Cator & Beatrice Cork

African American, Family, Marriage, Oral History

Cato and Beatrice Cork reflect on life, love, marriage and how honest role models can help couples get through difficult times.

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.

Letha Pletcher tells her granddaughter Tisha about living near the railroad in Pierceton, Indiana during the 1930’s; playing in grain elevators, air that smelled of peppermint, and feeding the hungry.