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Corinthians Walker (43) interviews her mother, Leola Walker (78), about her grandmother Annie who ran a rooming house on Auburn Avenue next to Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta's historic King District during the Civil Rights Movement and lived to be...

One Small Step partners John Liposky (81) and Eric Reed (80) discuss Black Lives Matter, the Constitution, and the importance of teachers and teaching.

Cousins Mona Wilson (61) and DeWayne Simmons (32) and their friend Joseph "Joe" Hall (52) speak about Creole culture and zydeco music.

Mark Ugbomah (34) asks his father, Obiajula Ugbomah (58), about his childhood, migrating to the United States, and finding home and belonging in music and important interpersonal relationships.

Kiplyn Primus (60) interviews her friend Dr. Alice White Bussey (75) about Dr. Bussey's career in business, her personal history, and her experiences as the first female president of The Atlanta Business League.

Michele Pettes (46) interviews her husband, Maron Andrew Pettes (43), about the beginning to their relationship. Maron is black and Michele is white. In the beginning, Michele's parents weren't too happy about their relationship.

Charlie Bryant (99) tells his granddaughter Kenyatta Hills (32) about his life working as a farmworker and truck driver, about his love of God, and his love of cooking.

Colleagues and board members of OutFront Kalamazoo Frances Vicioso (34), Regan Hanley (63), and CoCo Marie (46) share their journeys coming into their identities, reflecting on how the queer experience takes shape across different generations and communities. The three also...

Dorothy Moore (82) talks to her daughter, Dr. Sharon Moore (53), about growing up in Southern Louisiana, moving to Chicago in the late 1950s, work, marriage, motherhood, and buying her first home.

Friends and colleagues Paulette Davis Horton (67) and Arthur L. Mack (67) have a conversation about the history of how freed slaves began being educated in post-Civil War Mobile, Alabama, and how some of those initial students impacted African-American education...

Sabrina Burress (41) shares a conversation with her two sons, Thailan "Tay" Burress (20) and Manny Chapman (16), about being family, the struggles of single parenting, what family teaches each other, and the art of failing gracefully.

Quenton Stokes-Brown (25) interviews his older brother Jasen Brown (40) about his service in the Army and his various deployments.

Candace Thompson (60) shares a conversation with her friend William "Bill" DiNome (64) about the losses she has experienced, William's presence during the passing of her father, and the relationship they share.

Jessica Dortch (26) interviews her mother Marnita Coleman [no age given] about her experience surviving breast cancer.

Willie Franklin (72) is interviewed by his nephew Jason Harrison (37) about his memories of the community in Alton, Illinois in the 1960s, his job as a bus and truck driver at an early age, and some of the lessons...

Longtime friends and former colleagues Cynthia Farrell Johnson [no age given] and Simone Waveney Johnson-Smith [no age given] talk about Simone’s family history, her education and career, and what being a mom means to her.

Dr. Valerie Taylor (53) is interviewed by StoryCorps conversation partner Naomi Graver (21) on her professional successes, notable people who shaped her way of thinking and how she would like to be remembered. She reflects on being a member of...

Erica Fox (48) and their daughter, Israel Fox (17), reflect on the holidays and their time in Louisiana before Israel heads to college out-of-state in the coming year.

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.

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.

Lula Fulson [no age given] talks to her friend ODette Blake (57) about her life and her involvement in the community of Robbins, Illinois.

Mentee Shyra Moran (40) speaks with her mentor Angela Morrison (64) about their shared experience with Greek letter organizations, Angela’s leadership as the first Black president of the Junior League of Lafayette, and words of wisdom from mentor to mentee.

Julie Seawright (37), interviews her friend Ykeya Springer (30) about her early childhood and the experience of being a mother to a deaf child with sickle-cell anemia.

Ashley Stephenson (18) talks to her teacher Nancy Zook (55) about graduating from high school and her hopes for the future.

Chandra Brown (50) and her husband Leonard Stewart Jr. (46) share their love story, the twists of fate that brought the two of them together, and both of their involvement as advocates for their community.