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Mary Lee McNelis suffers from a speech impediment. But her mother and grandmother never gave up on her. They reminisce with StoryCorps about Mary's long journey to finding her voice.
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In this StoryCorps, Emeline King, the first Black woman to design cars for the Ford Motor Company, remembers her inspiration: her father.
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Rayford Junior Miles — a World War II veteran from Alabama — came across as a classic tough guy. But to his granddaughter Melanie Harrison, he was just 'Papa.' Melanie spoke with her father, Jim Miles, to remember a grandfather with a soft heart and a comical communication style.
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Van Harris and his wife, Shirley, grew up a block away from each other in the Crown Heights section of Brooklyn. In this 2012 conversation they remember how they first met in the 1930s.
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Narjis Karimipour was born blind, and when she was 10 years old she lost her hearing. Three years later, she sat down for a StoryCorps conversation with her parents, Sarah Kassim and Mohammad Karimipour, to tell her story in the hopes of helping others struggling with disabilities.
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In this StoryCorps, two park rangers recall being part of a team specially trained to brave the heights and wash the four faces of the presidents on Mt. Rushmore — something no one had ever attempted.
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Two managers at a San Diego construction project were trying to boost the morale of workers in the middle of the COVID pandemic. In this StoryCorps, hear how some monarch butterflies helped.
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In this week's StoryCorps, a 101-year-old immigrant from Mexico talks about becoming a U.S. citizen.
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Chad Machado and his son, Xavier, live in Kekaha — a small town on Hawaii's western island of Kaua'i. Xavier never took to school, but had been obsessed with cooking from a young age. So when Chad lost his job during the Covid-19 pandemic, they decided to take a risk and open up a pizza shop.
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Air Force veteran Jeri Dilno realized she was a lesbian at a young age. For StoryCorps, she discussed the risk she took joining the military in the late 1950s.
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After his bout with postpartum depression, a Texas father created the "Daddy Stroller Social Club." Now, with chapters in multiple cities, the club has become a way for dads to support each other.
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Regina Collins and her then-partner decided to try to have a baby 20 years ago. But there were limited options for same-sex couples. In this StoryCorps, she tells her son how they became a family.