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One Small Step partners Stephen Owens (44) and James "Jim" Unruh (56) talk about their family and faith backgrounds, the challenges that their Kansas communities face, and what it means to both of them to serve others.

Me and my mom talk about American history.

Hailey Yoshida (16) talks with her great-grandmother, Marye Kimoto (97) about her experience in Japanese internment camps and her life afterward. Marye also talks about what it was like to live during World War II.

Charles Baxley [no age given] and John Oller [no age given] talk about Francis Marion's role in the American Revolution.

Isaiah Schlittenhart discusses American chess history with Chess National Master and psychiatrist Nolan Hendrickson.

An 81 year old mother reflects on a life of rich memories and hardships. She is the last relative to leave West KY since the Jackson Purchase.

Henry Rutledge Laurens [no age given] and James E. Lockemy (72) talk about Henry's ancestors, John Laurens and Henry Laurens, Jr.

McColley Family Stories

Liberty Trail Project founders Douglas "Doug" Bostick (68) and Catherine Noyes (40) talk about the formation of the Liberty Trail Project, their connections to South Carolina, and historic site preservation.

Colleagues Dr. Tonya Maria Matthews (48) and John Rees (65) talk about Black soldiers in the American Revolutionary War, education, and art.

Friends and colleagues Steven D. Smith (71) and John Allison (71) speak about the role of archeology in their lives, the process of historical preservation, and their work's connection to the Liberty Trail.

Interview of Gregory Kent Laughlin by Robert Charles Laughlin in Alabama on 11/24/18. The interview deatils the personal life, thoughts on history, and family past of Gregory Kent Laughlin.

What would happen to a kid who was surrounded by racist people? I, Dante Battista, age 15, interviewed my father, Richard Battista, age 55. This interview was taken in Los Angeles, California, on January 6th, 2020. This interview is about...

Interviewing my step-father about America in his lifetime for Apush extra credit

Talking to my grandmother about her life and her experiences

Friends and colleagues Dale Watson (63) and Simons Young (46) speak about their work creating historically accurate architectural and illustrative depictions of the American Revolution for the Liberty Trail, and reflect on what it means to create new mediums of...

Friends and cousins Brooke Bauer (54) and William "Monty" Branham (60) share about the Catawba people, including their oral traditions, their role in the American Revolution, and how that history connects to the present moment.

Marta Pearson (72) talks with her friend DeAnna Hadley (52) about sympathy, empathy, racism, the pain it causes and the need for African-American stories to be shared. She describes seeing a raw cotton field for the first time, being denied...

One Small Step partners Joanie Schirm (73) and Elise Rolenc (50) share a conversation about their families, the public education system, and the importance of local government. They also talk about the value of finding connections with other people and...

One Small Step conversation partners Ron Marlett (72) and Chris Powell (49) both knew each other before being paired together. In their conversation they talk about their upbringings and about the political changes taking place in Oklahoma's legislature over the...

Friends and colleagues, Stephen Watson (43) and Daniel Horowitz Garcia (50), talk about teaching history - specifically the pros and cons of being a part time educator at Kennesaw State University.

In this interview, which takes place over Thanksgiving break, I interview my grandfather Larry Pirkle about various components of his life. Mr. Pirkle discusses his youth, and growing up in Hueytown, Alabama. After this, he reminisces about his decision to...

Raina Moseley (17), a rising senior at Atlanta's Pace Academy, talks with history teacher, Patrice Wright-Lewis (56), about race and racism.

New acquaintances and "name brothers" Daniel "Dan" Horowitz (85) and Daniel Horowitz Garcia (53) have a conversation about their shared name and their career path as historians.

Favorite Waterford Fair memories after 31 years in the Samuel Hough House (c1819) in the Waterford National Historic Landmark