“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

“Why are you not still married?”

10-year-old Rahsheed McKenstry interviews his mother, Rhonetta.

Recorded in Memphis, TN

“I just tried to stay in the background…”

Joe Buford tells his literacy tutor, Michelle Miller, about what it was like not knowing how to read.

Recorded in Nashville, TN

“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

“I couldn’t understand why all the black men had signs that said ‘I AM A MAN.’”

Reverend George Turks, Jr. remembers witnessing the 1968 Memphis Sanitation Workers’ Strike as a teenager. Click here to see a photo from the strike.

Recorded in Memphis, TN

“A policeman was coming down the street…”

Ella Owens (L) tells her daughter, Lynn Reed, about participating in a march during the 1968 Memphis Sanitation Workers’ Strike.

Recorded in Memphis, TN

“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

“The bulletin came across the TV…”

Kathy Dean Evans remembers the night Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated.

Recorded in Memphis, TN

“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