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I interviewed my granny about her childhood and how things such as the Civil Rights Movement and poverty affected her education and childhood to now.

In this interview I ask my grandma questions about her life, stories about life in the sixties, etc.

Civil rights movement and Banksy.

Kathryn speaks about growing up as the daughter of Chinese immigrants as well as her involvement in multiple non-profit and civil rights organizations.

Be (83) talks with Selene (12) about her life and her journey from a small town on the gulf coast of Mississippi in 1935 to Ann Arbor Michigan, 2018.

In this interview I talked with my grandpa we talked about what his life was like growing up and what his life was like when he joined the military. During this interview I learned a lot of things that I...

Carmen talks about her childhood in Mexico and her journey to California. She also talks about historical events that she remembers.

The strategies we learned help us through the quarter

I learned a lot of interesting things about my family history. I had no idea that my great grandfather marched with Dr. King.

I asked my grandmother about her childhood and how she wants to affect the world. I generated an understanding of how our major family tradition is to to good in the world.

Velma discussed how she became involved in civil rights and told stories of her experience in Mississippi in 1965.

McKenna Martin and Carly Benner interview Joyce and Ken Hill about their experience living through the 1960's. They were young adult age so they remembered it well. They talk about the Vietnam War, the Civil Rights Movement, and what their...

Life as a teenager reflecting about bobby and JFK assassination, hippies, moon landing, and peace corps.

A few events from the 1960’s

In this interview, conducted in 2017 in Fort Worth, Texas, Emily Kizer (14) interviews her grandpa, Don Kizer (67), about his childhood and family life. Mr. Kizer shared what life was like during the Civil Rights Movement and the Vietnam...

Story of growing up in Cambridge, MA

My grandmother who is 72 year olds now lived through the civil rights movement and she reflects a lot on how hard it was to become a successful black woman as she faced such hardship.

Conversation with grandmother about the integration of elementary school

Camille Twitchell (17) talks with her grandfather, Curtis Ellison (80) about his life growing up in the 1960s, including his experience with the Civil Rights Movement, assassinations, school life, music scene, and the draft.

Nancy Webster' involvement in the Civil Rights movement.

Mary H. Taylor reflects on her life as she approaches retirement, her upbringing and journey on the Great Migration and the nation's first black president.

We talked about several different historical events and discussed her childhood and different events that took place during it. She talked about what it was liked for her to grow up, and we discussed the important historical events that took...

Ashley Kolman interviewed Edward Herringa about the 1960s.

Krista Corson (18) talks with her Grandpa, Ron Spencer (72) about growing up with changing media and the Civil Rights Movement.

A story of my grandmother’s amazing life in many different places in the U.S. living with a big family.