Rodney Layman Reid

African American, Childhood, Civil Rights, Indiana, Oral History

1968 was a definitive time for Rodney Reid. He started high school at the beginning of the mandate for desegregation. Rodney helped to found the Human Relations Council which brought a better balance to student government.

Nichole Leigh Markle

Childhood, Education, Rural Life

Nicole Markle tells of her love of dance and how her mother struggled to pay for the education that would lead away from rural Virginia to a much bigger world.

Diane Lee Richards

Childhood, Family, Military, Oral History

Diane grew up admiring her Aunt Helen who, with her husband Don, ran a flight school. It took years to find out that Helen had flown bombers and pursuit planes back during WWII. Diane reflects on the life of her remarkable and yet modest Aunt.