“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. 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.

“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.

“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 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.

“I can't even begin to tell you the misery of rain.”

George Hill remembers being homeless. Hill has been off the streets for 10 years.

Recorded in Santa Monica, CA.

“We'd known death but not like this.”

Hector Black remembers the murder of his daughter, Patricia Nuckles, by an intruder in her home.

Recorded in Nashville, TN.

“Dan was like, 'You don't have HIV, just go get tested.'”

Cindy White tells her friend, Eric Ernsberger, about being diagnosed HIV positive shortly after meeting her life partner, Dan Driggers.

Recorded in Omaha, NE.

“How did you get by?”

Jerry Johnson interviews his mother, Carrie Conley, about raising six children as a single mother.

Recorded in Detroit, MI.