Philip and Ruth Lazowski, both Holocaust survivors, married over a decade after Ruth's mother saved him from a massacre, Philip said. The Lazowski family. hide caption
StoryCorps: Recording The Lives And Stories Of Everyday Americans StoryCorps is an independent nonprofit project whose mission is to honor and celebrate the lives of everyday Americans by listening to their stories.
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Sharing And Preserving The Stories Of Our Lives
How a WWII veteran's act of voting inspired a teenage Martin Luther King Jr.
Left to right: Angel Gonzalez and Luis Paulino are seen at Paulino's 2011 high school graduation in New York. Courtesy of Angel Gonzalez hide caption
School bullies told him to speak English. His mentee showed him he already belonged
Jesus and Suzanne Valle thought they would become empty nesters indulging in their love of travel, but, she says, "I don't know if we would be as happy without all these kids." Jacqueline Van Meter for StoryCorps hide caption
They didn't plan to be a family of 17. Then, the opioid crisis hit their community
The ACT UP Action Tours activists protested at the Macy's 34th St Store in New York City on Nov. 29, 1991. Meryl Levin hide caption
Carolyn DeFord is pictured with her daughter and mother, Leona Kinsey, in La Grande, Ore., in their last photograph together before Kinsey disappeared in October 1999. Carolyn DeFord hide caption
Her mother went missing 22 years ago. Now she finds comfort in the past and future
A lesbian couple reminiscences on a pivotal Thanksgiving, 38 years ago
2 people who were beaten by police, help to create oversight of Denver police
Abdul-Rasheed Muhammad was the first Muslim chaplain in the U.S. armed forces
Bobby Huber and his sister, Fritzi Huber at a StoryCorps interview in Wilmington, N.C., in September. Ben DeHaven hide caption
For their first Halloween, their parents dressed up as the whole neighborhood
Grete Bergman, left, and Sarah Whalen-Lunn at their StoryCorps recording in Anchorage, Alaska, in 2018. Camila Kerwin/StoryCorps hide caption
With 3 bold marks, Indigenous women helped revive a once-banned tradition
Chief Wilma Mankiller, the Cherokee Nation's first woman chief, revitalized her tribe's culture as she implemented a host of influential progressive policies. But first she had to overcome sexism, say her descendants. Peter Turnley/Corbis/VCG via Getty Images hide caption
Before revitalizing Cherokee Nation, Wilma Mankiller had to prove her critics wrong
First female principal chief of the Cherokee Nation will be featured on U.S. coin
Cmdr. Jeanine Menze, stationed at Coast Guard Air Station Barbers Point in Oahu, Hawaii, in 2006. Jennifer Johnson/U.S. Coast Guard hide caption
How the Coast Guard's 1st Black woman pilot helped give the next one her wings
A firefighter reminisces about a girl he rescued nearly 30 years ago
Anderson and Karen Lawson at their StoryCorps recording in Atlanta in 2015. Diana Guyton hide caption