The Highschool Days

Joel San Pedro sits down with me and we talk about his time with the Dobson Band and what he went through and relive those days he had. Since he Loves band that's the most thing he remembers at his...

Meaningful Conversation between Teacher and Student

Baltazar Calderon Castillo and Ms. Moran have a conversation about their honest thoughts and feelings towards questions asked.

“I truly believe that being raised at Gary, that everybody has value; you just have to dig deep to find out what it is.”

Documenting the stories of the Graduates from Gary District High School (GDHS), a segregated school in the coal mining town of Gary, WV. The school closed in 1965. The graduates began to have reunions in 1966, inviting all alums. These...

"The thing I learned about Garyites, very clannish… they're there for each other."

Documenting the stories of the Graduates from Gary District High School (GDHS), a segregated school in the coal mining town of Gary, WV. The school closed in 1965. The graduates began to have reunions in 1966, inviting all alums. These...

Interviewing Junious

A story on the first day of school and the troubles he went through.

"I'd like the school and the teachers and the principal to be remembered for the great impact they had on the students."

Documenting the stories of the Graduates from Gary District High School (GDHS), a segregated school in the coal mining town of Gary, WV. The school closed in 1965. The graduates began to have reunions in 1966, inviting all alums. These...

Cheri Araki: Japanese American Educator

Cheri Araki(75) talks with her grandson, Andrew "Roo" Markham(17), about her life as a thriving Japanese American Woman from the '60s through the '80s in the Bay Area.