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"She had to walk and crossed the border with her in her arms, and once we or the family crossed over."
Clemete Rodriguez: Crossing Over, Texas
Screenshot from a website that features two photos of the interviewees.
"I never intended to live here again."
Our Expanded World: Cleottice Greer Walton and Mathew Greer, Texas
Screenshot of a website that features a woman's faces and pictures of a town around the turn of the 20th century.
"It seems like she chronicled Navasota history so much."
Kathleen Blackshear: The First Stroke of a Journey
Screenshot of a website that features a grid of 6 family photos.
"I lived in a nation on the way to war. That means when you grow up, you go to war."
A Trek to Freedom: Chin Van Du, Texas
A 1930s image of men sitting on the wooden front porch of a house.
"Arthurdale is important because it was the first new deal homestead community."
The History of Arthurdale, West Virginia
Two women running along a rural road carrying an Olympic torch.
"To be able to run the Torch was a shining moment"
The 1984 Olympic Torch in Sycamore, Illinois
A man with gray hair and denim shirt sits in a living room with a plant and window behind him.
"You get to live out in the country. You get to be your own boss."
Change in Rural Farming, Nebraska
A young man with short blonde hair and a black sweatshirt sits on a couch with a window behind him.
"You've got to love it. If you don't love this occupation, you're in the wrong occupation."
Changes in Johnson County Agriculture: Interview with the Dieckgrafe Family, Nebraska
A young man with short, black hair and wire frame glasses sits in a library setting and is interviewed.
"I think it brought up the best and the worst in people."
Students Perspective on Life in a Pandemic, Indiana
Two people wearing army fatigues load supplies in boxes in a warehouse.
"We know there's always someone downstream. "
We Are River People, Missouri
Vintage photo of a pharmacy in the early 20th as people stand on the corner and wait outside.
"Life will return to normal, but it will be a new normal."
Crossroads: Change in Tri-state Appalachia, Georgia
A man with white hair and a beard and a woman with shoulder-length brown hair sit in a library setting and chat with an interviewer.
"It's the look on someone's face when they come in and get all this food. "
Helping Each Other in Gentry, Arkansas

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