s a difference of the brain, every brain is a little bit different.”

Originally aired February 6, 2009, on NPR’s Morning Edition.

James Bost and Doug Bost

James Bost tells his son Doug about the time during the Great Depression when his father withdrew all of his money from the bank, put it into a suitcase, and buried it in their garden. And even though he describes it as “kind of silly in some ways, and kind of stupid,” he discusses how he himself has done something similar during the recent financial crisis.

Originally aired January 30, 2009, on NPR’s Morning Edition.

Willa Guidi, Tasha Guth and Brad Guidi

Tasha Guth talks with her parents, Willa and Brad Guidi, about how they met, and the reactions of Willa and Brad’s immediate families to their interracial relationship.

Originally aired January 16, 2009, on NPR’s Morning Edition.

Barbara Esrig

Barbara Esrig remembers the car accident that nearly took her life and broke 164 of her bones, a doctor who provided her comfort, and her recovery.

Originally aired January 9, 2009, on NPR’s Morning Edition.