Skip to content
Donate

logo Storycorps Archive

  • Interviews
  • Communities
  • About
  • Storycorps.org
  • Log In
  • Donate
    0 more

    Search Interviews

    • Clear
    10 matches

    Refine

    Date Range Clear

    To

    Recorded by Clear

    • Recorded by StoryCorps 10

    Keywords Clear

    • Appearance 10
    • memories of growing up 9
    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories) 8
    • memories of former times 8
    • personal experiences 7
    • 212 more

    Organizations Clear

    • No matching terms.

    Places Clear

    • No matching terms.

    Languages Clear

    • English 10

    Initiatives Clear

    • Griot Initiative 10
    • Historias Initiative 2
    MBX007608
    Marcus Williams and Timothy Holley
    39:46
    Marcus Williams and Timothy Holley
    Eloise Melzer
    January 17, 2011 MobileBooth East (MBX)

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

    • African-American identity
    • Alabama Football
    • all-black school systems
    • all-white school systems
    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • Appearance
    • Atlanta Housewives
    • Birmingham, AL
    • black identity
    • broadcasting
    • careers
    • change
    • Church
    • college
    • craft, skills, and procedures
    MBX004521
    Moses McCrimager and Steven Blay
    01:21:17
    Moses McCrimager and Steven Blay
    Nina Porzucki
    October 29, 2008 MobileBooth East (MBX)

    Moses McCrimager, 91, is interviewed by his friend Steven Blay, 35.

    • 10 horse farm
    • 1926 Hurricane in Miami
    • 1936 Chevrolet
    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • Appearance
    • apprenticeships
    • Brooksfield, FL
    • craft, skills, and procedures
    • family naming and nicknames
    • Gainesville, FL
    • halfcropper
    • historical events/people
    • memories of former times
    • memories of growing up
    • mining
    MBX004119
    Georgie Walker and Sonia  Walker
    01:08:20
    Georgie Walker and Sonia Walker
    Chaela Herridge-Meyer
    July 26, 2008 MobileBooth East (MBX)

    Georgie talks with her daughter Sonia Walker about growing up in Buffalo, the illnesses Georgia has suffered and the strength and perseverance they have learned as family.

    • 1943
    • Appearance
    • birth of first child
    • Buffalo, NY
    • Childhood Games
    • cohorts (groups of friends)
    • family naming and nicknames
    • Fort Benning, GA
    • gall bladder
    • heart trouble
    • historical events/people
    • Lutheran
    • memories of former times
    • memories of growing up
    • political beliefs and practices
    GRS000672
    Sylverna Ford and Carlissa N. Graham
    38:50
    Sylverna Ford and Carlissa N. Graham
    Sarah Geis
    November 14, 2007 Griot Site-Based

    Carlissia, 21, interviews Sylverna, 57, about growing up in Virginia and Baltimore during the Civil Rights Movement, her interest in libraries, becoming Dean of Libraries at the University of Memphis, and the problems facing African Americans today.

    • African American voting
    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • Appearance
    • Baltimore, MD
    • Black panthers
    • Church
    • craft, skills, and procedures
    • Dean of Libraries
    • Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., assasination
    • Family reunions
    • Family Traditions
    • family trips and excursions
    • Farmville, VA
    • historical events/people
    • Integration
    MBY006942
    Nadine Blackwell and Chandra Blackwell
    01:23:30
    Nadine Blackwell and Chandra Blackwell
    Eloise Melzer
    September 13, 2010 MobileBooth West (MBY)

    Chandra Blackwell, 40, interviews her mother Nadine Blackwell, 80, about her memory and involvement in Brown vs. the Board of Education, integrating the Topeka Fire Department, and integrating the downtown Topeka restaurants.

    • 80th birthdays
    • Adrian Nwonye
    • Albert (”Bertrum”) Blackwell
    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • Appearance
    • Arianna Nwonye
    • August (Auggie) Tschirhart
    • basketball teams
    • black fire stations
    • Brown vs. Board of Education
    • camaraderie
    • change
    • Civil Rights
    • college
    • community worthies
    ATD000169
    Hinde  Muya, Amina  Osman , and McKenzie  Wren
    36:54
    Hinde Muya, Amina Osman , and McKenzie Wren
    ksingh
    July 30, 2010 Atlanta Door-To-Door

    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...

    • Appearance
    • birth of first child
    • Family Traditions
    • first impression of America
    • Global Refugee School
    • Kenya
    • memories of former times
    • memories of growing up
    • personal experiences
    • political beliefs and practices
    • pregnancy and pre-natal care
    • Refugee
    • Refugee camps
    • religious beliefs and practices
    • ritual foods
    MBX006503
    Larnell Bates and Lynette Bates
    41:34
    Larnell Bates and Lynette Bates
    Jeremy Helton
    March 28, 2010 MobileBooth East (MBX)

    Lynette D. Bates (47) talks with her brother Larnell Bates, Jr. (51) about family, parenting and good teachers.

    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • Angela
    • Appearance
    • Arthur McCastle
    • Aunt Snowball
    • birth of first child
    • breast cancer
    • Brianna
    • Brother Martin
    • Chicago
    • Coach Markham
    • cohorts (groups of friends)
    • discipline
    • Eleanor McMain
    • family naming and nicknames
    MPL000520
    Charlene Robinson and Sonja Scott Woods
    49:38
    Charlene Robinson and Sonja Scott Woods
    Becky Homann
    January 12, 2008 Milwaukee Public Library

    Charlene Robinson and her niece, Sonja Scott Woods discuss their family history.

    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • Appearance
    • family naming and nicknames
    • Family reunions
    • Family Traditions
    • family trips and excursions
    • memories of growing up
    • Mother’s Day
    • personal experiences
    • religious beliefs and practices
    • Slave Narratives recordings
    • social beliefs and practices
    • Spouse
    MBY005787
    Linda Diaz-Rivera-Cleveland and Michael Diaz-Rivera
    34:20
    Linda Diaz-Rivera-Cleveland and Michael Diaz-Rivera
    Sara Culver
    October 3, 2009 MobileBooth West (MBY)

    Michael Diaz-Rivera (23) interviews his mother, Linda Diaz-Rivera-Cleveland (46) about her life, focusing on her experience as a mother.

    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • Appearance
    • Billboard
    • birth of first child
    • Canada
    • daughter
    • economic beliefs and practices
    • family expressions
    • Family Traditions
    • father
    • Forrest Gump
    • Homeless
    • Husband
    • memories of former times
    • memories of growing up
    MBX007471
    Jamaal Fisher and Marquita James
    39:29
    Jamaal Fisher and Marquita James
    Lilly Sullivan
    December 1, 2010 MobileBooth East (MBX)

    Jamaal D. Fisher (30) talks with StoryCorps Facilitator Marquita James (24) about his life.

    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • Appearance
    • Black panthers
    • Brooklyn
    • Bullies
    • California
    • Civil Rights
    • college
    • Freedom Rides
    • historical events/people
    • Injuries
    • Librarian
    • memories of former times
    • memories of growing up
    • Montgomery Bus Boycott

    Welcome to our archive of voices from across the United States and around the world. Explore and add your own voice by recording with the StoryCorps App for iOS and Android.

    Get Started
    Listen. Honor. Share.

    About

    • Our Mission & History
    • Visit StoryCorps.org
    • Make a Donation
    • Help Center
    • Community Guidelines
    • Terms of Use
    • Privacy Policy
    Get it for iPhone or Android

    StoryCorps is an independently funded 501(c)(3) organization. Our mission is to preserve and share humanity’s stories in order to build connections between people and create a more just and compassionate world. Learn more at storycorps.org.

    All interviews are preserved at the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C.

    Major Supporters & Partners for the StoryCorps Archive

    NEH Logo Kight Foundation Logo TED Logo

    Copyright © 2003-2023 StoryCorps, Inc. All rights reserved.