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

Joshua Gardner (27) talks to big sister Shawsheen Gardner John (30) about growing up in the Uintah Basin being mixed race. The siblings discuss what it felt like to be white and Ute while living on the Ute reservation, and...

Friends Dr. Kip Guilbeau (58) and Dr. Walter Davis Sr. (86) discuss Dr. Davis’s book "The Journey of a Sharecropper’s Kid: On a Mission to Forgiveness" and discuss Dr. Davis’s childhood and journey to becoming a pastor and minister.

Maria E. Dominguez (42) talks about her childhood experiences as a Hispanic in predominantly white communities. The interview also describes how discrimination has affected her identity in society.

Shihru Martin (55) talks with her daughter, Noelle Martin (19) about her experiences moving from Taiwan to the United States and the challenges she faced with discrimination and the simple tasks having to do with language barriers and culture shock.

This is an interview about the 1970's. Full transcript is available at: https://sites.google.com/weiserscouts.org/the-innovative-1970s-decade/interviews/abhisheks-interview

This interview explores the experiences of Brenda Valles, a school teacher, and the racial discrimination she faced as a child and now as an educator.

One Small Step partners Herb Albert (71) and Karl Kimball (61) sit down for a conversation about the political divide in our country and the obstacles of racial discrimination.

My Parents talks about the aftermath of the Civil Rights Movement and describe their lives during the 1970's!

One Small Step conversation partners Robyn Thirkill (47) and Sarah Spector (62) discuss how their upbringings impacted them, living intentionally and peacefully, and how they support their political values and intentions in ways that feel authentic to them.

Racial and gender discrimination in the United States through the experience of a classically trained French Horn player who grew up in Tulsa, Oklahoma in the 1930s.

Liliana Talamantes moved from El Paso, Texas all the way to Alaska for college. She did encounter some discrimination because of her skin color.

One Small Step conversation partners Michael "Mike" Wehrle (70) and David "Dave" Shanks (64) consider how their upbringings and recent examples of police brutality have shaped their understanding of racism. They also discuss the issues they have with the current...

Sisters Betty Brown-Chappell (76) and Gail Patterson-Gladney (74) trade memories from growing up on a farm near Bangor, Michigan with six other siblings. They reflect on what it was like for their family to navigate being one of the only...

La Donna Williams is a Native ATLien, ordained minister, womanist, theatre artist, and lover of the arts. She’s one of the valued facilitators at Equitable Dinners. Here she talks about her experience switching from a white school system to a...

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...

One Small Step conversation partners Adriana Sanchez (35) and Cesar Lucio (57) find the similarities and differences in their immigration stories to the United States from Mexico, having immigrated at different ages and in different decades. They reflect on the...

Interview about the 1970's

A child's life in the 1970's

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

One Small Step conversation partners Betsy Eaves (64) and Clarrissa Stephens [no age given] discuss religion and convictions.

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.

Liliana Talamantes moved from El Paso, Texas all the way to Alaska for college. She did encounter some discrimination because of her skin color.

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

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...