Anna Lu Hemphill talks about growing up during the Civil Rights Movement.

In this interview, recorded November 25, 2018, in Birmingham, Alabama, Libby Rumore (17) interviews her grandmother, Anna Lu Hemphill (72), about growing up in Alabama during the Civil Rights Movement. Ms. Hemphill shares her knowledge and memories of her family...

Interview of Radford Tidwell, Upbringing & Childhood

Radford Tidwell, born October 10, 1933 on a farm in rural Alabama. Interviewed by his son Ken Tidwell on February 6, 2023. This is the story of his upbringing and military service.

Jordan Slam Poem

Slavery, Equal Treatment and Fairness

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Paulette Isaac Napper and Tomeka Napper

Paulette Isaac Napper [no age given] talks with her daughter Tomeka Napper (45) about leaving a record for her grandson so he knows about her life growing up in the south during the 1960s, family traditions, Jim Crow, and black...

My Mama Iris

I got to interview my great-aunt Iris this Thanksgiving, and she shared stories with me about her having a buisness at a young age.

A Great Grandmother story

This interview reflects on the past of Leola Halls childhood in Arkansas. She explains how the past were during discriminated schools and the WW2. Leola also states how she picked cotton as a child an most importantly states how it...

Progress and Paradox

Ms. Charlie Nelson, the director of Special Events at MIFA, talks about how her life and how changes in the African American have impacted her.

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Marta Pearson and DeAnna Hadley

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...

Thelma Warren

Thelma Warren (10/26/1924) discusses her life in rural Alabama during times, thick and thin, from the Depression years through World War II. Thelma Warren -- mother of three, grandmother of five, great-grandmother and great-great-grandmother -- discusses her childhood in rural...

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Nancy Mobley and Correll Hammond

One Small Step conversation partners Nancy Mobley (36) and Correll "Corey" Hammond (37) both from Bossier City, Louisiana, both were seeking to carry on a conversation with someone with a contrasting background. They talk about their experiences growing up in...

Nicholas Piediscalzi and Christy Hightower

Nicholas Piediscalzi, a retired United Church of Christ minister, talks to us about his personal experience and relationship to peace, as well as his work in peace-making in larger settings. As a minister in Chicago in the 1940s and 1950’s...

Interview with Granny

In this session, we chatted about Granny’s life on the farm, her courtship with Grandad, and her sickness in her later years.

What was Thanksgiving like when you were a child?

Asking my grandma about what her childhood was like and specifically what her traditional Thanksgiving day was like.

Interview of Radford Tidwell, Upringing, Childhood and Adulthood, Part II

Part II of Radford Tidwell’s childhood and upbringing, time in the US Navy, marriage to Floy Mae Lovett and journey from Michigan to Alabama