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Cate interviewing her grandpa, Mike.

Dolores Meurer Reed broke all the “rules” about what a woman could do and be when she joined the Women’s Air Service Pilots (WASPs) in 1943. Just one year before her death, Dolores and her sister WASPs, received the Congressional...

I had a fun time recording this interview with my grandmother. During this interview her and I talked about what it was like to grow up in Annapolis during the 1940’s and 50’s. My Grandmother and I also had fun...

This is my first interview of my grandfather, Forrest L. Smith, born September 30th, 1929 in Atlanta, GA. He discusses growing up in the Druid Hills neighborhood and his happiest and saddest moments.

I asked her a series of questions about her life and where she is from and etc

I decided to interview my grandad at to learn more about his time serving in the Korean War, his time after, and also his childhood and duties as a parent. He is such an amazing man and I continue to...

A talk about a life being a nurse, a mail woman, a business owner, and a hardworking mother

I had fun talking with my grandfather in this interview about his life experiences such as his time on The Virgin Islands. He and I also talked what it was like meeting my grandmother. I also talked with my grandfather...

Kenneth (Ken/Kenny) Wagner interviewed by eldest and youngest daughters Kim and Kyna. Ken was born on a farm near Merricourt, ND in 1946 to parents of German descent, Adam and Martha. Ken shared stories of his childhood. Forgotten until post-interview:...

Lois Doyle Schwall tells us a story about her time as a student at the University of Virginia in the late 1950’s and about how she literally and metaphorically stood up against racial segregation at the University.

Jill de Castella discusses her parents and growing up in 1940s and 1950s

Hear the amazing story of my grandfather and the life he lived.

My mom talks about what it was like growing up in the 40’s. She met my father in high school. They have been married 55 years as of 6/30/17

A Nana tells her grandson what it was like growing up in the country and city during the Second World War, being Black in segregated America, and other challenges she faced later in life.

In this interview done in January 2018 in Hickory, North Carolina, Mackenzie Smith interviews her grandma Cindy Smith about her childhood. Cindy shares her experiences with moving many times, taking care of her siblings, being in a segregated school, and...

My family’s life during the Great Depression/recession

An interview with my 92 year old mother.

First, segregation wasn’t as bad. Then, In the 1960’s protesting took place and people of a different race were not allowed to sit with whites and had a different bathrooms and water fountains. Next, in 1963 Martin Luther King, a...

My dad growing up in the 50s & 60s in Tallevast (Bradenton/Sarasota)

Emily Barnett interviews her Grandma about her life experiences with parents in the great depression, segregation and discrimination, and the vietnam war.

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The interviewee, my aunt, was alive for the transition period of integrating black students into segregated schools.

The story of my grandmothers life

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