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Childhood friends and One Small Step conversation partners Sandy Fowler-Jones (67) and Barbara "Bobbie Jean" McLenny Herrschaft (67) talk about the importance of their friendship in 1960s North Carolina.

Friends Jeremiah Rufus (21) and May W. (21) talk about their upbringings, their conceptions of God, and their experiences with religion and spirituality.

Joyce Chase (60) interviews her father, James “Jim” Chase (88), about his time in the United States Army and Air Force.

Keith Jemison (64) shares a conversation with his dear friend Maybelle Wallace (92) about the history of Black Wall Street, including the Tulsa Massacre, as well as the continued importance of the Greenwood community and the power of love to...

Dr. Sebrina Cooke-Davis (48) speaks with her friends, mother and daughter Dr. Kim Lewter (53) and DraShonta Brinson (34), about DraShonta's childhood and how they have built a community together.

Daughter Denée McKnight (62) speaks with her father Frank Fortune (86) about his life, including his time as a member of the United States Air Force, his experiences living abroad in Japan, and his career as one of Greensboro, North...

Kiplyn Primus (61) talks with fellow entrepreneur and Atlanta Business League member Gretchen Fuller (53) about Gretchen's education, her corporate experience, and her path to operating her own successful business, Warner Fuller Consulting.

Dr. Titus Hopper (47) talks with new friend Cole Johnston (26) about Dr. Hopper's career and family life. Dr. Hopper also talks about giving back and being a Black Santa.

Spouses Kimsioux Montgomery (55) and Eric Montgomery (58) talk about their childhood and how they raised their children.

Long-time friends Cherie Crosby (48) and Cynthia Samuel [no age given]d come together to honor Cherie’s father’s memory, reflect on his experience with Parkinson’s, and express their gratitude for each other.

U.S. Navy yeoman Jacob Tate (30) talks with his husband Carson Pursifull (27) about identity, military service, and their story of falling in love.

Friends and former spouses Claudia Perry (57) and Lance Ollivierre (59) remember their history together and reflect on the family they created.

Anita Walton (53) and Charles Walton (64) talk about their families, growing up, race, and their respective work in their communities to promote racial healing.

Husband and wife Dr. Carl Wright (73) and Dr. Margaret Wright (69) talk about growing up in the 1960s and their experiences with desegregation.

Monica Whatley (32) interviews her friend, Bandele [no name given] (73), about his incarceration in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Bandele reflects on what he learned during the 33 years during which he was detained, his relationship...

Lusharon Wiley (70) and her fiancé Ernest Dawson (70) discuss Ernest's family, his time attending Pensacola High School during integration, being the first black football player on the team, his time at Tuskegee University and those who encouraged him along...

Justin White (37) talks with his father, Waymon White (67), about his life growing up in Monroe, North Carolina.

Marta Pearson (72) talks with her friend DeAnna Hadley (52) about sympathy, empathy, racism, the pain it causes and the need for African-American stories to be shared. She describes seeing a raw cotton field for the first time, being denied...

As part of the 30th anniversary of the Corporate Volunteer Council (CVC), Linda Parrish (67) has a conversation with her friend Shirlene Anderson (67) about their time serving together on the CVC and about Shirlene being its founder and first...

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.

Grayce Gadson (71) shares with her colleague Kleopatra Gaiter (32) anecdotes from her time as a student in Florida, Indiana, and California during the desegregation of schools in America. Grayce and Kleopatra compare their varying experience with school institutions, specifically...

Jim Ellis (74) talks to his friend Bernadette Jackson-Small (69) about their shared project of identifying unmarked graves of deceased African Americans in different cemeteries around Mobile. Dr. Small also discusses her family's history in the city and memories she...

One Small Step partners Donte Data [no age given] and Theresa Davidson [no age given] discuss their community work, their racial and ethnic identities, and their personal political values.

Jesse Maroney (37) talks with his friend and colleague at LinkOutside, Amin Eshaiker (37) about some of the biggest influences in his life growing up as a biracial child in Connecticut and spending time with his father's family in North...

Kiplyn Primus (60) interviews her friend Milton H. Jones, Jr. (70) about his life, touching on his childhood, his college years, and his career in banking and business.