Stories in the 'Struggle' category
“We had a lot of seventh grade-style dates.”
Andrea St. John (R) remembers her fiancé Kevin Broderick, to his brother Thomas (L). Kevin died from Ewings, a rare form of cancer, in May, 2008.
Recorded in Saranac Lake, NY.
“The avenue was full of two things: bars and churches.”
Betty Esper talks to her friend Mark Fallon about life in Homestead, before the U.S. Steel mill closed in the 1980s.
Recorded in Homestead, PA.
“We saw the searchlight from the patrol boat...”
Gustavo Mestas talks to his daughter, Ileana, about escaping from Cuba to the U.S. in 1963.
Recorded in Georgetown, DE.
“My mother, of course, spoiled me...”
Tom Domingue, who had polio as a child, tells his wife Dotty, about coming home from the hospital.
Recorded in Georgetown, DE.
“He made me his little helper...”
90-year-old James Lacy tells his daughter, Jamie Breed, about his father's general store in Comanche County, Texas.
Recorded in Abilene, TX.
“He either wanted to be a marine biologist or he wanted to be ten.”
Myra Dean tells her friend Gary Jamison about her son, Rich Stark, who was killed by a reckless driver in 1977.
Recorded in Abilene, TX.
“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. Click here for more stories from the strike.
“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. Click here for more stories from the strike.