“We wanted to be treated as men.”
Elmore Nickelberry and Taylor Rogers remember why they went on strike as Memphis sanitation workers in 1968.
Recorded in Memphis, TN. Click here for more stories from the strike
“He really talked that night.”
Retired Memphis sanitation worker Taylor Rogers and his wife, Bessie, remember Martin Luther King Jr.'s final speech.
Recorded in Memphis, TN. Click here for more stories from the strike.
“When Dr. King was assassinated, I was on the air.”
Herb Kneeland (L) tells his son Martavius Jones about being a disc jockey at WDIA in Memphis on April 4, 1968.
Recorded in Memphis, TN.
“Why are you not still married?”
10-year-old Rahsheed McKenstry interviews his mother, Rhonetta.
Recorded in Memphis, TN.
“As he's walking away, I'm like, 'Hey, you forgot something...'”
Julio Diaz remembers being robbed on a subway platform in the Bronx.
Recorded in New York, NY.
“She said, 'You know, there was a time we couldn't wear no fingernail polish...'”
Mary Ellen Noone remembers a story from her great-grandmother.
Recorded in Montgomery, AL.
“We got a postcard that my father was alive...”
Eric Lamet remembers reuniting with his father in Italy, where Eric and his mother lived as Jewish refugees during WWII.
Recorded in Miami, FL.
“He said, 'Man, that's how we start friends on this block.'”
Celedonia "Cal" Jones (L) tells his friend Robert Harris about moving to a new block in Harlem during the Depression.
Recorded in New York, NY.
“In prison I started painting and drawing...”
Darryl Downes remembers discovering his talent while serving time in Sing Sing Prison.
Recorded in New York, NY.
“He said to me, 'I will make sure every day is a living hell for you.'”
Tia Smallwood tells her daughter, Christine, about becoming a business woman in the 1970s.
Recorded in New York, NY.