Jamel Massey tells his friend, Tyree Hicks, about the mentor he had while incarcerated who helped change his life.
Judge Olly Neal tells his daughter how his discovery of African American author Frank Yerby’s books in his school library turned him around academically.
Helen Regan tells her friend, Cornelia Corson, about a difficult time she had performing in a high school play.
Mechanical engineer and MIT graduate Noramay Cadena tells her daughter, Chassitty Saldana, about what it was like to raise her while she was studying.