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

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...

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 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.