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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.

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.

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

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

Best friends Imogene Brooks (63) and Shirley Tarver (70) reminisce about the good times they have had together throughout their long friendship, describe what it was like growing up on the border of Columbus, GA and Phenix City, AL as...

James Johnson (82) talks to his daughter Nicole Johnson (48) about his experience in the Air Force, his service in Vietnam, and his transition back to civilian life.

Sisters Tammy Henry [no age given] and Tiffiny Benton-Hoke [no age given] sit down with their mother, Wilbertine Calhoun (73), to ask her about the parts of her life story that she has not shared with her daughters. As she...

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...

Kiplyn Primus (60) has a conversation with fellow Atlanta Business League member Andrella Kenner (67). Andrella shares how she came to found CI² Aviation, Inc., the nation’s only minority owned, woman owned, small and disadvantaged business engaged in providing air...

Kiplyn Primus (61) has a conversation with fellow Atlanta Business League member, William A. Clement (79), about his family history, including William’s own role as an entrepreneur and business owner.

Lawrence Kaleb Pittman (31) has a conversation with his mom, Cassandra G. Pittman (71), about love, forgiveness, and the importance of moving forward.

Vallie Jackson (87) speaks with her other children Katherin Spenser (74) and Julie Turner (61) about her life working for their family.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

StoryCorps Facilitator Kiplyn Primus [no age given] interviews Farrow Allen (80) and Ralph Baker (70). Both men are descendants of Black Americans affected by the Atlanta Race Massacre of 1906.

Dorothy Garza (63) interviews her friend Sidney Davis (75) about how he beat cancer, what it was like being incarcerated for over 30 years, and the ways in which God influences his daily life.

Sisters Gloria Weston-Smart (66), Joyce Thomas (64), and Joann Bynum Johnson (61) reminisce about their childhood together, remember family members who have passed away, and express gratitude for the tight-knit community that they grew up in.