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Interview about the 1970's

A child's life in the 1970's

In February of 1965 David Dodson, then an Assistant Chaplain at Colgate University, drove from New York to Atlanta, Georgia along with James Martin and another black Colgate student to attend a meeting of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)...

I Gino Caccese am interviewing my mother Kristin Caccese in this interview.

In this interview, we will be discussing the Watergate Scandal, the Oil Embargo Crisis, and the Feminist Movement of the 1970's.

Yolanda Lakes (50) sits down with her father, Raymond "Ray" Lakes (72), to ask about his upbringing in Columbus, GA and the world events, as well as personal experiences, that have shaped his current worldview.

In this interview we discuss Rurode's experience in living through the 1970's, as well as pressing topics that defined it such as President Nixon's Watergate scandal and her personal important occurrences.

Jamie Citerin talks with her mother (64) about her life from growing up in Elkhart Indiana to family history, to being a young mother in the 1970's, from her faith to historical events that she has witnessed/experienced.

In this interview held on November 29th, 2018 in Flint, Michigan Kalayia Tomlin (15) interviews her grandmother (Dear) , Glory White who talks about being raised by a Matriarch in Jackson, MI, her Mother Lula B. Sumner. Glory shares vivid...

[Recorded Thursday, November 11, 2021] Rich (33) and Brook (44) recorded a One Small Step conversation together in Charlottesville, Virginia. They discussed democratic participation, voting, gerrymandering, the US economy, and the differences between political parties at the national and local...

In this interview, Jacqueline Walker, an English professor in Denton, Texas, discusses her upbringings in rural Georgia and her political activism from an early age. As an African American woman, she offers a very unique historical perspective on several presidencies...

McLane Evans (51) shares a conversation with her father, Gilbert Evans (80), about Gilbert’s work as a poll observer for the federal government to support the 1965 Voting Rights Act.

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...

Sang Park (82 years old) shares his experience and motivations as a campaign organizer for BJ Pak, the first Korean-American to run for state legislator in the State of Georgia during state elections in Fall 2000. 박상(82) 씨가 2000년 가을에...

One Small Step conversation partners RJ Shelton (25) and David Pilchman (32) discuss growing up and living in Oklahoma, and how they are engaged in politics.

Natalie Francis (age 20), conducted an interview of her father. John Francis (age 56) was her choice for this particular project because of wanting to learn more about her father/his life. We talked about everything from his childhood/adolescence, his teenage...

Judith tells her story of working in the Peace Corps and with the UN to bring free elections to many countries.

Penelope LePome (77 ) and Mary Avery (63) discuss California geopolitics, the pressures of being a public official, and the impacts of Covid 19 on their respective communities.

Wakes, age 7, interviews his Grandpa, Paul Shuch, about the Selma demonstrations in which he participated in 1965

In this interview we discuss Harlow's life during the this decade, including her experiences with sexism and being a high school English teacher.

[Recorded Tuesday, June 7, 2022] Kevin Gaines and Richard Litchfield have a One Small Step conversation in Charlottesville, VA. Kevin is a professor of History and African American Studies at the University of Virginia and Richard is recently retired, having...

One Small Step conversation partners Michael Bremer (75) and Susan "Susie" Cummings (76) have a conversation that touches on family acceptance, tragedy, politics and voting.

My Grandmother talkes about her experiences with segregation, discrimination, voting rights and education during her teenage years and childhood.

One Small Step Partners, Tracey Parker (54) and Loryl Tabone (46), take an hour to share insights and perspectives on politics in the family, trans issues, voting patterns, and their life's current sources of joy.

Spouses Harry Nussdorf [no age given] and Babette Albin [no age given] discuss their shared history of political activism and voting advocacy work.