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Friends, colleagues, and co-mentors Tamir D. Harper (23) and Horace Ryans III (21) share how they have supported and inspired each other, first as students in high school, and now as people working and studying to better the American education...

Former teacher, Ashley Austin (38) speaks with her husband, Chris Austin (40) a former teacher in Charlotte, North Carolina about the challenges of a first year teacher in a segregated high school.

Coworkers Esther Louis (37), Cortes Lewis James (50), and Yakesha Llewellyn (32) talk about their work as doulas and the importance of interrupting the Black maternal health crisis.

Brenda Reid (64) tells her friend Kiplyn Primus (62) about her life and her career with the Atlanta Journal-Constitution and Publix Super Markets.

Dane Espeut (39) and Christina Espeut (37) reflect on their relationship and family. They discuss milestones in their relationship, the transition to becoming parents, and the legacy they hope to leave behind.

Kiplyn Primus (62) talks with her friend Myrna Clayton [no age given] about their experiences growing up.

Friends Queen Keskessa (51) and Antonio Quinn Edwards (58) speak about their first impressions of each other, Antonio’s identity as an artist, and Queen’s experience coming to the United States and her Ethiopian identity.

Friends Carolyn Michael-Banks (66) and Menelik Fombi (68) speak about Fombi’s experiences as a member of the “Memphis Thirteen,” a group of Black students that integrated Memphis’s segregated school system at the elementary level.

Friends and colleagues Vahisha Hasan (45) and Tamekia Greer (47) discuss creativity, sacred spaces, and the Memphis community.

Colleagues Melissa Bonner (44) and Shavon Chester (40) talk about the legacy of Dr. Ella Mae Piper, a prominent community leader and Black businesswoman of Fort Myers in the early 1900s.

Friends Anita Garrett (59) and Faida Whitaker-Mfomboutmoun (43) discuss the passage of time, preserving the legacies of their ancestors, and lessons they would like to pass down to future generations.

Partners Joi Purvy (35) and Jasper Joyner (33) sit down to talk about their beloved city, Memphis. The two talk reflect on the kind and welcoming community that has embraced them and provided them security as Black queers. They also...

Dr. Rosie Phillips Davis (74) and her husband John Davis (79), discuss her childhood marred by poverty, and the people who nurtured her to be successful in the field of psychology and her mission to combat the ills of poverty.

Friends Vaneet Singh (43) and Queen Keskessa (51) speak about their journeys to the United States, their first impressions of each other, and Vaneet’s Sikh faith.

Christopher "Chris" Sweet (60) and his wife Vanessa Sweet (59) discuss their love story, family bonding, and how their faith informs their lives.

Colleagues Katherine Burgess (31) and Michael "Mike" Finch (35) talk about their upbringing and how they became interested in journalism.

Kiplyn Primus (62) talks with her friend Wonya Lucas (62) about their shared experiences growing up together.

Bobby Donaldson (52) interviews his friend Josephine Jefferson Hall (98) about her childhood, her time at Booker T. Washington High School, and her career as a poet.

Kiplyn Primus (62) talks with her friend Curtis Mack (81) about his life and his education.

Spouses Bartholomew Jones (33) and Renata Henderson (35) speak with friend Kelvin Kolheim (45) about how they met, their passion for coffee, and Kelvin’s work with craft beer.

Ellise [No Name Given] (27) speaks with her colleague Nadirah Sabir (56) about their work as birth justice doulas. They discuss the importance of challenging Western medicine and trusting your body.

Matthew Shilo (50) interviews his friend Sylvester McGill (48) about growing up working in his parents' group homes, becoming a school psychologist and counselor.

Colleagues Kanzi Takayama [no age given] and Kalimah Azeez [no age given] get to know each other as Kanzi shares his journey to the United States and life in Japan, Kalimah’s experiences as an African American Muslim woman, and their...

Chida Warren-Darby (43) has a conversation with her father, Dr. John Warren (78), about his life and multifaceted career in civil service, academia, and media.

One Small Step conversation partners Susan Johnstad (55) and Romero Robbins (62) have a conversation about how the places they grew up in impacted their lives, losing their sisters and being known, and the stories behind their ideas about patriotism.