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StoryCorps Facilitator Kiplyn Primus [no age given] talks with sisters Patricia Walker Bearden [no age given] and Yolanda Walker Simmons (67) about their family's connection to the Atlanta Race Massacre of 1906.

Vernell talks to her granddaughter about her childhood, early adult life, travels to West Africa and advice on family life. Her parents were strict and also sacrificed so their children could attend a private Methodist school. The school was attended...

Mentor Andi Hoelzel (38) and her mentee, Weyni Kahsay (18) discuss Weyni's experience in the United States since moving from Ethiopia.

Sarah Padgett (24) interviews new friend Brandy Tolbert (34) about Brandy’s childhood, her family, and her children. Brandy also talks about her role as the director of the Literacy Alliance and how she discovered her passion for literacy work.

Two friends discussing growing up in Columbus, Georgia around the downtown area.

Deborah Davidson (68) sits down with her friend Patricia Thomas Ivery (63) to ask about Patricia's childhood, the wisdom that she has gained throughout her life, and the dreams that she still hopes to achieve.

Yolanda Lakes (50) sits down with her father, Raymond "Ray" Lakes (72), to ask about his upbringing in Columbus, GA and the world events, as well as personal experiences, that have shaped his current worldview.

Friends Timothy D. Holley, 36, and Marcus M. Williams, 25, discuss comemorating Martin Luther King Day, their careers and spirituality.

Atlanta Business League colleagues Erica Qualls-Battey (58) and Kiplyn Primus (61) have a conversation about Erica's career with Marriott Hotels.

Shawn Richard-Davis (61) discusses her upbringing with her child Rell Be Free (30). Shawn describes growing up in Seattle and the impact of participating in Seattle's school busing program.

Sharifah Parks Al-Amin (48) talks with her mother, Carolyne J Parks (78), about their relationship.

Anna Paloma Williams (32) asks her mother, Luz Kenyon (58), about what life was like for her as she immigrated to the United States from Mexico and raised her children in a new country. They also discuss the female role...

Sara Skinner (49) interviews her friend and colleague Chantale Niyonkuru (23) about her upbringing, culture, life experiences, and journey from a refugee camp in Tanzania to graduating college in Boise, Idaho.

Sisters Hinde Muya and Amina Osman are interviewed by McKenzie Wren. The pair discuss the path that brought them to the United States from a refugee camp in Somalia. Hinde shares her views about the differences between Somali Bantu culture...

Joshua Liston (33) interviews his wife, Symphony Swan (34), about her life and her use of art and activism as means to archive Black culture and memories through the Black Family Archive Project and Cr8tv House.

Lusharon Wiley (70) and her fiancé Ernest Dawson (70) discuss Ernest's family, his time attending Pensacola High School during integration, being the first black football player on the team, his time at Tuskegee University and those who encouraged him along...

Spouses Wanja Ngugi (35) and Steve Rutledge (49) sit down together to tell their love story and express their deep appreciation for one another.

Kiplyn Primus (60) talks with friend and fellow Atlanta Business League member Michael Russell (57) about growing up in the Collier Heights neighborhood of Atlanta, Georgia, and going into the family business.

Connie Smith-Lindsey [no age given] and James Boykin (65) are fellow members of Ebenezer Baptist Church, in Atlanta Georgia. They talk about the Boykin family's history with Ebenezer, which stretches back to 1935.

Sheila Smith is interviewed by her daughter, Dana White about her ex husband, Damon White, his death, and being a single parent and raising two.

One Small Step conversation partners Sangbahn Scere (40) and Susan Teague (81) discuss the impact of being cut off from political discourse by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Kiplyn Primus (60) speaks with her friend Jeanette Ross (64) about the loss and health challenges she has faced in the last few years.

Physician James E. Jackson tells his children, James Jackson and Stephanie Christmas, of his work in the medical field and of the importance of attending Morehouse College for him as an illiterate young man.

Sisters Sherrie Wallace (52) and Shelia Grimes (66) share memories from their childhood and reflect on how their relationship has strengthened and developed.

Friends Jennifer Haygood (33) and Aaron Clarke (33) share a conversation about their history in activism and how they became collaborators in the movement for justice.