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Bill Whitaker and friend/ex-wife Barbara Watson Whitaker “Bobbi” talk about Kent State in 1969. They were both students at the time, and Bill was highly active with the movement as well as with the legal defense following.

Daughter interviews mother about her adoption, raising children, and mother’s life and career as teacher

Judy interviews her mother-in-law Sally about her family history

Marion Kaslon talks to her daughters, Karen Schlam and Terri Gilbert, about her family history in Brooklyn, her father’s business savvy and meeting and marrying their father.

John Scott (52) interviews his mother, Ann Scott (80), about her early childhood and the dreams she accomplished. He also answers questions she was curious to ask him.

Joe sits down with Fred & Phyllis Herschelman. Fred served our country in the U.S. airforce for various wars. Phyllis is the loving matriarch of a loving family in Central, Illinois.

Alina Zhang (19) talks with her friend, Daphne Xu (19）about her personal experience include childhood, hobbies and college life.

Mabel Wilson (95) speaks about her life with her grandson Adam Wilson (35). Stories include her father running from the 'rebels' during the civil war, how she raised three kids alone after her husband was killed in the Korean War,...

Gerald (Jerry) Rudnick (68) interviews his uncle Alfred Klinger (87) about his European bicycling adventures taken after the death of his wife, Kit. Alfred went to Germany in part to visit Jerry, who was there visiting his son, and to...

Michelle Souza (58) talks to her friend Laura Richarz (58) about her mother Blase Camacho Souza.

Nancy Bentley (63) interviews her husband, John Atkinson (67) about his life, focusing on his health issues with eczema and asthma, his work in the Peace Corps, and his favorite family memories.

Wendy and Kat talk about being awardees of National Scholastic Arts and their lives in art.

Susan Warner, 55, and Koren Bosworth, 53, remember adventures together as wild young women.

Robert E. Gillespie (72) interviews his father, Richard T. Gillespie (99), about his upbringing peddling milk, as well as his experience in the Civilian Pilot Training Program and being a B-17 pilot during World War II.

My Grandfather, John Grey, has had an interesting upbringing moving from place to place with his family. He was raised as a young child in Chicago Illinois, and later moved to Dallas Texas with his family. In this interview, Me...

Brian Madison (55) interviews his mother Lois Madison (82). LM talks about her grandparents and her family, moving to Vancouver during WWII, and meeting her husband. She also talks about her life with her husband Oscar.

Leslie Burger (58) talks with her husband Alan (Buddy) Burger (59) about their forty year friendship, their childhood antics, and surviving both of their cancer diagnoses.

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Ira tells her granddaughter Tracy about growing up poor in rural Tennessee.

Tricia Nelson interviews her parents, Horace and Carol Nelson about their decision to marry and immigrate to the United States at a very young age.

In this interview, Laura Smith (16) interviews her grandmother Betty Hendrix (80). Betty shares her memories of growing up during World War II and living in Alabama during the civil rights movement. This interview was conducted on November 22, 2018,...

It's our first interview, for me and my Mom, and we get to talking all about growing up in South Philadelphia in a row home on 11th and Porter. My Mom shares how her father was killed in World War...

(Updated 1/6/21: Edited to improve sound and decrease overlap caused by delay.) In an overdue reunion, Robin Wilson graced me with an hour of her Sunday to share her story. She passed down a major portion of my teaching-for-justice toolbox...

Matthew "Matt" O’Neill (31) shares a conversation with his grandfather, John O’Neill (96), who Matt calls "Pop," about John’s experience in the Army during World War II.