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"What was the hardest thing to adjust to in the U.S.?"
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StoryCorps 492: Old Friends
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"You know where I been. You know where I hurt."
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"As a garbage man, I probably know more about people on my route than their pastor does."
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Valentine's Day

Stories of enduring love

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"You was the girl who was in my dreams."

"You was the girl who was in my dreams."
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"This tall, dark fellow was singing. He had these shades on. I was like, 'Look at this guy.'"

"This tall, dark fellow was singing. He had these shades on. I was like, 'Look at this guy.'"
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"There are certain kinds of love that never die."
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"There are certain kinds of love that never die."
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"You and your sister couldn't tell us apart. And we couldn't tell you two apart."

"You and your sister couldn't tell us apart. And we couldn't tell you two apart."

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Danny & Annie
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To R.P. Salazar, with Love

StoryCorps Griot

Marking Black History Month with stories from our Griot Initiative

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Eyes on the Stars

Eyes on the Stars

Carl McNair tells the story of his brother Ronald, an African American kid in the 1950s who set his sights on the stars.
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"What was going through your head when you first saw me?

"What was going through your head when you first saw me?

Nine-year-old Aidan Sykes interviews his father, Albert Sykes, about being a dad.
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School's Out

School's Out

Reverend James Seawood shares stories of how the federal mandate to integrate the public schools affected African Americans in his hometown.
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"I spotted this book that looked rather risque..."

"I spotted this book that looked rather risque..."

Judge Olly Neal tells his daughter how his discovery of African American author Frank Yerby’s books in his school library turned him around academically.

When you give, you help us record, share and preserve these voices for generations to come.

Each week, the StoryCorps podcast shares these unscripted conversations, revealing the wisdom, courage, and poetry in the words of people you might not notice walking down the street.