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My grandma, Joanne “Mimi” Martin, and I talked about her experiences with many different things including voting, living in Japan, traveling, working, and growing up in the 1940s. We talked about her job in Japan during Vietnam. She told me...

In this Isabella Miya (16) interviewed with Jan Hildebrand (75) her grandma about her life growing up in the 50s and 60s. As a young adult, Jan experienced a lot of racial tension because of her friends she associated with....

I interviewed a significant person who is great at business

Life during the 1950’s and 60’s.

Discussion with two professional women who were raised in New York.

We talked about the Vietnam war. It affected my grandmas brother.

We talk about childhood, persistence, and education.

I interviewed my granny about her childhood and how things such as the Civil Rights Movement and poverty affected her education and childhood to now.

This interview was done with my mother who grew up in the Jim Crow Era. She was more than glad to give me feedback on everything that happened during that time.

This interview was recorded by Caroline Docherty on November 13th, 2017 in Chicago, Illinois. Caroline (age 16) asks her grandma, Margaret Haran, about her immigration to the United States from Ireland in 1963. Margaret describes her immigration experience and what...

Jon talks about his time in the Navy, Navy reserves and the Olympics

My grandmother, Leontina, talks about her new life and transition into living in America with her new experiences and hardships.

A convert put school and social circles in the sixties.

Adam's Grade 10 interview with educator Mary Matthews.

I talked to my grandma about her past, including her childhood and family. She told me about how her life is now and told me stories about my family.

I love my sister because she saved my life

“We got what we wanted, but we lost what we had.” Ken Latch and Gary Trout of NYC had their first date just months after the Stonewall Riots. Today, they are happily married and find community in a welcoming Catholic...

It was hard raising two kids as a single mom.

Interview of Sherry Campbell about Emmet Till and segregation

In this interview me and my grandmother, Ginny Holt, discussed events about her childhood and my parents childhood. She is 76 and lives in Louisville, Kentucky. We then discussed historical events such as 9/11 and the Vietnam War. These events...

At the age of 14, Sixto was ready to enjoy a Catholic celebration in his hometown, Junin, Peru. On his way to his father's cottage, he found a dead body. This is his story.

in this interview, my auntie, susan, talks about numerous events in her life. all interesting; both tough and funny.

On November 26th, 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....

In this interview, conducted in November 2021, I (Selina Cervantes, 24) interview my Grandmother (Victoria Cervantes, 77) about what life was like when she was a girl compared to girls lives and upbringing since. We talk about her opinion on...

We basically talked about what her life was like growing up and what her favorite memories were growing up. We also talked about some important life lessons.