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Eli Wolff (38) and Cheri Blauwet (35) talk about their experiences as Paralympic athletes and advocates for people with disabilities. They talk about how their friendship developed into a romantic relationship. They also describe how "ubiquitous access" is one of...
Carmen Trotta (52) interviews Martha Hennessy (59) about being Dorothy Day's granddaughter, her involvement with the Catholic Workers, social justice issues she's passionate about.
Stephen Ackerman (65) talks to colleague, Matthew Dull (38), about S.W. Tucker, a man who organized a sit-in at Alexandria Public Libraries in 1939.
Friends Mike Wegner (71) and Ron Pollack (69) talk about meeting as young white college students in New York, and their subsequent involvement in the Civil Rights movement, including the Freedom Summer. They talk about how it shaped the rest...
Rev. Thomas R. Noon (66) talks with his daughter Jessica Estrada (32) about his time leading a black Lutheran congregation in Birmingham, AL.
Jamaal D. Fisher (30) talks with StoryCorps Facilitator Marquita James (24) about his life.
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.
George II interviews his father George I about his life, military service, happiness, beliefs, struggles.
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.
Glen Waggoner (61) talks with his friend Daniel Okrent (61) about the death of his father, their love of baseball, and growing up in a small town.