Brooklynites Danny, an OTB clerk, and Annie, a nurse, began chronicling their life together in the early days of StoryCorps — from their first date to Danny's final days with terminal cancer.

Long Binh Jail was a prison for American soldiers on the outskirts of Saigon with notoriously harsh conditions. In 1968, a group of black inmates were fed up with their treatment and the war.

In 1965, a group known as Jane began connecting pregnant women in Chicago with doctors willing to perform abortions. Jane members later learned to perform the procedure, making it more accessible.