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Akiba Shabazz talks with her daughters Naja and Zuri about her life growing up with her parents in Memphis, her marriages and travels.

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

Evaine Kirkland (21) and his mother Tara Kirkland-Rainey (61) talk about becoming an adopted family and how Evaine's life has changed.

Francine Washington (64) and her husband Larry Washington (66) talk about life in the Stateway Gardens community and their experiences working for CHA over the course of many years, throughout changes in leadership.

Babz Rawls Ivy (56) talks with her friend Lucy Gellman (30) about her life, work and community in New Haven, CT. She remembers her early life in Church Street South and changes in the neighborhood, shares her drive for public...

Akili Brown talks to his friend Alexis Peskine about their time at Howard University together, the Jamaican school system, their favorite music and how they want to be remembered.

The history of the Mansfield family, specifically the Mansfield 8, and their experiences in Wake, VA in 1935 through the 1950's. The story of a woman trying to learn about the father she hardly knew by reconnecting with the place...

Meilan Carter-Gilkey (41) talks with Aya de León about their experiences of being mothers of color. Meilan shares about her young son's questions about race, how she approaches conversations with both her sons, the challenges of finding toys and media...

Tiffany Baker (46) talks to her former social worker, Terri Treiman (64) about the day they met, 29 years ago, when Tiffany was a foster kid. Tiffany tells Terri how it much it meant to her to be treated like...

Kathi Martin (55) and her friend Billie Ross (62) talk about how Kathi's relationship with her father influenced her going into ministry and what happened on the day that Kathi was ousted from her own church that she built.

Garfield Peart (42) interviews his colleague, C. David Moody, Jr. (57), about his most notable experiences as an African American architect and contractor in Atlanta, GA.

Atem Da’Hajhock (28) and John Kuai (27) talk with Joan Hecht (57) about their experiences as one of the many young refugees from Sudan called the Lost Boys.

Shaniah Williams (21) and her wife Amari Sanford (21) talk about their relationship and their use of dating apps like Tinder.

Cousins Katrina Watson (26) and Courtney Gilbert (28) reflect on the summers they spent at their grandmother's house in Tennessee and how their parents created the space for them to make wonderful memories with each other throughout their childhoods.

Bill Healy (32) speaks to the Global Vice President of Walgreens, Steve Pemberton (48). Steve reflects on his childhood and what it was like to enter foster care at the age of three years old. Additionally, he depicts the people...

Piggy Blake (22) speaks with their friend Marina Labarthe del Solar (24) about their nonbinary gender identity, their past struggles with anorexia, and what they hope to teach future generations.

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.

Reverend Connie Lee (65) talks with her friend, Lynn Thompson (72), about their friend Charles Black and the various ministries they are involved with at the First Presbyterian Church of Atlanta.

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.

Renfroe Middle School student Lucy Yates (14) interviews former Renfroe Middle School Principal Cliff Chandler (75) about growing up under segregation, being one of the first Black teachers to work at Decatur High School, and integration of the Decatur City...

"Remembering Orangeburg"

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.

Spouses, Danya Berry (43) and Devon Berry (45), talk about how they met, the role education has played in their lives, and what they hope for their own children.

Tyrone Ash (65) tells his new friend Kiplyn Primus (54) about his family's legacy, from an ancestor who escaped from a slave ship to eleven high-achieving Black siblings making a name for themselves during desegregation.