Mary Webster & Damon Richards

African American, Civil Rights, Oral History

89 year-old Mary Webster, recorded with her son Damon Richards, tells of her brief experiences with segregation during college and the importance of family.

Lea Jean Kellison

Family, Marriage, Parenting, Values

Retired Nurse Lea Jean Kellison, in part of a longer family wedding story, talks about her son Lee who proved himself to be self-reliant and creative as a middle child.

Betty Shaw

African American, Careers, Indiana, Oral History, Values

This excerpt of Betty Shaw’s life story focuses on the examples set by her parents, how she became a trail blazing manager, entrepreneur and active community volunteer.

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