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Bob VanSumeren served nearly six years in prison for robbery. But Mike McKenney, his ex-girlfriend's dad, never gave up on him. "Your visits kept me from sinking fully into prison," VanSumeren said.
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Helen Merrill and her granddaughter, Elizabeth Hartley, remember their family's matriarch, whose determination to vote in 1920 drove her to the polls even though she was recovering from the flu.
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Jinny Savolainen was looking for a sense of purpose when the pandemic hit Leverett, Mass. "Just when things seemed so dark, I found some light in the words of the people all around me," she said.
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For StoryCorps, Erin Haggerty spoke with her father, George Barlow, about how his words saw her through the tough times she faced as one of the only Black kids in her Iowa City community.
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Earlier this year, Albert Petrocelli died after contracting the coronavirus. StoryCorps revisits a 2005 interview with Albert and his wife remembering a son who died in the Sept. 11 attacks.
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Ayim Darkeh's mother worried about his safety when he was wasn't at home. Darkeh told her he hopes he's able to protect his own son and "he has the opportunity to be young and just grow."
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Two cousins remember their grandfather, who came to the U.S. from Mexico during World War II and often masked his experiences with discrimination with humor.
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An African American family that traces its roots back to a woman who was enslaved by George and Martha Washington talks about keeping their history alive through annual family reunions.
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At StoryCorps, Tomás Ybarra-Frausto remembers lessons his family passed down to him that have continued to reaffirm his pride in his Mexican American heritage and as a Spanish speaker.
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To limit the spread of the coronavirus, Chalana McFarland will serve the rest of her sentence at home. McFarland told her 20-year-old she "can't wait" to build their relationship.