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The hardship people had to go through just to survive.

A glimpse into the life of an all America man who, loved, lived, never let the past weigh him down.

People grow up in the modern world with all sorts of new and fancy technology, but how was it like for someone like my father Kevin Morgan who was in his teenager in the 70s and grew up before this...

The Yi family discusses the history of socialism and their personal experience with it,

My Great Uncle Johns life growing up versus poor in South Arkansas

I am Connor Kaminski, one of the youngest grandchildren of my grandmother Alice Kaminski. She is the oldest living member of my entire extended family and the last of my grandparents. Turning 87 in 2018, she is an inspiration because...

This about my mother's unique life based on her childhood and the things she did how she was able to make it best of her life even though she had a rough childhood. But with the things she learnes from...

I asked five questions to my great-grandmother who told me some of her thoughts on moving to the united states from Cuba. She talked about her happy yet poor childhood and why she had to come to the United States...

Barbara Simons' family history and experiences with Jakob Simons interviewing.

Matthew Knight (57) and his daughter Shannon Knight (14) talk about what it was like for Matthew to grow up on a small farm 7 miles from the closest town (300 people), to pushing through and going to an Ivy...

Looked into my Grandads past

The life of an immigrant from Cuba moving to the United States at age 11. How difficult life was with all the change. The hardships of a lifetime.

Me and Ed talk about what it was like to grow up during the Cold War. We talk about how it affected us in long term. Also about what it was like in Russia at the time.

I interviewed my grandma, Hilda Fowler on her life, but especially her childhood. My grandma grew up in North Carolina just outside of Raleigh. Her whole life she lived in the south. She was born on March 7, 1936 and...

Grandma Eulalia lived in a poor household where she wanted to be a teacher. In this interview she talks about her regrets and her life as a young child living in a poor community. We get insight on the daily...

Life Partners Walter Davis (64) and Bill Fields (55) talk about the one room school houses, the Peace Corps, their Unitarian Universalist Church, and other places where they’ve found a sense of community and what the word means to them.

Interview with my grandma. She describes her childhood.

Sylvia Orozco Llamas talks about her childhood in the 50's and 60's in the small mining town of Morenci, AZ

Uncle Keith enjoyed the chance to talk about the positive and painful memories in his life, what it has been like growing up with learning and developmental disabilities, poor, and with an abusive father. He reflected on becoming a proud...

Asked some questions with my dad

My mother grew up in the Philippines and now works here in the US

How life was growing up poor in the 50s

My grandpa’s life was very hard in Taiwan and moving to America. It was also hard making money, and he did not have a lot.

He loves me very much and wishes me to do nothing but good. It’s okay to make mistakes as long as you learn from them.

This story is about my parents life, their childhood, their first job, how they meet each other and more. But the thing that got my attention more is that my mom was crying willed she was telling her story. My...