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StoryCorps Facilitator Kiplyn Primus (62) has a conversation with Dr. Jeffrey Ogbar (54) about his book, America's Black Capital: How African Americans Remade Atlanta in the Shadow of the Confederacy.

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.

Friends and entrepreneurs Phanat Xanamane (43) and Carl Cooper (34) discuss their community garden and market in New Iberia, Louisiana and how they hope to give back to the community and the youth.

Friends Mary Guercio (80) and Patricia Colbert-Comier [no age given] discuss their involvement in the Lafayette Biracial Committee and the integration of schools in the 1980s.

Spouses Milton Arceneaux (49) and Dawn Arceneaux (48) share a conversation about their relationship, their family, and what they are most grateful for.

Friends Adolph "Ado" Davis (33) and Reneka Moore (32) discuss their careers in entertainment, their shared hometown of Franklin, Louisiana, and express gratitude and hopes for the future.

Colleagues and friends Ola Sims Prejean [no age given] and Dr. Francesco “Frank” Crocco (47) discuss their work with their organization “Move the Mindset” and their efforts to move a statue of a Confederate general from downtown Lafayette, Louisiana.

Wife Tracey Antee (46) and husband Richie Antee (56) tell the story of how they met and the ways their relationship strengthened over their shared Creole heritage and culture.

Flo Hammond (53) talks to her son Matthew Hammond (24) about his experience with autism and his upcoming college graduation.

Sidney Williams [no age given] speaks to his manager, Eric Breaux (45), about his upbringing, his music career, and his community in Louisiana.

StoryCorps Facilitator Kiplyn Primus (62) talks with Just Us Book Club member Jacquelin Lipkins Ridley (68) about her education, career and family.

Just Us Book Club member Lisa Henry Horne (64) shares memories of growing up in Louisiana with StoryCorps Facilitator Kiplyn Primus (62). Lisa also talks about her career.

Kiplyn Primus (62) talks with Just Us Book Club member Paula Weathers (65) about her journey as a wife, mother and working professional.

Erica Fox (48) speaks to new friend and conversation partner Sara Barkouli (23) about the history of La Maison Creole de Freetown and her hopes for the space.

Cousins Yvette Chestang (56) and Letitia Mabien (49) discuss their family's involvement in Mardi Gras celebrations in Mobile and their perspectives on keeping traditions and the deep sense of community in their family alive.

Sara Barkouli (23) interviews her conversation partner Makinde Gbolahan [no age given] about being an active member of the Africatown community as both a naturopathic healer and community organizer.

Lonnie Smith (90) talks to his daughter Sheryl Smith-Rodriguez (69) about their family.

Longtime friends Earlene McKee (63) and Laura James (63) talk with new friend Doris Smith (88) about her life, her faith, and her commitment to helping others.

Brenda Armour [no age given] speaks to her colleague Opal Jones [no age given] about working at Cooper House, a place to house and support people with HIV and AIDS.

Cathie Marie Hancock (63) tells her conversation partner Brenda Ford (52) about her experience of motherhood and her family.

Fellow gamers Edward Austin Hall (62) and David Haddad (43) talk about the process of role-playing game creation - particularly as it pertains to Hunter: The Reckoning, of Georgia-based White Wolf Game Studio.

Kiplyn Primus (62) talks with fellow Atlanta Business League member Joshua Menifee (36) about his family history and contributions to the community.

Kiplyn Primus (62) interviews her fellow Atlanta Business League member Michael Hubert Ross (65) about his life as a businessman and entrepreneur in Atlanta as well as about his involvement with the Atlanta Business League.

Bennie Cade (66) tells his children Lacrecia Cade (45) and Bendrick Cade (39) about his childhood in Atlanta and working his way up to owning three full-service car washes.

StoryCorps Facilitator Kiplyn Primus (62) sits down for a second conversation with local figure, Antoinette Tuff (57). August 2023 marks ten years since Ms. Tuff saved a DeKalb County school from a mass shooting.