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Yvette J. Benjamin (62) tells her friend, Dr. Linda Degutis (55), of her career path in medicine and describes her life in semi-retirement.

Melvin Erroll Taylor (MT) interviews his friends Sylvia Smith Lewis (SL) and JoJo Smith (JS). They discuss JoJo’s career as a professional dancer and dance instructor.

Anita Hoffman Makuluni (49) and her husband Dean Makuluni (54) talk about Anita’s experiences as a Peace Corps volunteer in Malawi, their shared experiences as teachers at a secondary school there, and the origins of their relationship.

Peter Blau (63) interviews his friend, Guthema Roba (44) about writing poetry. Guthema reads several of his original poems and talks about where he gets his inspiration.

Sisters Hinde Muya and Amina Osman are interviewed by McKenzie Wren. The pair discuss the path that brought them to the United States from a refugee camp in Somalia. Hinde shares her views about the differences between Somali Bantu culture...

Jason Walker interviews his father about his life in the military.

Anita Rae Strange, 52, is interviewed by Jon Watts, 28, about her job as an exotic dancer and stripper at Atlanta’s venerable Clermont Lounge. She has danced at the club for over 30 years and was one of the first...

Friends Frederich Johnson II (57) and Clyde Neville III (49) share a conversation about their involvement in the Paul Robeson Institute for Positive Self-Development and the amount of care and passion that goes into the community work being done through...

Paulette Isaac Napper [no age given] talks with her daughter Tomeka Napper (45) about leaving a record for her grandson so he knows about her life growing up in the south during the 1960s, family traditions, Jim Crow, and black...

Moses McCrimager, 91, is interviewed by his friend Steven Blay, 35.

Bernard Scott Rush, 68, by his daughter, Nicole Rush (Maat Free), 35, about growing up in Mississippi then moving to New York City.

A woman interviews her husband about growing up in rural Georgia and moving to Detroit where he joined a band. He then interviews her about her childhood in Brooklyn, and the blending of their two families.

Melvin Taylor (49) asks his associate Doris Green about her career as an ethnomusicologist, her creation of Greenotation (an integrated score of percussive music and dance notation), and the time she spent traveling in Africa to learn more about the...

Carlissia, 21, interviews Sylverna, 57, about growing up in Virginia and Baltimore during the Civil Rights Movement, her interest in libraries, becoming Dean of Libraries at the University of Memphis, and the problems facing African Americans today.

Troy Grant (41) talks to his former student, Alexis Saunders (17), about how he started teaching, his educational philosophy, and some of his favorite classroom memories.

Alex Carothers (44) by Tara Zollinger Henderson (29) on their relationship via Explora museum--T. was the educator for A.’s children. They both discuss their jobs; A. on his job as a pilot.

Friends Timothy D. Holley, 36, and Marcus M. Williams, 25, discuss comemorating Martin Luther King Day, their careers and spirituality.