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StoryCorps Facilitator Kiplyn Primus [no age given] talks with sisters Patricia Walker Bearden [no age given] and Yolanda Walker Simmons (67) about their family's connection to the Atlanta Race Massacre of 1906.

One Small Step partners Vanessa Schoon Smith (45) and Heather Brownlie (50) discuss the assumptions people make about them, political extremism drowning out moderatism, social media encouraging divisiveness, and their hopes for the future.

Tammam "Tom" Abouassaf (53) talks with his daughter Amal Abouassaf (21) about immigrating to the United States, his experience of culture shock, and what he is most proud of in his life.

Sharifah Parks Al-Amin (48) talks with her mother, Carolyne J Parks (78), about their relationship.

Alison Hopkins (27) speaks with her friend and co-worker Brenda Ford (52) about her life during the COVID-19 pandemic, her return to school, and finding her life partner.

Sisters Nina Moshefi (41) and Anna Moshefi (37) talk with State Rep. Mandisha Thomas (47) about environmental sustainability and environmental justice.

Spouses Nancy Sills, (67) and Jim Sills (67), sit down to preserve some memories for their children and their grandchildren. They describe the strong communities they each grew up in, share their favorite stories about various family members, and reflect...

Deborah Davidson (68) sits down with her friend Patricia Thomas Ivery (63) to ask about Patricia's childhood, the wisdom that she has gained throughout her life, and the dreams that she still hopes to achieve.

Mary Ward (64) speaks with her daughters Kari Baumil (36) and Christie Coursey (39) about her life growing up after a car accident left her with undiagnosed learning disabilities.

Valencia Thurman (36) speaks with her father, Robert Thurman (74), about his life and times growing up in Georgia.

Brothers Franklin Hulsey (79) and William "Daniel" Hulsey (76) speak with Kelly O'Neal (55), their niece and daughter respectively, about growing up in the 1950s.

Atlanta Business League colleagues Erica Qualls-Battey (58) and Kiplyn Primus (61) have a conversation about Erica's career with Marriott Hotels.

Connie Smith-Lindsey [no age given] and James Boykin (65) are fellow members of Ebenezer Baptist Church, in Atlanta Georgia. They talk about the Boykin family's history with Ebenezer, which stretches back to 1935.

Monique Claudio (41) talks with her aunt Harriet Rosenberg [no age given] about the importance of family and knowing you are loved.

Kiplyn Primus (60) talks with friend and fellow Atlanta Business League member Michael Russell (57) about growing up in the Collier Heights neighborhood of Atlanta, Georgia, and going into the family business.

Best friends Aishwarya Warrier (31) and Divya Malyala (29), who immigrated from India, are celebrating Aishwarya's 10th year as a resident of the US. They look back on their journey of new experiences and look forward to new adventures.

Kiplyn Primus (60) speaks with her friend Jeanette Ross (64) about the loss and health challenges she has faced in the last few years.

Zachary Johnson (39) has a conversation with his mom, Sheila Zachariah (70), to celebrate her recent birthday and Mother's Day.

Spouses Wanja Ngugi (35) and Steve Rutledge (49) sit down together to tell their love story and express their deep appreciation for one another.

Kiplyn Primus (60) and fellow Atlanta Business League member Tiffany Callaway-Ferrell (49) have a conversation about Tiffany's childhood, her education, and her career path as a chemical engineer.

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...

Aisha (41) and Rashida (44) discuss their conversion to Islam, family, motherhood, stereotypes, work in the community, and their faith.

Sunny Wong (40) and Justin (32) discuss their backgrounds, families, jobs, and living situations. Sunny recently moved from Hong Kong to New York, where he works in archives, while Justin lives in Atlanta with his wife, daughter, and foster dogs.

Brothers Pendar Khosravi (35) and Payvand Khosravi (33) talk about being Persian and what it was like growing up in Alpharetta, Georgia.

Paul Kennedy (57) shares with his friend Vince "Vinnie" Whibbs (77) about his childhood, his 30 years incarcerated and getting the support he needed to stay out of prison through the anti-recidivism program, Re-entry Alliance Pensacola (REAP).