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
Mary Stepp Burnette Hayden, pictured around 1942, with her granddaughter, Mary Othella Burnette, and two of Hayden's great-grandchildren. Mary O. Burnette hide caption
A granddaughter passes on the legacy of 'Granny Hayden,' a midwife born into slavery
Sophia Lansky, Neil Kramer and Kramer's mother, Elaine, watch the news in March 2020, from their two-bedroom apartment in Queens. Neil Kramer hide caption
Three's company: A man sticks out the pandemic with his ex-wife and his mother
Jordan Humpreys seen riding his horse Winter at the Urban Saddles stables, in South Gate, Los Angeles. Ghuan Featherstone hide caption
Bucking stereotypes, a Black cowboy leads the way in South Central LA
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
A family helped a Holocaust survivor escape death. Then they became his real family
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
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
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
Anderson and Karen Lawson at their StoryCorps recording in Atlanta in 2015. Diana Guyton hide caption
Their Dad Transformed Video Games In The 1970s — And Passed On His Pioneering Spirit
People pause at the September 11th Memorial on September 8, 2021 in New York City. Getty Images hide caption
Cpl. Ajmal Achekzai, 26, who served as a translator for the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, talks with two Afghan locals in December 2001 at the perimeter of a patrol base in southern Afghanistan. Sgt. Joseph R. Chenelly/USMC/Getty Images hide caption
An Afghan Marine Fought To Make His Homeland Safer. Now He Feels Like He Failed
Nathan Chapman in Haiti, 1995. The Chapman family hide caption
A Family Remembers The 1st U.S. Soldier Killed In The War In Afghanistan
Annie Perasa and her husband, Danny, are StoryCorps legends, first recounting their love for one another in 2004. Annie and Danny Perasa hide caption
Harry Golomski with Libby Stroik (left) and one of her siblings in 1991. Libby Stroik hide caption
Dr. Charles Drew, pictured in a lab at Howard University, was known as the father of blood banking for pioneering the way we store and transport blood today. Dr. Charlene Jarvis hide caption
Remembering The Father Of Blood Banking, A Black Doctor Who Took A Stand
Max García and his grandfather, Mario, in early July. Mario García hide caption
A U.S. Army photo of Master Sgt. Alvy Powell Jr. released by Master Sgt. Christopher Branagan. U.S. Army hide caption
As An Army Chorus Member, He Didn't Carry A Weapon. His Job Was To Sing
Greg Klatkiewicz and Gary "Zooks" Bezucha seen on one of their regular camping trips in 2019. Courtesy of Greg Klatkiewicz hide caption