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The summary is me inverting my brother

This interview is about someone who was a victim of social injustice telling their story. This is a great story and you would love to hear it. This story can open your eyes on how police treat African Americans and...

In this interview, conducted November 2020 in Atlanta, Georgia, Gabriel Watson interviews his mother, Patricia Watson about her family lineage, expectations in life, siblings, the location of her upbringing, and what she is most prideful of in life

Vanessa Young (33) interviews her friend and Loc Sister YH Empress Queen Christina Clement (43) about her life, her beliefs, and Loc Nation.

We talked about our younger life

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...

Part two of a discontinued interview that was interrupted by a call

Kiplyn Primus (60) speaks with Leona Barr-Davenport (64) about her life and career. Leona talks about being born in South Carolina and her success in business as a leader.

In which I interview Dad

On May 17, 2018, Ms. Vonceia Robinson gave this StoryCorps interview on behalf of her imprisoned son, Derius Robinson. The interview was conducted by Southern Truth and Reconciliation—STAR Inc., (www.southerntruth.net), a social justice organization based in Atlanta, Georgia. STAR intern,...

In this interview on November 26, 2023, Jake Simpson (17) interviews his mom Kate Simpson (45) and asks her about her childhood and life back then in Dalton, Georgia. Kate shares stories about her parents and siblings from when she...

This was an interview on my grandmother and questions on her life.

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

Betty Zane Morris (90) tells her granddaughter Sara Evans (41) about her long career in higher education.

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.

Jim Henry was a junior at Morehouse College in February 1960 when he participated in a sit-in with other black students in Atlanta.

Stephanie Dawson (43) and her husband, Mike Dawson (51), about their children and their experiences in Chautauqua.

My Poppie, who grew up in the South, recalls events from his childhood, like memories of his suburban neighborhood, his grandfather’s farm, and the assassinations of Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr. Later, he summarizes his college years, how he...

We mainly talked about my family’s heritage/ occupations and my dad’s childhood, but we also talked about how he met my mom and where they spent their honeymoon.

Finley Campbell (81) is interviewed by his mentee Elizabeth Thomas (52) about his life as an educator, black panther organizer, and a child of the segregation era.

Ben Weatherford (43) talks with his dad, William "Bill" Weatherford (83), about Bill's life growing up as an only child in Blackstone, Virginia. Other topics include Bill's military service, which began in high school, as well as how he got...

We talked about her store Center Stage.

Sisters Nina Nirvana Moshefi (41) and Anna Padideh Moshefi (38) interview Commissioner Khadijah Abdur-Rahman (59) about her life, her election in 2020 to the Fulton County Commission as the first Muslim woman elected in Georgia, and how the three of...

Cassie Gibson (28) speaks with new acquaintance and conversation partner Kevin Alarcon (25) about their music career and their move from their hometown in Binghamton, New York to Decatur, Georgia.

Talked about some of the men who helped shape how he developed as a young man and how one of the biggest things he regrets is how he didn’t treat people right including his Ex Wife who he divorced because...