Three Boyfriends
December 10, 2017 App Interview

On a snowy December afternoon I, Juanita Douglas, interviewed my favorite aunt Lillie Bea Douglas Calhoune in my hometown Gary, Indiana. We talked about her life farming cotton as a teenager in Tennessee before she migrated in 1945 to Gary....

A New Take on the Library of Congress

The authors of “I, Too, Sing America: The African American Book of Days” reflect on images from Library of Congress and propose a new project

Migration Interview

This is an interview with my dad about his experience on coming to the US

Aunt Laura talks about growing up in rural LaGrange, NC, cotton picking, tobacco farms, Wootonville and meeting Uncle Mo in High School.

We recorded this interview on Friday, September 15, 2017 at Aunt Laura's house at the dining room table. I had just driven down from Albany, NY where I was living at the time. It was still pretty warm out and...

Waterford Fair Memories

Favorite Waterford Fair memories after 31 years in the Samuel Hough House (c1819) in the Waterford National Historic Landmark

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Mary Virginia McCormick Pittman and Dr. Charles Gentry

Colleagues Mary Virginia McCormick Pittman [no age given] and Dr. Charles Gentry (48) share a conversation about Mary Virginia's history with the military, her travels, and her passion for conservation. Mary Virginia also discusses her family's accomplishments and the importance...

Michael’s Interview

Me and my mom talk about American history.

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Daniel Horowitz and Daniel Horowitz

New acquaintances and "name brothers" Daniel "Dan" Horowitz (85) and Daniel Horowitz Garcia (53) have a conversation about their shared name and their career path as historians.

APUSH EXTRA CREDIT

Interviewing my step-father about America in his lifetime for Apush extra credit

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Stephen Watson and Daniel Horowitz

Friends and colleagues, Stephen Watson (43) and Daniel Horowitz Garcia (50), talk about teaching history - specifically the pros and cons of being a part time educator at Kennesaw State University.

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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...

Oral Interview

Talking to my grandmother about her life and her experiences

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Patrice Wright-Lewis and Raina Moseley

Raina Moseley (17), a rising senior at Atlanta's Pace Academy, talks with history teacher, Patrice Wright-Lewis (56), about race and racism.

Racism’s big impact on Boston in 1978

What would happen to a kid who was surrounded by racist people? I, Dante Battista, age 15, interviewed my father, Richard Battista, age 55. This interview was taken in Los Angeles, California, on January 6th, 2020. This interview is about...

Hailey Yoshida and Marye Kimoto

Hailey Yoshida (16) talks with her great-grandmother, Marye Kimoto (97) about her experience in Japanese internment camps and her life afterward. Marye also talks about what it was like to live during World War II.

Interview of Nolan Hendrickson by Isaiah Schlittenhart; November 13, 2023

Isaiah Schlittenhart discusses American chess history with Chess National Master and psychiatrist Nolan Hendrickson.

Charles Lynch and Christina Kellogg

Charles Lynch (71) talks to Christina Kellogg (72) about his remarkable life. Born into a big family in Alabama, he was picking cotton by twelve but dreaming of a very different life centered on opera and Jesus Christ.