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Lola Melecio: 2022-01-06 02:51:29
The limitations of growing up in a coal mining town, going to college, and becoming a respected teacher in a newly developing Virginia school system.
Kellyn summarizes what pushed her to choose her school and major. She goes on to talk about the highlights of college and the impact she hopes to have on her students
A recount of Dakota and Kayla’s college life and the events surrounding it.
My name is Angelica Berrios (29) and my mother passed away two years ago. In honor of her, I wanted to share a couple of stories about her character along with my boyfriend, Osmar Cedeno (26).
We talk about his life in college and how his morals have helped him through getting a career and being successful in life.
Topics discussed include: cherished family memories, the attitudes toward pursuing higher education in the Black community, and the experience of having twin daughters out-of-state in college for the first time.
Derek (17) interviews his father, Dr Griffin (49) about his first semester in college.
I spoke with a very close family friend (a grandfather to me) about his experience in the 60’s. We spoke of Kennedy, the National Guard, Vietnam War, Segregation, and more.
In this interview, conducted in November 2022 in Greenbrae, California, Alana Leifer (15) interviews her mother, Monica Leifer(52), who looks back on her father's life. Monica tells an inspirational story about her father's academic journey and how he never felt...
On January 14, 2018 I interview my mother Sarah Moorman about her experiences and her childhood. She talks about the influential characters in her life and how they shaped her as a person. Later in the interview, she talks about...
In this interview, conducted on November 26 2017 in Chandler Arizona, I interviewed my aunt, sherrlyn Tesslow About what it was like growing up in northeast Minneapolis, college, jobs and Arizona.
Avery Thomas interviews her mother Jocelyn Thomas, who shares how she learned to believe in herself and that it is better to do for others than to do for yourself, and the power of perseverance and family. Jocelyn shares both...
In this interview, Sam talks about his experience as a freshman at NCSU. He also shares his experience working for ridio station at high school and for Sudent Media at NCSU.
My father and I discuss future plans, school safety, and steps to avoid school shootings.
It’s an interview with my Aunt Trish and she talks about how her happiest moments and life and talks about her life
This interview was done with a peer of mine in which we never talked about race prior to this discussion. It was quite awkward as we were both uncomfortable and kind of nervous! But in the end I think it...
Today I interviewed my mother Kristi Runyan, we talked about important memories in her life and people that influenced her.
Me and my mom talk about how she went through the college process and how it compares and contrasts with what I am going through right now.
Spider talks about what it was like to participate in the documentary film, and has words of advice for his younger self and other young people today.
A story of how my grandfather saw a UFO in New York. Although its hard to believe, he never lies which makes this story all the more fascinating.
Kathleen talks about her time at Boston College as a black woman in a predominantly white space, discussing her experiences and challenges, and contrasts her experience to those of Ta-Nehisi Coates as described in his book Between the World and...