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    MBX006133
    Atem Da’Hajhock, John Kuai, and Joan Hecht
    38:26
    Atem Da’Hajhock, John Kuai, and Joan Hecht
    Jeremy Helton
    December 5, 2009 MobileBooth East (MBX)

    Atem Da’Hajhock (28) and John Kuai (27) talk with Joan Hecht (57) about their experiences as one of the many young refugees from Sudan called the Lost Boys.

    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • Apartment
    • Bachelors
    • Biology
    • Blood
    • Branch
    • Camp
    • Christians
    • cohorts (groups of friends)
    • college
    • Crocodiles
    • Ethiopia
    • father
    • fatigue
    • Florida
    MBY007707
    Emma Akalonu and Marquita James
    40:40
    Emma Akalonu and Marquita James
    Lilly Sullivan
    April 11, 2011 MobileBooth West (MBY)

    Emma Estella Person Akalomu (Bobbe) (77) talks with facilitator Marquita James (25) about her cousin Daisy’s hat, which to her is like a symbol of strength and resilience.

    • Africa
    • Ancestry
    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • Appearance
    • Church
    • cohorts (groups of friends)
    • college
    • Daisy
    • department store
    • family favorite songs and poems
    • family naming and nicknames
    • Family reunions
    • Family Traditions
    • family trips and excursions
    • Harvard
    MBX004119
    Georgie Walker and Sonia  Walker
    01:08:20
    Georgie Walker and Sonia Walker
    Chaela Herridge-Meyer
    July 26, 2008 MobileBooth East (MBX)

    Georgie talks with her daughter Sonia Walker about growing up in Buffalo, the illnesses Georgia has suffered and the strength and perseverance they have learned as family.

    • 1943
    • Appearance
    • birth of first child
    • Buffalo, NY
    • Childhood Games
    • cohorts (groups of friends)
    • family naming and nicknames
    • Fort Benning, GA
    • gall bladder
    • heart trouble
    • historical events/people
    • Lutheran
    • memories of former times
    • memories of growing up
    • political beliefs and practices
    MBX006589
    Malik Brooks and Matthew Coons
    39:43
    Malik Brooks and Matthew Coons
    Jeremy Helton
    April 16, 2010 MobileBooth East (MBX)

    Malik Brooks (14) and his teacher Matthew Coons (28) talk about music, school and violence in the community.

    • 7th Grade
    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • Boring
    • Central City
    • Class
    • cohorts (groups of friends)
    • college
    • drive-by shooting
    • Fun
    • Google
    • herpes
    • historical events/people
    • Jay-Z
    • Lousiana
    • maps
    MBX006503
    Larnell Bates and Lynette Bates
    41:34
    Larnell Bates and Lynette Bates
    Jeremy Helton
    March 28, 2010 MobileBooth East (MBX)

    Lynette D. Bates (47) talks with her brother Larnell Bates, Jr. (51) about family, parenting and good teachers.

    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • Angela
    • Appearance
    • Arthur McCastle
    • Aunt Snowball
    • birth of first child
    • breast cancer
    • Brianna
    • Brother Martin
    • Chicago
    • Coach Markham
    • cohorts (groups of friends)
    • discipline
    • Eleanor McMain
    • family naming and nicknames

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