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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.

Fred Krause talks about his childhood in Germany and moving to the United States. Recorded in Temecula, California on November 19th, 2017, Mark Nickoloff discusses with Fred about his childhood and what it was like to grow up in his...

Who’s her biggest role model and where would she want to travel in her life.

We discussed what my Nana learned in her history classes, and what was taught about society in general. We specifically mentioned gender inequality and women’s rights, as well as what was expected in regards to segregation.

Me and my grandfather, Barry, talked about growing up in Virginia, being in the military during the Vietnam War, and the impacts of segregation in his life. He talks about what school was like through elementary, junior high, and high...

Rodney Anderson reflects on his childhood growing up in Minnesota.

In this interview, Olivia Simpson-Klein converses with her grandmother, Mary Klein, about how her upbringing in Florida influenced her beliefs and behaviors today. She speaks to the stained racial relations and segregation in the South as well as her response...

Joanne talks about growing up in the King family near Danville, KY in the 1940s and 50s. She covers sharecropping, tobacco farming, farm life, valuable lessons, hard work, and good and bad times in the process.

This interview is mainly focused on the childhood and youth of my grandmother, Caroline Carlson. She was born in 1834 and has many good stories to share. She has lived in Evanston, Illinois, New York City, and Canada. *please note...

On November 24th, 2021 Alexa Michael and her grandmother Jill Handy talk in their hometown of Hicksville, Ohio about Jill’s life growing up as a woman in the 1950s and 60s. They talk about Jill’s parents, and her sister Sally....

The interview basically talked about my grandfather’s early life and the things that influenced him

Teddy Simmons III (46) interviews his father in law, Eldon Ronald Warr Senior (93) about his personal experiences as a jazz musician in 1940-50s Detroit.

My father talks about various aspects of his life, such as his childhood and his military career.

My grandpa talking about growing up in a family of immigrants and his political memories.

Grandma interview

An interview with my grandmother about her childhood and accomplishments.

I asked some questions about the main things in his life.

His life story

During this interview it had been discussed what an average day in the life had included of for a young boy in a completely different decade than now. In the second part of the interview it was discussed how life...

Grandpa on the 1950s

Hearing about Detroit from the 50s through the 70s from a woman who grew up on Saint Mary’s Avenue in Detroit and how things have changed since then. She also gives us a glimpse into her own personal life and...

Cheryl Maysels had a difficult childhood, but worked her way up through professions and worked around obstacles along the way to achieve her definition of the American Dream

My 66 year old grandmother and 70 year old great aunt talking about the race relations in their childhood.

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

Patricia Derhovsepian talks about her teenage life in the 1950s