Georgia Rep. John Lewis near the statue of Martin Luther King Jr. in the Capitol Rotunda in Washington, D.C., earlier this year. At StoryCorps in 2018, Lewis talked about meeting King in Montgomery, Ala., at 18. Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call via Getty Image hide caption
Paige Macklin (left) and her former music student, Russell King, at their StoryCorps interview in Nov. 2019 in St. Paul, Minn. John Miller/StoryCorps hide caption
Dena Kohleriter and Jori Kohleriter at their StoryCorps interview in Dallas, Texas on Nov. 8, 2019. Mia Raquel/StoryCorps hide caption
Dawn Sahr (left) and Asma Jama met for the first time at their 2016 StoryCorps interview in Minneapolis. They say they're friends for life. Courtesy of StoryCorps hide caption
Drew Lanham visited StoryCorps this month, in Clemson, S.C., where he followed his childhood dream to study birds. Eric Rodgers for StoryCorps hide caption
Edward Kibblewhite and his daughter, Jessica, at StoryCorps in Chicago in October 2018. Jessica says that the StoryCorps conversation played a big role in her decision to try to start a family. Rocio Santos /StoryCorps hide caption
Sylvia Grosvold with her mom, Kari Grosvold, in March 2008. Courtesy of the Grosvold and Weiner family hide caption
Ashley Baker (left) and her mother, Sandy, recount being homeless at their StoryCorps interview in Dallas in October. Eleanor Vasilli/StoryCorps hide caption
At their StoryCorps interview in New York City earlier this month, Mark Carles (left) and David Carles talk about how Mark's cancer diagnosis couldn't shake their strong bond. Mia Warren/StoryCorps hide caption
Patsy and Winfred Rembert in Hamden, Conn., at their StoryCorps interview in 2017. Jacqueline Van Meter/ StoryCorps hide caption
Veterans Michael Menta (left) and his uncle, Sal Leone, in West Hartford, Conn., last month. Camila Kerwin for StoryCorps hide caption
Janie Bush (left) and daughter Tracey Bush at their StoryCorps interview in Dallas on Dec. 8, 2014. Callie Thuma/StoryCorps hide caption
Brothers Lebronze Davis, left, and Arguster Davis last month during their StoryCorps interview in Birmingham, Ala. "Daddy taught us all how to do the right thing and wanted us to do the right thing," Lebronze says. Emilyn Sosa for StoryCorps hide caption
Former classmates Natalie Guice Adams and Eli Brown reconnected at StoryCorps, in Birmingham, Ala., earlier this month, where they talked about their school integrating for the first time. Emilyn Sosa for StoryCorps hide caption
Before Guy Bryant (right) took Romario Vassell (left) into foster care, Vassell had been living in a homeless shelter. Jey Born for StoryCorps hide caption
The Feldsteins in 1983 (from left to right): Michael, Bernie, Barbara and Vickie. Courtesy of the Feldstein family hide caption
Willie Ito at his home studio in Los Angeles in the late 1970s. Courtesy of Willie Ito hide caption
Olly Neal with his daughter, Karama, at their StoryCorps interview in Little Rock, Ark., in 2009. Yasmin Peña for StoryCorps hide caption
At StoryCorps in Baltimore last month, retired Col. Denise Baken (center) told her children, Christian Yingling and Richard Yingling, about the discrimination she faced as a black woman in the Army. Emilyn Sosa for StoryCorps hide caption
Maria Rivas holds photographs of her mother, Julia Medina, who died in 2012. Maria cared for Julia for six years at the end of her life. Courtesy of Caroline Dezan for StoryCorps hide caption
Ian Bennett and his mom, Connie Mehmel, at StoryCorps in 2009. Chaela Herridge-Meyer/StoryCorps hide caption
Donnie Pedrola, 48, (left) and Tom Gasko, 57, at their Rolla, Mo., vacuum repair shop and museum, in June. "Most people aren't that passionate about something," Pedrola says of Gasko's lifelong and prolific love for vacuum cleaners. Dupe Oyebolu/StoryCorps hide caption
Kristin Sollars (left) and Marci Ebberts say nursing is more than just a job. "Sometimes I wonder why everyone in the world doesn't want to be a nurse," Sollars says. Emilyn Sosa for StoryCorps hide caption