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    MBY006712
    Susan  Moinester, Arielle Moinester, and Margot Moinester
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    Susan Moinester, Arielle Moinester, and Margot Moinester
    Eloise Melzer
    July 21, 2010 MobileBooth West (MBY)

    Margot Moinester, 22, and Arielle Moinester, 30, ask their mother, Susan Moinester, 56, about her parents who survived the Holocaust.

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    • Abe Diamond
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    SFD000017
    Caroline Yee and Susan Yee
    01:28:55
    Caroline Yee and Susan Yee
    Sarah Geis
    February 20, 2009 San Francisco Door-To-Door

    Susan, 35, interviews her mother Caroline, 64, about growing up in Oakland’s Chinatown, her work as a principal, and her family.

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    • Asian pride
    • Bock Quong Chin
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    • Christopher Yee
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    MBY006942
    Nadine Blackwell and Chandra Blackwell
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    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.

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    • Adrian Nwonye
    • Albert (”Bertrum”) Blackwell
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    • August (Auggie) Tschirhart
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