Us during Stonewall and after…

The photo featured here is from 1992, our first year together. When Stonewall happened, neither of us knew. We became a couple in Chicago 23 years later. The chorus of CeCe Peniston's "Finally," a tune that was popular during our...

The Book of Unknown Titans

Experiences and opinions about being an immigrant

Dylan Caine (16) Asks His Mother, Shelly Pesick-Caine (56), About Her Detroit Youth, Jewish Ancestry, and Worldview

In this interview, conducted on Thanksgiving, 2015 in a suburb of Cleveland, Dylan Caine (16) asks his mother, Shelly Pesick-Caine (56), about her quintessentially American upbringing in the suburbs of Detroit. Born into a caring and hardworking family of six,...

Child of War

Nadia Ardah tells her story of growing up in Afghanistan and having to leave it due to the invasion of Soviets. She explains her story of leaving her once beloved country and traveling across the world to America.

Natalie and Glen talk about childhood and family dynamics.

In this interview, I, Natalie Greenfield, interview my father, Glen, about his childhood, growing up Jewish in a legally segregated Los Angeles, life with young parents, and his overall view of prejudice as an individual of age in the revolutionary...

James and Susan Kigamwa talk about having a lot of siblings

My family is a family of immigrants from Kenya. Both of them had a lot of siblings and I became really interested in talking to them about what their childhoods were like and hearing stories from then. We talk about...

Unknown American Interview

I talked to both of my parents about their views on culture and how my mom felt when she came to this country.

Romo Life Story

A story about a man and his life as an American citizen.