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I interviewed my grandmother for a Thanksgiving Break Assignment.

On November 28, 2020, I, Ella Thomason Glenn, interviewed my grandfather on the topics of childhood, war years, ancestry, as well as everyday life.

This was an interview about my Grandma’s life starting from the 40s progressing to present day. It has her thoughts, opinions, and ideas and how worldly events have shaped her.

Life in late 1930’s and 1940’s

I interviewed 21-year-old Susan Dakorson who also goes by Susie, a close friend of mine, of what it was like growing up in America dealing with and breaking the ideal Hair standard in American society for African American women. Susie...

The life and struggles of the african american people in Mississippi and the hero’s that are often not talked about in these cities and the impacts they had on the occupants of those towns lives and influence on them to...

I interviewed my uncle about his life growing up

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I’m this interview we talk about how how my Grandma was a sharecropper growing up and about the struggles and good times she has gone through in her lifetime.

The story behind a typical 40's era family photo has had an effect far beyond it's vintage.

We talked about life during WWII when she was a child in Fairhope, Alabama. We also talked about the last slave ship that came to the U.S.

I interviewed my Dad about his experiences with Comic Books growing up.

Summer Cody (23) interviews County Commissioner William “Bill” Proctor (62) about his childhood, his family, and his career as a pastor, an adjunct professor of political science at Florida A&M University, and County Commissioner of Leon County.

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.

A group of African-American "sista friends," Talethia Edwards (39), Valerie George (38) and Anita Wimberly [no age given], chat about life, intimate platonic friendships, family, marriage and the importance of their bond in the African-American community. They talk about the...

My father’s mother talks of the history that shapes our family and the values that come with it.

The purpose of this interview was to compare the life of an African American male and the life of women to show the similar struggles we go through.

What is it like for my father to be a black cop in America.

Talking to my mom about our family history and traditions.

Tinisha Mashore Bennett, age 51. She is one of the daughters to the first Black Retired of the Thomasville Fire Dept. She speaks about her dad being included in this 4th year exhibit for the city.

This is a peak into my father, Robert Mbiu’s, life, his struggles, and his passions.

Shari, who is bi-racial, talks about the racism faced as a small child living in Alabama in the early 60s.

My grandmother, Linda Smith, shares some of her heritage and childhood memories.

Tatiana Cox Lopez (37) and her husband and business partner, Mario R. Cruz (47), discuss the stresses of having a two-month-old baby during the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, sustaining their family during the pandemic yet being able to establish...

Cecil Ashford shares the story of how his Pee-Wee hockey team from Grey,Saskatchewan, won a pivotal game against the nearby Wilcox team.