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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 student-created website that includes a photo of a man in a ballcap with trays of flowers.
"I try so hard because I have been given a great opportunity." "
Fidel Sanchez: Journey to America, 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
A man's face appears in a close-up image on a screen capture of a website.
"I received my incidence commission February 28th, 1944."
World War II Journeys: Wayne Collins, 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 person stands next to a rocky shore. She wears a blue blazer and hold a colorful plastic sculpture.
"You name it, it'll land up on a beach somewhere from far and wide."
Women Mind the Water: Blue deGersigny, South Africa
A screenshot of a website with a black background, along with audio recordings and a map.
"I would rather be back on the farm then in my office."
Robert Duvall: Off to College, Texas
Screenshot of a student website that features a photograph of a craggy coastline.
"Early in '41, after Pearl Harbor, I was transferred to Phoenix, Arizona, to Luke Field."
Earnest Marshall: 68 Years in Marshall, Texas
Screenshot of a student website that features audio recordings and a photo of 1916 car.
"I was tickled to death to know, when I was in Hallsville High School, they had a library, a lending library."
My Journey Story Project: Whittie Dorsey, Texas
Screenshot of student's website that features the headline, Journey Story, and then text and audio files.
"For a few months, I missed my parents. "
Journey to America: CJ Khattra, Texas
Screenshot from a student-created website that includes audio files and descriptive text.
"I worked a sting operation involving the FBI, New York City police, New York City state troopers."
Father John Himes: From Fighting Crime to Serving Christ, Texas

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