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Personal View Of History: 'Stonewall Did That For Me'

In 1969, Michael Levine was at a popular gay bar in New York City when the police raided it. But instead of running away, the patrons stood up for themselves, in what became known as the Stonewall riots. For Levine, the days after brought a feeling of acceptance.

Personal View Of History: 'Stonewall Did That For Me'

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A Father's Plan For Raising Three Sons: 'Hug Them'

When Jim Colbert began raising three boys on his own after a divorce, it brought a big change in his life. But he'd already decided to raise his sons differently than he had been brought up. As he recently told one son, the goal was to make them feel special.

A Father's Plan For Raising Three Sons: 'Hug Them'

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Mother To Son: Hard Choice Led To Great Love

Jackie Miller knew when she got married that she would adopt a child. But her son, Scott, didn't know why until they chatted in the StoryCorps booth in New York City.

Mother To Son: Hard Choice Led To Great Love

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Appreciating 'The Luckiest Thing' In Life

Joan and Ari DeLevie met in 1959, when they noticed one another at a party. They've been together ever since -- even over their parents' objections. Their daughter talks with the couple about their bond, and how it's helping them face a new challenge: cancer.

Appreciating 'The Luckiest Thing' In Life

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Intertwined Love Story: Twins Who Married Twins

Happily Ever After: Danny and Bunny, and Hunny and Elliott, got married after meeting during the summer of 1946. Reiken family photo hide caption

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Intertwined Love Story: Twins Who Married Twins

As teenagers, identical twin sisters Hunny and Bunny Feller landed summer jobs at a hotel in New York's Catskill Mountains. There, they met another set of identical twins -- and so began a love story, or twin love stories, that lasted for decades.

Intertwined Love Story: Twins Who Married Twins

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One Family Born From Two

Dot Romano Campi and Kim Campi talked about their family at StoryCorps in New York City. StoryCorps hide caption

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One Family Born From Two

When divorcee and single mom Dot Romano married Ronnie Campi, a widower with five kids, she says she wanted to be a mother, not a stepmother. Now people can't tell "where one family starts and the other one ends."

One Family Born From Two

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Cancer Splits A Devoted Couple, But Not A Family

Sy and Pat Saliba were together for nearly 40 years; the pair first met as teenagers in Trinidad. Five years after Pat's death from cancer, Sy speaks with his daughter, Yvette, about life with the woman who was his soul mate.

Cancer Splits A Devoted Couple, But Not A Family

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A Brother Lost To The Civil Rights Struggle

The Orangeburg Massacre, sparked by civil rights protests in 1968, claimed the lives of three college students. One of them was Samuel Hammond Jr. — or Bubba, as his sisters called him.

A Brother Lost To The Civil Rights Struggle

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Mother's Ally Against Breast Cancer: Her Daughter

Tami Hayes survived breast cancer. But the person who helped her make it, she says, is her daughter, Dymond. When she received her diagnosis, Tami was a single mom raising Dymond, then 13. The pair recently spoke about how they coped.

Mother's Ally Against Breast Cancer: Her Daughter

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How I Met Your Father: A Mom's Memories

The promise of free food — and an ill-fated trip to the restroom — jump-started the courtship of Florence and Joe Newman. Their daughter recently quizzed Florence, 81, about how it all happened.

How I Met Your Father: A Mom's Memories

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Coal Miner's Son Remembers 'A Hard, Dirty Job'

Gene Kendzior grew up in a mining town in West Virginia. In 1967, his father died in an accident like the one that killed more than two dozen miners this week. Kendzior and his daughter, Jennifer, discuss his father's life and work.

Coal Miner's Son Remembers 'A Hard, Dirty Job'

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My Daughter, The Champ: Raising A Boxer

Seniesa Estrada is a 17-year-old amateur boxing champ with a dad who gave up gang life to be her coach. Their lives changed when she first stepped into the ring — as an 8-year-old.

My Daughter, The Champ: Raising A Boxer

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When Family History Overlaps With U.S. History

Seven years before Brown v. Board of Education, a California family helped end segregation of Mexican Americans. But for years, the family barely spoke of their victory. The plaintiffs' daughters recently met to talk about the case, and its impact on their family.

When Family History Overlaps With U.S. History

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