Ether Craven Sweet shares about growing up in Roslyn, Washington during the boom times of coal mining there. She also talks about her life after leaving Roslyn and her career and various jobs. She explains about how she became interested in history and how her family brought back the Black Pioneers picnic in 1978. She also discusses the floats the Black Pioneers group had in parades around the state for many years. She mentions her current work volunteering at a senior center.