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One Small Step partners Kimberly Guthrie (56) and Diane Conner (60) discuss their hobbies, backgrounds, and how being educators has shaped them.

In the midst of the pandemic my family has been blessed with new life. I spoke with my Aunt Jewel about the experience of becoming a great-grandma during the outbreak. I thought I knew my aunt pretty well but this...

Lois Larsen Walker (73) talks to her daughter, Donna Walker James (48), about living in Alexandria. She recounts saving bricks from demolished buildings, fighting for school integration, and contributing to the community.

Geneva Hurley McCall (78) shares her educational journey with her Son, John McCall (48).

One Small Step partners Harold Lewis (61) and Matthew "Scott" Knox (48) share stories about their different lived experiences as a Black man growing up in the segregated South and a gay man growing up in the Northeast.

Ciff Perrin (65) talks with his daughter Heidi Kharbanda (34) about his life growing up, his mother and father, the changes he's seen, and who he is today.

Ariyah Smith [no age given] and her friend, Aaron Atkins (32), talk about family, friends, race, growing up in Alton, IL, and how the COVID-19 Pandemic has affected their lives.

Amos Johnson Jr. (81) and friend Michael Brunker (67) describe the community of San Diego during the '40s and '50s, the influence of the YMCA throughout Amos's lifetime & the decision to become apart of the board.

Renee Kaplowitz [no age given] tells her friend Janie Cravens (66) about her life as a military kid and her father's death.

Oral history about attending the last segregated school, Hygienic School, in Steelton, Pennsylvania. Interview conducted on 13 November 2018.

James Harold (60) and his One Small Step partner Montgomery Mewers (53) discuss living in various parts of the United States, the weaknesses of the current American political system, and impactful childhood experiences and relationships that inform their politics.

Emanuel Martinez [no age given] speaks with his daughter Lucha Martinez de Luna [no age given] about their family's background in the Southwest and finding his passion for art and painting, and about his involvement in the Chicano movement. He...

LaKesha Johnson (50) talks with her mother Gloria Lee (75) about her life in the city of Atlanta, Georgia. Gloria reminisces about her experiences as a "Grady Baby," a social worker in the Kirkwood community, and a volunteer for the...

One Small Step partners Paula Siegel (69) and Terry Hutchison (82) share a conversation about their families, the most influential people in their lives, their work, and their hopes and concerns for the future.

Josiah Bennetone (37) shares a conversation with his grandmother, Mary Jackson (90), about Mary’s childhood in Wilmington, North Carolina, segregation and integration of Wilmington schools, her career, her faith, and how the world has changed since she was a child.

Rev. Dr. Warren L. Herndon (72) and Clinton Cozart (71) remember experiencing segregation in their childhoods, the Civil Rights movement, and the destruction of the black-led community of Hayti. They also discuss who their role models are and what gives...

[Recorded: Apostle Sarah Kelley (83) and Susan Perry have a One Small Step conversation in Charlottesville, Virginia. Sarah was born and raised in Charlottesville, and shares early memories of experiencing segregation as a child and young adult. Sarah has been...

Friends and fellow "Rattlers," Darius Young (42) and Joe Kershaw (73), discuss the work Joe's family has done to keep Florida A&M University open, as well as the work Darius now does to preserve the legacy of those who fought...

One Small Step partners Janet Hayes (64) and Karen Jordan (69) talk about the formation of their political opinions.

Oscar Benoit (70) speaks with their friend Mitzi Moss Duhon (69) about their experience integrating Northside High School in Lafayette, Louisiana, where Mitzi attended, in 1970.

Joanne Hardy (85) talks with her daughter, Janice Klunder (62), about her late husband, Reverend Bruce Klunder. She remembers how she met Reverend Klunder, their relationship and participation in Civil Rights movements, and how he was killed while picketing for...

Stephen Ackerman (65) talks to colleague, Matthew Dull (38), about S.W. Tucker, a man who organized a sit-in at Alexandria Public Libraries in 1939.

Elizabeth Coleman [no age given] talks with her OSS conversation partner John "Jack" W. LeSar [no age given] about their childhoods and school experiences. They also discuss their time abroad, in the Peace Corps and the Army respectively, and their...

Martha Chan (89) speaks with her daughters Kim Chan (56) and Mary Chan (54) about growing up in Arkansas and Mississippi during the Jim Crow laws, eventually moving to New York City Chinatown where she met her husband, and raising...

Ms Nelson, the former Purdue Dean of Students, walks about education, school experience, segregation, college, first job, psychology and sociology.