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Sandy Clark [no age given] speaks with her daughter Moremi Safari-Williams (28) about their relationship, heritage, and the ways in which they demonstrate brightness in black.

Childhood friends, Kiplyn Primus (62), Ronald Freeman (64), and Yergan Jones (62), enjoy a spirited conversation detailing their childhood experiences as they endured the period of integration within America.

Friends Kiplyn Primus (62) and T. Renee Crutcher (65) have a conversation about Ms. Crutcher's experience being raised in "living history" during the civil rights movement in Atlanta Georgia.

Amina Kadric (25) and her grandmother, Estell Halliburton (79), engaged in a conversation about the evolution of Estelle's life.

StoryCorps facilitator Ian Gonzalez (26) asks his conversation partner Susette Brooks (37) about her childhood in Patterson, New Jersey, her enlistment in the New Jersey Army National Guard and what she's most excited about in her life.

Colleagues Eleanor Jewel (44) ask Ivoryana Neal (21) about her upbringing in Chicago, Illinois and how her experiences motivated her to create the first required black history course in Illinois.

Friends Jerald "Jersey" Lane (44) and Beverly Everett (67) each reflect on the reasons why they enlisted, recall key memories from their time in the military, and share how they are each currently helping veterans locally.

Colleagues and friends Tom Hanchett (68) and Annetta Foard (64) talk about the historic Charlotte neighborhood of Seversville and what community building and engagement looks like in its context.

Friends Frederick DeShon Murphy (44) and George Buggs III (39) talk about their shared experiences growing up in small towns in the South, their work with youth mentorship, and the ways their lives have changed over time.

Mother Cheryl Oliver (76), talks with daughter Kimberly McGregor (51) about growing up in McCrorey Heights, the tragically short life of her talented sister Diane, and Diane’s posthumous writing success decades after her passing.