StoryCorps

In 1958, when John Cruitt's mother died, his third-grade teacher made a small gesture of kindness that meant a great…

Dr. William Lynn Weaver, a renowned surgeon, helped integrate a Knoxville high school in 1964. Even in those difficult times,…

While growing up on a Washington state dairy farm in the 1950s, Patrick Haggerty realized he was gay. In this…

In the final days of World War II, U.S. Army Sgt. Harrison Wright was stationed in a small Belgian village…