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1DTA_int_081.1118Okay.1.4511
2DTA_se2_ag4_f_022.1326/RD-NAME-5/.3.5251
3DTA_int_083.6779Mm-hm. Count to ten out loud.5.0287
4DTA_se2_ag4_f_025.8161/RD-NAME-4/.6.9298
5DTA_int_087.2860Count to ten.8.0348
6DTA_se2_ag4_f_028.6449One.9.3354
8 9.6696Two.10.0966 
10 10.6528Three.11.1112 
12 11.7733Four.12.2439 
14 12.9076Five.13.6314 
16 14.2579Six.14.9353 
18 15.4884Seven.16.1455 
20 16.9706Eight.17.4718 
22 18.0453Nine.18.6840 
24 19.1699Ten.19.6986 
25DTA_int_0820.6480To start with Mrs. /RD-NAME-2/, can I have you reminisce a little bit23.8252
27 24.0850back when [you were-]24.6013 
28DTA_se2_ag4_f_0224.4059[Now,] you have to speak a little louder to me cause I [can't hear] too [well.]27.8857
29DTA_int_0826.9078[Okay.]27.2011
31 27.6748[Fine.]28.0841 
32 28.3105Okay.28.6589
34 29.1692Uh,29.4229 
36 29.6358to start with can I have you think back when you were a little girl.33.2256 
38 34.0049What kind of games did you play?35.6633 
39DTA_se2_ag4_f_0238.0745Hide and s-39.2623
41 39.7482see.40.2463 
42DTA_int_0840.7016[Mm-hm.]41.0714
43DTA_se2_ag4_f_0240.7872[S-]41.0073
44DTA_int_0842.1920What else?42.7768
45DTA_se2_ag4_f_0244.4443We would run around the house and play in there.47.0225
47 48.3784Uh, moonlight at night,50.1173 
49 50.7141it's at first night when the moon shine.53.1264 
50DTA_int_0853.2670Mm-hm.53.7300
51DTA_se2_ag4_f_0256.5421And, uh,57.0728
53 57.5617we didn't have games to play like they do here. We didn't know nothing about many games some are62.7947 
55 63.3814playing.64.2793 
57 64.3921See, Sally Walker, like66.3814 
59 66.5251things [like] that going around.68.2853 
60DTA_int_0866.8581[Mm-hm.]67.1084
61 68.7122Mm-hm.68.9545
63 69.3417How do you play hide and seek?70.8728 
65 72.1278How- how do you [play?]73.1729 
66DTA_se2_ag4_f_0273.1149[We'd] play, uh-74.2976
67 75.1278we run around the trees and around the corner of the house, and-79.2188
69 79.8514and count80.5757 
71 81.0972one, two, three, four, all here.83.7886 
73 85.4388And, um,86.0745 
75 86.3617let's see.86.9750 
77 87.5954Yeah, and they'd r- run.89.0439 
79 89.4504I almost done forgot just how to [do, but,] uh, we would run around the house, you know, and be at the corner house, one that count.95.9994 
80DTA_int_0891.5366[<laugh>]92.0317
81 96.4639Uh-huh.96.6993
82DTA_se2_ag4_f_0296.7115And run, find the other one, you know, like they found where you at.99.9739
83DTA_int_08100.4266Mm-hm.100.8184
85 101.4167How do you play Sally Walker?103.1791 
86DTA_se2_ag4_f_02103.9522<ts> We would go around and-105.4731
88 105.6504and say106.0996 
90 106.3086see Sally Walker, sitting in the saucer, flies-109.4734 
92 109.8605s- s- fly, Sally fly. Ride, Sally, ride.113.0164 
94 113.3251Wipe your weeping eye.114.5342 
96 115.2218And, um,115.7230 
98 115.8514things like that, and we got a whooping by playing it one time.118.9645 
99DTA_int_08119.0103Mm-hm.119.3006
100DTA_se2_ag4_f_02119.5634<laugh>120.1033
101DTA_int_08121.4144<laugh>122.0921
102DTA_se2_ag4_f_02123.2164[<laugh>]123.6438
103DTA_int_08123.5251[Okay.]124.0274
104 124.3960Uh, did you ever play marbles?126.2650
105DTA_se2_ag4_f_02127.2921Play what?127.7597
107 127.9461[Mar-]128.5451 
108DTA_int_08128.0714[Marbles?]128.7230
109DTA_se2_ag4_f_02129.3264marble?129.9498
110DTA_int_08130.0354Yeah, you know.130.6130
111DTA_se2_ag4_f_02130.6130Yeah.131.1355
112DTA_int_08131.3617Uh-huh.131.5757
113DTA_se2_ag4_f_02131.7733We would try to play marble, shoot marble, knock one out of the ring. You know,135.8582
115 136.0018[like] that.136.5519 
116DTA_int_08136.0018[Mm-hm.]136.2616
117 136.7352Mm-hm.136.9522
119 137.4554Did you have different names for the different marbles?140.4840 
120DTA_se2_ag4_f_02141.1644Do what with the marble?142.0813
121DTA_int_08142.1913Did you have different names for them?144.1706
122DTA_se2_ag4_f_02144.5923No.145.0874
123DTA_int_08145.0874No? [Okay.]145.6405
124DTA_se2_ag4_f_02145.4999[You] didn't do nothing but146.6755
125 147.0697just b-147.6228
127 147.7298put 'em in the ring and shoot them, you know,150.0361 
128DTA_int_08150.1430Mm-hm.150.4242
129DTA_se2_ag4_f_02150.4914knock one out.151.3317
130DTA_int_08151.6436Mm-hm.151.8932
132 152.4748Did you ever play jacks?154.1118 
133DTA_se2_ag4_f_02154.8483No, I never could learn.156.3234
135 156.4303[I never] did learn how.157.6680 
136DTA_int_08156.4639[Huh?]156.7063
137 157.9431Okay.158.4504
138DTA_se2_ag4_f_02158.8374[Mm-hm.]159.2531
139DTA_int_08159.2072[And, um,]159.8459
140 161.9536uh.162.3722
142 163.2249When you w- do you watch television?165.0850 
143DTA_se2_ag4_f_02166.4908When I was a little [girl?]167.5543
144DTA_int_08167.4992[Now.]167.9658
145DTA_se2_ag4_f_02168.3172Oh, yeah.169.1087
146DTA_int_08169.1882Uh-huh.169.4113
148 169.6558What is your favorite program?171.2133 
149DTA_se2_ag4_f_02172.5488Uh, Search for Tomorrow, and174.6442
151 174.8093Love of Life,176.1234 
153 177.2653and Another World,178.7291 
154DTA_int_08179.1264Uh-huh.179.4602
155DTA_se2_ag4_f_02179.6582and As the World Turns.181.2218
156DTA_int_08181.4296Mm-hm181.6444
158 182.1600Can you tell me what's happening now on Search for Tomorrow?185.7823 
159DTA_se2_ag4_f_02186.3997Say what?186.7817
160DTA_int_08187.0140What's happening187.9058
162 188.2517on Search for Tomorrow?189.5881 
163DTA_se2_ag4_f_02191.3587Well, um, Search for Tomorrow is193.9033
165 195.0544Joanne's daughter getting married, you know, that's what I'm real interested in.199.6160 
166DTA_int_08199.7841Mm-hm.200.1386
167DTA_se2_ag4_f_02200.1784And, um,200.8344
169 201.3447she's getting married to-202.9643 
171 203.1845she was getting married to, uh, I done forgot the man name she was getting married to, now. But208.3013 
173 209.2441he had a /rake/ with him and they caught him, so he done disappeared out of the picture. And, uh- and my television got broken and I didn't, um, quite216.5342 
175 217.1118keep up with all,218.6062 
177 218.8099you know, the program. But, uh-221.0093 
179 221.6429uh, now she's222.9559 
181 223.0721fixing to get married to a-224.6732 
183 225.1650another a doctor,226.3593 
185 226.6038each one was a doctor [so] this doctor she's gonna get229.6008 
186DTA_int_08227.9566[Mm-hm.]228.2469
187DTA_se2_ag4_f_02230.2486married to. Now she's falling out with him, saying he's- you know, too much of a mother child, you know.236.3036
189 236.8283And that's why she never wanted to238.2004 
191 238.5580marry him.239.3984 
193 239.8435So something coming up,240.9009 
195 241.0750being not on television, without it fixed then I can't (laughing)243.8581 
197 244.3624keep up with how it's going. I'm246.1247 
199 246.2622very sorry.247.2524 
201 247.7566And I likes to see, um,249.2714 
203 250.0262<ts>250.1790 
205 250.6497Another World.251.7244 
206DTA_int_08252.0055[Mm-hm.]252.2580
207DTA_se2_ag4_f_02252.1491[And] here some253.0537
208 253.2218interest to me.254.2342
209DTA_int_08254.4748Mm-hm.254.8594
210DTA_se2_ag4_f_02254.9383Um, this girl, uh,256.5366
212 256.7035she was gonna marry the woman's daughter, you know,259.9430 
214 260.3953and, uh, sh-261.0544 
216 261.4181she didn't want him to marry 'em because, uh,263.7366 
218 264.3539she had a will give to her this g-266.5502 
220 266.7519m-266.8710 
222 266.9902girl was gonna marry her son.268.7230 
224 269.2395She had a will, um,271.0293 
226 271.2554m- uh, the woman272.2452 
228 272.6663made a will to her when she-274.7199 
230 275.1447and told- and, um,276.3783 
232 276.5617had her-277.2554 
234 277.6955told her and the boy279.3692 
236 279.8551that that they would um281.1539 
238 281.8283<ts> uh, she wanted them to get married right away.284.7488 
240 285.2836And he was wondering why that she hadn't been liking him, you know, and then all at once she saying she want him to get married to her.292.5602 
242 293.0918And he was wondering why, but still he was in love with her and he was getting-297.2989 
244 297.7603ready to get married. But, uh, his mother didn't want her to marry301.2126 
245DTA_int_08301.4479Mm-hm.301.7788
246DTA_se2_ag4_f_02301.8177him, and so302.6541
248 302.7885she brought up something304.4602 
250 304.9889and, uh,305.4534 
252 305.5848she claimed this woman who had made the will was the girl's own mother.310.2829 
254 311.0286She believed that it was her real mother.313.6649 
256 314.2364But, uh, this girl didn't know where her father and mother were.317.5634 
258 318.0177And she felt very bad, oh, with you know,320.4931 
260 320.9383being raised up in the world and didn't have-323.1080 
262 323.2583didn't know where her mother-324.3447 
264 324.6075parents were that gave her away.326.0867 
266 326.6153And she wanted to say that her mother328.5673 
268 329.1386was dead.329.8344 
270 330.0024She didn't want her330.9804 
272 331.1148to be alive, had done gave her away.333.4005 
274 333.7787You know, [would] live in the world and she be in the world and not come337.1240 
275DTA_int_08334.3776[Mm-hm.]334.6548
276DTA_se2_ag4_f_02337.5702where she was. She just338.9138
278 339.2744would pick up pictures or get pictures out there,341.7824 
280 342.4272um,342.9437 
282 343.4663you know, pictures you go to the345.2194 
284 345.7573store and buy pictures. And347.3586 
286 347.6153tell people that was her mother.349.1515 
288 349.6282That she was dead, you know, well she didn't w- felt so bad though, she didn't wanna be living.354.3875 
290 354.9620And, uh, her mother be l- uh, alive in the world and didn't come where she was. So this woman made her aware, you know.361.3685 
292 362.0011And362.4748 
294 362.6479<ts> her mother363.5361 
296 364.1790a- she was adopted. She thought she was, you know, this h- m- uh- s- she said, um,368.9933 
298 369.1247she thought she was a-370.3929 
300 370.9688<ts>371.0244 
302 371.1417adopted.371.8771 
304 372.7206And this woman knows she was adopted, which made her aware. But the girl,376.9736 
306 377.5848uh, she always wanted to say she was dead. She didn't want380.8466 
308 381.0208folks to think that she was adopted [when she was] a baby.383.8649 
309DTA_int_08382.8456[Mm-hm.]383.2996
310DTA_se2_ag4_f_02384.7909And so385.4204
312 385.7046her mother386.5159 
314 387.6961n- living- was her- the man what was gonna marry her mother.391.5304 
316 392.0688Didn't want her392.8496 
318 393.4180to h- h- her son to marry her.395.6617 
320 396.0819That she wasn't a396.9926 
322 397.1026type of- good enough girl for him, you know.399.5861 
324 400.2187And she brought- got her401.5532 
326 401.6693papers and thing, went to a lawyer, and got it all fixed up405.1349 
328 405.5983to406.0292 
330 406.1943break the m- wedding up, you know. And so, just- she would get her in a room410.5878 
332 411.2347and talk mean to her, you know, and then when the boy414.3355 
334 414.8489would come in, she would415.9766 
336 416.3617get all the papers away. Then he didn't know, this was all undercover to him.420.7848 
338 421.6893And so one day she talked to her so mean and told her424.4510 
340 424.9766the wedding day was the next day.426.6564 
342 426.9926<ts> And told her she wasn't- he wasn't gonna marry her cause he had done found out that she was a-431.1997 
344 431.6673uh,432.0544 
346 432.8062wasn't adopted, she was just- uh, this was her real mother.436.5824 
348 437.4534And she said Missy- McKa- Corning was the lady's name.441.1094 
350 441.8275And she said, uh, Ms. /McCorning/, uh,443.9596 
352 444.4394uh, made me the will and, uh,446.0744 
354 446.3189she was real nice to me as a real mother.448.8238 
356 449.8435And, uh,450.2977 
358 451.3532she told her452.3158 
360 452.7182then that, uh,453.4883 
362 454.1912<ts> he's not gonna marry you. And she just got456.4547 
364 456.6533hm- m- uh- oh- so upset that she just tore up her gown and tore up her461.0866 
366 461.5084veil and just run out. Ran out, you know, ran out the house.465.0819 
368 465.6411And ran away, and after she run away, uh,468.6381 
370 469.4813her son was all upset, you know, they gonna get married the n- next day. And so474.5464 
372 475.1056they was looking her- and in the picture now they're still, uh,478.0868 
374 478.4326they haven't found her, last time I looked at t- uh, [television.]481.7821 
375DTA_int_08481.7016[Mm-hm.]482.0591
376DTA_se2_ag4_f_02482.1569A man that found her while she was, uh,484.5518
378 485.1600had went on a /plan/- she had a lot of money.487.6404 
380 489.3019And she had a- um,490.4418 
382 490.7627a ring worth a lot of money.492.6747 
384 493.1943And this man what found her and taken to- taken her to a room, he, uh,496.9827 
386 497.6214um,498.0612 
388 498.3386she gave him that ring, and he pawn it.500.7121 
390 501.4486And, uh- so, um,502.8269 
392 503.4503he still got her in the room k-505.4112 
394 505.8758and found one that nobody,507.3905 
396 507.8214you know, know where she at.509.0530 
398 509.6367And this, u-510.2561 
400 510.3752uh, boy is still looking for her.512.7304 
402 513.2194Uh, last time that, uh,514.6282 
404 514.7994I- I saw it in the picture.516.4523 
405DTA_int_08517.0415Mm-hm.517.4463
406DTA_se2_ag4_f_02517.7107And so, I- I'd just love to see that it's so- so good. I want to find out522.5695
408 523.1026what's a- um,523.8574 
410 524.3219gonna be done about it, you know, if he find-526.9797 
411DTA_int_08527.5226[Yeah.]527.9474
412DTA_se2_ag4_f_02527.5318[if he] finds this girl.529.2493
413 530.2608And, um,530.8649
415 531.5953the way this man532.7602 
417 532.9399talk, he wants to get her money. He done found out he got a lot of money for that ring he pawned.537.9681 
419 538.6496And he telling her- now he already got a girlfriend.541.6832 
421 542.2944And he's542.9382 
423 543.4883telling this girl that he's gonna marry her and they gonna live loving together, but he don't mean that.548.4992 
425 548.6937Sh- you know, he just549.6075 
427 550.1301telling her that550.9216 
428DTA_int_08551.1202Mm-hm.551.4717
429DTA_se2_ag4_f_02551.5206thinking she'd gave her-552.9650
431 553.3012him his- her money, you know.555.0238 
433 555.8886And so, um,557.0713 
435 557.5175after558.1246 
437 559.2095this all happened and sh- he still got her561.9223 
439 562.2001/?/ find, and she said563.4992 
441 564.0452she didn't- don't- l- any- n- she's not in love with him.567.2102 
443 568.4326And, uh,568.9841 
445 569.6168she say she don't see why he want to marry her. He said, well I wants to marry you so we can live happy /todeth/- together.576.2503 
447 577.2340You know, but he don't even mean it, you know, he just579.9681 
449 580.2982telling her all of this.581.5328 
451 582.0732That's a real interesting picture, too.583.9369 
453 585.1002And, uh,585.6197 
455 585.7481As, um,586.7364 
457 589.2981uh, As the World Turns591.3599 
459 591.5464that's real good592.8330 
461 593.6846too. Um,594.6840 
463 596.0774this596.5236 
465 597.1277Ellen597.6411 
467 598.2554she done went to prison in there and then she got a601.7199 
469 602.7212<ts> out of prison. And she's gonna marry605.4167 
471 605.5878a doctor, too. And she had already done married him.608.7182 
473 609.2560But her son, she killed a-611.2027 
475 611.4472a woman cause she was gonna tell613.2737 
477 613.6618that her son was adopted to him- uh,615.9533 
479 616.5671to him, you know, when617.9504 
481 618.3141he was a baby.619.2920 
483 619.8666Well the woman what she killed was, uh,622.7688 
485 623.2333just raising him up there as a doctor's maid, you know, there in the house was627.7297 
487 628.0506raise him up.628.9949 
489 629.5878And so she, uh-630.8703 
491 631.8605um,632.3873 
493 633.7022after th- she raised him up, and this woman she told her one day, she wanted her to-638.8985 
495 639.0727to leave there. Ellen Cole641.0683 
497 641.5970told her642.3080 
499 642.4272this maid- I just remember her name now,644.8649 
501 645.3049that, uh,645.8275 
503 645.9956she wanted her to leave the house.647.7610 
505 648.5800And she said she wasn't gonna leave. And she said, yeah you gonna leave today.652.9185 
507 653.8190Told her654.3019 
509 654.7969uh,655.2584 
511 655.5304the maid. And she said, no.657.0513 
513 657.6625Said, um,658.4364 
515 658.6679she was gonna stay there and, uh, she was gonna661.4859 
517 661.9155call her son663.2377 
519 663.7480and tell her that she was his real mother. That's why she wanted to marry that doctor so she would be there with her son. And-670.4998 
521 671.1508and she said, no you's not gonna673.2584 
523 673.6710call and tell him that I'm his real mother.676.5059 
525 677.3188And she said, yes I am.679.0842 
527 679.5426And when she said yes,680.8343 
529 681.3712she was gonna tell him, you know, call him and tell him,683.9871 
531 684.5463Ellen Cole picked up a-686.1263 
533 686.6343a stack of something on the,688.2798 
535 689.1080um, table or something, and threw it at her. And-692.1080 
537 692.3739and that killed her.693.3141 
539 693.6655You know, and so694.5273 
541 695.0866after then she went to prison. And this boy w- never could forgive Ellen for that. He hated her for that, but he didn't know that she was his real mother.702.7480 
543 703.1823And she was, but Ellen didn't want her to know705.7205 
545 706.6496that she was.707.8195 
547 708.2652And so she killed this woman, so she went to the pen. And so she got712.0384 
549 713.0621pardoned, she d- you know, she didn't stay her time out, but716.1019 
551 716.8740she got pardoned out the pen.718.8482 
553 719.0469And another girl was in there720.7633 
555 721.5685was gonna722.1202 
557 722.4686have a baby723.6572 
559 723.9070in, uh-724.6465 
561 725.5633in there.726.3586 
563 727.8635Uh,728.3769 
565 728.8221<ts>728.9810 
567 729.5922/pentin/-730.0078 
569 730.5701in the pen where she was.732.0421 
571 732.6991And so she got in /there/ and they got to be real friends.736.3042 
573 736.9246And, uh, when this girl baby was born739.2064 
575 739.8665she was his,740.5501 
577 741.0146uh, got her to let her be the baby's Godmother. And they met and had a,744.9161 
579 745.4601uh, they- uh, a priest, you know, and everything and made her748.6740 
581 748.7932the baby's749.4502 
583 749.7334Godmother, you know.750.8436 
585 752.6000And, uh, <exhale> that's real interesting too. I like it755.5266 
586DTA_int_08756.7575[Mm-hm.]757.0200
587DTA_se2_ag4_f_02756.8489[too.]757.1728
588 758.7395<ts> Yeah it's really759.6258
590 759.7755good.760.2064 
592 762.4027I r- really love763.6465 
594 763.8032television.764.7059 
595DTA_int_08764.8618Mm-hm.765.3966
596DTA_se2_ag4_f_02765.5372Hm.765.6991
597DTA_int_08766.4265Mm-hm.766.6404
598DTA_se2_ag4_f_02767.3158[I was] raised in the country, I didn't know-769.2828
599DTA_int_08767.3158[Do you.]767.5219
600DTA_se2_ag4_f_02769.7198know too much about different things was going on.772.6037
602 773.5816I g- I tell my daughter I was so dumb. <laugh>776.7334 
604 777.1277The coming up here, you know, and not, uh, know, um,780.1613 
606 781.7779/closer/ I- I lived in-783.6227 
608 784.1453in the city,785.0886 
610 785.7823uh,786.1949 
612 786.2896in- in Birmingham, Alabama.788.2088 
613DTA_int_08788.2913Mm-hm.788.5006
614DTA_se2_ag4_f_02788.5083You know, not in Birmingham but in Bessemer, Alabama. All my children792.4180
616 793.2339except793.8913 
618 794.2516two was born in Bessemer, Alabama.796.4662 
620 796.6862But I married797.8771 
622 798.4577and went to Laurel, Mississippi and stayed there two year.801.4944 
624 801.7755And I came-802.4489 
626 803.2394came back, um,804.6006 
628 806.0652to Bessemer, Alabama.807.3813 
630 807.8183And that's where all my children was born, except810.2407 
632 810.6044the two that was in-811.5884 
634 812.2720the old and the oldest, they was born in Laurel, Mississippi.815.3922 
635DTA_int_08815.4981Mm-hm.815.8391
636DTA_se2_ag4_f_02815.9229Mm-hm.816.3996
638 817.3684And so818.0743 
640 819.6472<ts> I married and I had never821.2760 
642 821.7976been822.3049 
644 822.4363nowhere but with my mother and father.824.7640 
646 825.5341They didn't let me go,826.6190 
648 827.5175I didn't know no kind of-829.1209 
650 830.0254of830.6376 
652 831.3599dance, or party, or nothing about nothing like that.834.4210 
654 835.2828And I was twenty-two years old837.2071 
656 837.5616when my daughter838.4478 
658 839.3494that I- was here.840.4210 
660 841.0921/Come save me and I/ was born.842.6061 
662 843.8135And so, you know, <laugh>845.5637 
664 845.9871<laugh> I was kind of dumb. Not847.8696 
666 848.8801know nothing, you know, know about, th- like851.5256 
668 851.6876parties and-852.6808 
670 852.8794like girls853.8023 
672 854.3524do now. They go out,855.7175 
674 855.9833I couldn't go out with my857.0094 
676 857.4105boyfriend, if I got to858.8122 
678 859.5395have a boyfriend. About- I was about, uh,862.0200 
680 862.6923fifteen years old.863.9779 
682 864.8061Well865.1422 
684 865.4685he couldn't take me to church or nowhere.867.4509 
686 867.9769Unless mama went.868.9957 
688 869.7388<laugh> Or pops.871.3739 
690 871.9388I didn't have no brothers, that's why873.9464 
692 874.0868they said that they wouldn't let me go, because I didn't have no brothers to go with.877.7067 
694 877.8380Just878.1006 
696 878.8335the four girls raised up.880.5082 
698 882.5541And so I was born in884.1159 
700 885.1663year nineteen o886.4716 
702 887.4793three.887.8856 
704 889.6823And I'm a old lady now.891.3007 
705DTA_int_08892.4319[No.]892.7889
706DTA_se2_ag4_f_02892.7342[And] I can't get no proof of my age or something. I don't know how I'm n-896.8854
707 897.0655I, uh, I don't know.898.0929
709 898.5571Try, /you guess about/, uh-899.8121 
711 899.9159it was to go, um,901.2548 
713 902.3205to Livingston, Alabama where I got my marriage certificate.905.4334 
715 906.4258And, uh,906.9983 
717 907.3078I could get my school record there.909.3222 
718DTA_int_08910.0838Yeah.910.4685
719DTA_se2_ag4_f_02910.8922But I reckon if I write there it would help me.913.2884
720DTA_int_08914.0517I think so.914.8732
721DTA_se2_ag4_f_02915.7357Well.916.0380
723 916.6731Well I'm'a try that to- when my daughter come to see me and might get her to write, because she know how to ten- go by it.922.8358 
724DTA_int_08923.2105Mm-hm.923.5250
725DTA_se2_ag4_f_02923.9525To find this, you know,925.3769
727 925.6853and what to write to.926.9648 
729 927.5938And see, cause I get my school record from the Board of Education, that would not even help me.932.2105 
731 932.5495I don't know how come that, uh,934.5204 
733 935.6472I didn't-936.2365 
735 937.2303can't find- they say they can't find my place of birth. Mm, I was sent to /Central/941.4731 
737 942.3709um, /Pittsboro Council/ and they said they couldn't find my place of birth.946.0441 
738DTA_int_08946.2334Hm.946.4227
739DTA_se2_ag4_f_02946.7617And I don't know why my daddy-948.6563
741 949.2151we were raised on the farm.950.8797 
743 951.7754And he never ever did let us have a birthday party. Nothing about no birthday956.3601 
745 957.0075parties or,958.0582 
747 958.7800you know.959.2624 
749 959.6855Sometime mama'd bake us a cake and say it's your birthday.962.4850 
751 963.0899But that's all we knowed about, n- but then965.4945 
753 965.7541place like I- I can't even get it correct, uh,968.5143 
755 969.4961address, where they was getting their mail. If I could, I said, if I was able to go home974.3724 
757 975.1724down- down in Alabama- Cuba, Alabama,977.9464 
759 978.6029those white people who are popping r- uh, raised us on this-981.9784 
761 982.2502the place, you know.983.4634 
763 984.2625Um,984.6822 
765 985.3815<ts>985.4792 
767 985.7265Mr. /RD-NAME-2/,987.0090 
769 987.5082uh,987.8776 
771 988.3265/RD-NAME-2/989.0930 
773 989.8380Brown.990.4074 
775 990.6211/RD-NAME-2/ he was the992.2304 
777 993.3785um, in Livingston.994.9366 
779 995.0533And he was in Livingston, he was the probate judge.998.1113 
781 998.5205But he's dead.999.4776 
783 1000.1586And his sister was in there offering, you n- you know, uh, a hospital1004.4075 
785 1004.7647when I was at home last.1006.5830 
787 1007.1723And she told me that she would help me1009.3479 
789 1009.8823get my, uh,1010.9999 
791 1012.1372/cerstifi/- you know, getting a birth right cause she know when I was born.1016.2823 
793 1017.3555I can't get back down there, and I just told her I was gonna write to Central and they haven't- they said they can't find it.1023.0121 
794DTA_int_081023.3066Hm.1023.4593
795DTA_se2_ag4_f_021024.0883And she would help me but, uh,1025.6212
797 1027.7387<exhale> oh, Mr. /RD-NAME-2/ is dead and1030.3540 
799 1030.6960Ms. /RD-NAME-4/ is dead, all those1033.2013 
801 1033.8548people who'd know, probably lived on the place, you know.1036.5006 
802DTA_int_081036.7021Mm-hm.1037.0777
803DTA_se2_ag4_f_021037.3494But, uh,1038.0273
805 1038.5143Mr. McGowan-1039.7235 
807 1040.6640that was a white man the probably lived on this place1043.6564 
808DTA_int_081044.3646[Mm-hm.1044.7303
809DTA_se2_ag4_f_021044.5662[too.]1044.9509
810 1045.6319And so1046.5052
812 1047.0670he was a-1047.7830 
814 1049.9296help me, I know some of them, but1051.8609 
816 1052.6701I told my daughter and I'm'a try to get up some money and go down there and get his1056.2472 
818 1057.1555get them write and n- down and I'll bring it backs to send it to Cen-1061.3311 
820 1061.9785see what they say.1062.8929 
822 1063.7868Get the truth, you know, somebody true that- um, that I get the correct,1067.8725 
824 1068.7555um,1069.2678 
826 1069.9250<ts> place, and they can find properly. It wouldn't take 'em no Centrals, but still th-1074.2319 
828 1074.7372they could give the name- or, you know, date of my birth.1077.2730 
829DTA_int_081077.8685Yeah.1078.1964
830DTA_se2_ag4_f_021078.2593And they know [cause I] lived /long/.1080.2998
831DTA_int_081079.2334[/Uh/.]1079.4991
832 1080.8288[Mm-hm.]1081.2221
833DTA_se2_ag4_f_021081.1250[Mkay.]1081.6074
834 1081.9952Oh, this is still talking ain't it? Is this talking what I'm saying?1085.7036
836 1086.6700Oh. <laugh>1088.8502 
838 1090.5761Well it's still recording what I say.1093.1861 
839DTA_int_081093.3815Uh-huh.1093.7509
840DTA_se2_ag4_f_021093.7509Well.1094.2059
841DTA_int_081095.4349I can't remember everything you say,1097.5082
842DTA_se2_ag4_f_021097.8166[<laugh>]1098.5509
843DTA_int_081097.8716[so we have to have] that get it all down, right?1100.1571
844DTA_se2_ag4_f_021100.4868Yeah.1101.0395
845DTA_int_081102.4395Mm-hm.1102.6349
846DTA_se2_ag4_f_021102.7448<laugh> [/How was it/?]1103.6243
847DTA_int_081103.0532[And you didn't] know?1104.0762
848DTA_se2_ag4_f_021104.3982Uh-huh1105.0005
849DTA_int_081105.1677[<laugh>]1105.6410
850DTA_se2_ag4_f_021105.5466[Well] I d-1106.1448
851 1107.9753mm-hm.1108.5761
852DTA_int_081108.9922Mm-hm. (laughing)1109.3753
853DTA_se2_ag4_f_021109.4166Well okay.1110.3418
854DTA_int_081111.8486<laugh>1112.3311
855DTA_se2_ag4_f_021112.3433Well they sure l- know I was dumb, won't they?1114.5921
857 1114.8151<laugh>1115.2120 
858DTA_int_081115.4716No, they'll know where you were born. <laugh>1117.8639
859DTA_se2_ag4_f_021118.3311I said dumb.1119.4008
861 1119.9784Dumb, you know I was t- s-1121.1235 
863 1121.5387I was telling you how dumb I was when I,1123.6166 
865 1123.8639you know, didn't know nothing about nothing.1125.5448 
867 1125.8257I couldn't even talk on1127.0746 
869 1127.9754telephone things when I was a married woman and come to Bessemer.1131.9356 
871 1132.4578I had never talked on a telephone.1134.3815 
873 1134.5600You know.1134.9723 
874DTA_int_081135.1066Uh-huh.1135.3868
876 1136.7281Where were you born?1137.5746 
877DTA_se2_ag4_f_021138.4456I was born in Cuba, Alabama.1140.1433
878DTA_int_081140.7402Uh-huh.1141.0791
879DTA_se2_ag4_f_021141.1646/Cubie/-1141.6563
881 1143.0273and, um,1143.5478 
883 1145.5052um,1146.0487 
885 1147.5158I'm- I remember papa lived in, um,1150.2471 
887 1150.5830at Cuba and that's all the address that I knowed, was route one box ninety-seven. All I ever remember,1156.6158 
889 1157.1479you know.1157.5265 
891 1158.9967Uh, at Cuba. And, uh,1160.3586 
893 1160.8502my sister's here and she real sick, and she said we-1164.0120 
895 1164.4318say we used to live in Lauderdale before we're, um,1167.2869 
897 1167.7921you know,1168.3112 
899 1169.2487too. Lauderdale, Mississippi.1170.7280 
901 1171.9005But I wasn't born in Lauderdale. I-1174.3814 
902DTA_int_081174.3967[Mm-hm.]1174.7174
903DTA_se2_ag4_f_021174.5036[I] was born in, um,1175.6823
904 1176.3768Cuba, Alabama. All I know.1177.9494
906 1178.5021And I know that1179.2899 
908 1180.4761the, um,1181.0135 
910 1181.1204date was,1181.9708 
912 1184.0929um, nineteen-o-three.1185.8379 
914 1186.4883I know they'd always- they always would tell when it was we born, you know.1190.3341 
915DTA_int_081190.7097[Mm-hm.]1190.9676
916DTA_se2_ag4_f_021190.8703[But] I can't1191.5261
917 1191.7280remember the address1193.5387
919 1195.1249of what we had.1196.2181 
921 1196.5646No more, Cuba, Alabama. I guess they got their-1199.4624 
922DTA_int_081198.0547[Oh.]1198.6135
923DTA_se2_ag4_f_021199.9571they didn't have no1200.8654
925 1201.3814house number something [like that.]1203.5020 
926DTA_int_081203.0837[Mm.]1203.4842
927 1203.7097Mm-hm.1203.9796
929 1204.6868Where else have you lived?1205.9204 
930DTA_se2_ag4_f_021207.2227Hm?1207.4944
931DTA_int_081207.6105Where else have you lived?1208.9326
932DTA_se2_ag4_f_021209.5509Where else have I lived beside, uh?1211.5112
934 1212.3921Well I lived in-1213.7295 
936 1215.0731from Cuba to Laurel, Mississippi, and came back to Bessemer, Alabama, and came1219.2898 
938 1219.8120from there here.1220.6029 
939DTA_int_081221.3235How many years have you been here?1222.9005
940DTA_se2_ag4_f_021224.1433<ts> Well I came here in- in nineteen,1227.2716
942 1227.4623um,1227.9234 
944 1229.3464s- nineteen sixty-two.1232.0441 
945DTA_int_081233.7921You've been in Detroit three years?1235.3769
946DTA_se2_ag4_f_021235.7464Mm-hm.1236.3240
947DTA_int_081236.6150Uh-huh.1237.0794
948DTA_se2_ag4_f_021238.4357Yeah.1238.8135
950 1240.9005I married again, my second husband, and we came up here on a visit.1245.4867 
952 1246.2532And he'd taken sick.1247.3128 
954 1247.8471And died th- the- there.1249.4883 
956 1250.1460We came in sixty-two and he died in sixty-three, in first day of April.1254.0487 
957DTA_int_081254.5051Oh, I'm sorry.1255.3326
959 1255.6257Well [what was-]1256.2557 
960DTA_se2_ag4_f_021255.9097[Sure] did.1256.6846
961DTA_int_081258.9433Mm-hm.1259.1915
963 1259.4048What happened to him?1260.3937 
964DTA_se2_ag4_f_021261.1707What?1261.4364
965DTA_int_081261.6439What happened to him?1262.9109
966DTA_se2_ag4_f_021263.3968Well, um,1264.3173
968 1265.2364he had a heart- a heart attack or something and he'd taken down sick.1269.2716 
970 1269.7982And all a sudden he have a stroke.1271.5418 
972 1271.9051And they carried him to the Columbia Hospital, and then he died.1275.0242 
974 1276.6715Mm-hm.1277.1815 
976 1280.2273Mm-hm.1280.7352 
977DTA_int_081280.7952Is it very different up here from down south?1283.3871
978DTA_se2_ag4_f_021284.5753Yeah.1285.0608
979DTA_int_081285.2623Everything?1285.7572
980DTA_se2_ag4_f_021285.9188Lots are different.1286.9693
981DTA_int_081287.4348Like what?1287.8837
982DTA_se2_ag4_f_021287.9051Uh- um,1288.6562
984 1290.3449it look like to me t-1291.3723 
986 1292.3036that this the best place to live or something, you know.1295.4838 
988 1295.9279When I was down there at the time th- um,1298.4227 
990 1299.2532I- when I first came1300.8190 
992 1302.5905to- to Bessemer,1303.7417 
994 1304.7494uh, we given, uh- I w-1306.7112 
996 1306.8791never did his work,1308.3014 
998 1308.4989no more than house work, you know, house cleaning.1311.2795 
1000 1311.8135And then when I go to the people's house, I would have to go around to the back door, you know,1316.0227 
1002 1316.7250to go in. Well1318.0730 
1004 1318.5463now it's done changed down there,1320.6455 
1006 1320.9722cause you can go in the front door.1322.7525 
1008 1323.4134And then you would have to wait til after1325.7830 
1010 1326.5875everybody eat,1327.5921 
1012 1327.9891after you fix1328.9967 
1014 1329.2319food, you know, you have to wait til everybody eat.1331.7036 
1016 1332.7860So you could eat, you know, like that. And that seem a lots a different1337.1265 
1017DTA_int_081337.6486[Mm-hm.]1337.9041
1018DTA_se2_ag4_f_021337.7341[too.]1338.0120
1019 1339.1616And, um,1339.6532
1021 1340.9601<ts>1341.0639 
1023 1342.0547here1342.5494 
1025 1342.6985you don't, here's not that way.1344.3143 
1027 1344.9906And my daughter,1345.8397 
1029 1347.0761uh, she's on /RD-WORK-3/ and she work1349.4692 
1031 1349.8441two days a week over here.1351.3936 
1033 1352.0227And, uh,1352.5356 
1035 1352.7494she go,1353.3340 
1037 1353.6699the people treat her just like she was in the family. They don't even make a difference.1358.3982 
1039 1359.9994Oh, the children so crazy about her, they just,1362.8715 
1041 1363.2593you know.1363.7265 
1043 1364.3044And then, uh, the children down there would call you,1367.1875 
1045 1367.3250uh- I used to work for,1368.9170 
1047 1369.6776um,1370.1448 
1049 1370.3005some people.1371.1433 
1051 1371.6119And they would,1372.3845 
1053 1373.4043uh, tell me-1374.3951 
1055 1375.6776the children said1376.7769 
1057 1378.9966your skin black, you's old nigger.1381.0241 
1059 1382.0623That's what they would tell me when s-1383.5905 
1061 1383.8715they mother would1384.5005 
1063 1384.7875go off, you know.1385.6120 
1065 1386.2960And when she'd come I would tell 'em what she said-1388.6364 
1067 1388.8990what the ch-1389.3829 
1069 1389.8226kids say.1390.5371 
1071 1391.3921And, uh,1391.8105 
1073 1391.9998she would, uh,1392.7066 
1075 1393.5738you know, scold 'em about it.1394.8593 
1077 1395.9356She would scold 'em.1396.8333 
1079 1397.4715Tell them that was1398.4837 
1081 1399.4089not to be calling me a nigger, not to be calling me black like that.1402.9188 
1083 1403.4257And one of their little girl- they would have, uh,1405.3457 
1085 1405.6929these things, like you turn around on your /finger/ like they march with.1409.3044 
1086DTA_int_081409.4135Mm-hm.1409.6617
1087DTA_se2_ag4_f_021409.9509Hit me in the back when I'd be trying to hang up clothes, just come out there and lay on me in the back with that big s-1415.2578
1089 1415.8227thing on the end.1416.9661 
1090DTA_int_081417.1738Oh.1417.3692
1091DTA_se2_ag4_f_021418.0257And I'll say, I'm'a tell your mama when you come. They be all running and they would have the /company/ playing with it, and run around the house, and just laugh.1424.8074
1093 1426.0915Said, we hit that nigger, didn't we.1427.9343 
1095 1428.1937<laugh> And like that, you know.1429.6685 
1097 1430.0007And I was just so nice to 'em, well you know, and do everything for 'em.1433.6018 
1099 1434.3906And I'd have the baby in my arm,1436.1288 
1101 1437.4835you gotta have a baby- look at your black hands on our baby.1440.8130 
1103 1441.8695Mm.1442.3339 
1105 1442.8062And I would- I would1443.5659 
1107 1443.7154tell her every time, so1445.1044 
1109 1445.9740last when they-1446.9786 
1111 1447.7261go back.1448.1960 
1113 1451.5285The last when they, uh-1452.8985 
1115 1453.3050she came1453.9450 
1117 1455.1394to the house and, uh,1456.5674 
1119 1456.7444I mean she was there and she had me, I put the bread on and I was helping her after I got1461.4315 
1121 1461.9229her dinner on, she likes so much the way I iron, you know, she l- l- liked my work.1466.7163 
1123 1467.4438And so she asked me,1468.9473 
1125 1469.2082where was the glass that I drinking out of, and I told her.1472.2143 
1127 1472.6424It was sitting on the /sink/.1473.8466 
1129 1474.8847And she1475.3882 
1131 1475.5942taking that glass and sat it outside the door, on the-1478.4828 
1133 1478.8397on the floor.1479.6727 
1135 1480.3172And I seen her when she done that, and so she said, um-1483.7719 
1137 1485.6849uh, hm.1486.3966 
1139 1486.8786She put on some water, you know,1488.6025 
1141 1489.4606and took my m-1490.4400 
1143 1490.6719dishes aw- they all had done ate, she came back in there and got the dish what I ate of and1495.6407 
1145 1496.1258things. And poured the boiling water over it1498.3081 
1147 1500.1143and, uh,1500.5659 
1149 1502.0709then she put 'em in the sink with them other things.1504.7397 
1151 1505.8306I washed 'em, I didn't say nothing about1507.7444 
1153 1508.0281what she did, but I just didn't go back the next day.1510.8085 
1155 1511.0281She might have been doing it the whole time, but I didn't know it.1513.8160 
1157 1515.5403So I was working for another lady, and she would1518.0411 
1159 1518.4634done the same thing. And so I didn't think that was right and I-1521.7276 
1161 1522.3233I just stopped working for 'em.1523.7055 
1163 1525.4271/Have to/ wait the whole time, you know.1527.2211 
1165 1528.6232Talk to you so bad, she would have the-1530.6739 
1167 1531.2867her guests would come in and look at how nice the house was cleaned up, and tell them that, uh,1536.3574 
1169 1537.1891/RD-NAME-3/ did this. That,1538.8346 
1171 1539.2730look how beautiful she cleans up. She can clean up, she really know what to dos. They be sh- sh- b- talking1544.7756 
1173 1545.1692but they would never speak or saying nothing to me, you know.1548.1647 
1175 1548.8008They would come on by me like I was a /knot/ standing up there in the floorboards. (laughing)1553.0326 
1177 1555.7718So that was all-1556.9938 
1179 1557.5109it's much, uh, different from the-1559.1319 
1181 1559.9068my daughter1560.4865 
1183 1560.7306takes me with her, you know, where she work. And they treat me, have a seat.1564.2440 
1185 1564.7444Oh, this your mother? And she said, meet your mother, you know and they would1567.8115 
1187 1568.9099tell me their names, shake hands with me and everything. It just seemed real different.1573.2959 
1189 1575.2089I likes here m- much better.1576.8420 
1190DTA_int_081579.2623Mm-hm.1579.5468
1192 1579.9122What does your daughter do?1581.1296 
1193DTA_se2_ag4_f_021582.7810My daughter, where she at?1583.8916
1195 1585.2837Well, she works at this Catholic school.1588.1403 
1197 1588.8054Um,1589.3332 
1199 1589.5102some kind of1590.3330 
1201 1591.5796job like that.1592.5529 
1203 1592.7329Uh, it's a government job.1594.7322 
1204DTA_int_081595.0068[Uh-huh.]1595.3362
1205DTA_se2_ag4_f_021595.0861[She works] at a Catholic school.1596.7245
1206 1598.0037Takes1598.5000
1208 1598.6597children out of- sightseeing, different thing like that. This time of years, uh, they goes out, you know, they not1605.4133 
1210 1605.6421teaching s-1606.2592 
1212 1607.0312but they, uh,1607.6871 
1214 1608.8130has a-1609.5918 
1216 1610.3698takes 'em out to different games, uh, s-1612.3996 
1218 1612.8939to the farm, and, uh,1614.7947 
1220 1615.6132take 'em to r-1616.1929 
1222 1616.3973playground, just play /a surrogate/.1618.3449 
1224 1619.4980On, they have a bus to take 'em out there. The government pays for all of that.1623.2913 
1226 1623.9267She'll take 'em to, uh-1625.6170 
1228 1625.8916go back baby.1626.8557 
1230 1628.8122Takes 'em to, uh,1630.0975 
1232 1632.7886uh.1633.4667 
1234 1633.9335Niagara Falls, not long ago.1636.1677 
1236 1636.6955And they have a bus load to take their mothers.1639.9305 
1238 1640.6017That's kind of job she got, the one where stay here.1643.3668 
1239DTA_int_081644.2333Mm-hm.1644.6635
1241 1645.2440Is that your daughter?1646.3698 
1243 1647.4347Your daughter?1648.0304 
1244DTA_se2_ag4_f_021648.4942Mm-hm. That's my oldest daughter.1650.3880
1245DTA_int_081650.7642How [many ch-]1651.3264
1246DTA_se2_ag4_f_021650.9877[The one of 'em,]1651.5033
1247 1651.9976um, uh, born in Laurel, Mississippi.1654.9152
1248DTA_int_081655.2356how many children do you have?1656.7611
1249DTA_se2_ag4_f_021657.8267I have, um,1658.7329
1251 1659.9511four children living.1661.1624 
1253 1662.1784My- my oldest son got drowned.1664.7137 
1254DTA_int_081665.2211Oh.1665.5433
1255DTA_se2_ag4_f_021665.9259And my1666.5717
1257 1666.8115little girl of about four got burned up.1669.2226 
1258DTA_int_081670.0769What [happened?]1670.7967
1259DTA_se2_ag4_f_021670.4583[And all] of that just makes me real forgetful. Sometime I forget what I'm1674.6726
1260 1675.4606tryna s- um,1676.9099
1262 1678.1799just- just forgetting I'm putting anything up and can't find it. I just1682.5834 
1264 1683.0044been that way ever since that happened.1684.6894 
1265DTA_int_081685.1318What happened to your daughter?1686.2100
1266DTA_se2_ag4_f_021687.3264D- uh, s-1688.0744
1268 1688.3363sh- sh-1688.8488 
1270 1689.0807I went,1689.5872 
1272 1689.8404um, to-1690.9274 
1274 1691.0800to school.1691.9221 
1276 1692.4407And the school wasn't no-1693.4057 
1278 1693.5857hm, wasn't a half a block and, uh, d-1695.8618 
1280 1696.5547my oldest girl had just been came here.1698.7428 
1282 1699.5857Came to the house and told me the teachers had stepped out a minute. It wasn't far and I just took the baby up in my arm and went up to see what she want.1706.8641 
1284 1707.6168And that's when my little1708.8267 
1286 1709.7817child like that, she was about,1711.2775 
1288 1712.0678uh, three going on four.1713.6970 
1290 1714.3660And the little boy was five going on six.1717.5159 
1292 1718.6078And so1719.3675 
1294 1719.7459when I got back, she was burned to death.1721.7878 
1296 1722.1600The little boy came over there and1723.8328 
1298 1724.5224unstuck a paper sack1725.9716 
1300 1726.5094to her,1727.0464 
1302 1727.7481you know, to her dress.1728.9045 
1304 1729.5196While she have on her new outing clothes, and just1732.3108 
1306 1733.3637burning her.1733.9326 
1308 1736.2234And so my oldest son was twenty-two1738.5582 
1310 1739.4247and he got drowned1740.5994 
1312 1740.9228[in] Bessemer, Alabama.1742.1745 
1313DTA_int_081740.9999[What-]1741.2383
1314 1742.5620What happened to him?1743.4620
1315DTA_se2_ag4_f_021743.9602<ts> What happened to him?1744.9823
1317 1745.5041He just, uh, w- was swimming one Sunday in, uh,1748.2935 
1319 1749.1051the reservoir in Bessemer.1750.5948 
1321 1750.8786And he was swimming,1751.7298 
1323 1752.2790him and some /old/ boys. And they say he collapsed and just went down, and didn't come back.1756.6534 
1325 1757.9190The polices1758.9022 
1327 1759.2623told me that they gave 'em and1761.0125 
1329 1761.6330me the same story. They was, uh,1763.4247 
1331 1764.4896/hounding him/, but, um, they gave me the address but that they never woulda let me see him. I never did get up with him.1770.4072 
1333 1772.8793Every time I1773.6787 
1335 1774.1524go and /??/ for example, it'd be to the house that the police told me to get,1778.1837 
1337 1779.0899um,1779.5719 
1339 1781.4430you know. U- u-1782.4133 
1341 1782.5658uh, whatever they said, give me the same statement1785.5475 
1343 1785.9259that them gave them.1786.8511 
1345 1787.5376But they never- I never could catch up with 'em.1789.5918 
1347 1790.2356And the police didn't seem to be interested to go pick 'em up.1793.4461 
1349 1794.1448And this- he had married.1795.6345 
1351 1795.9243And his wife said that she was his wife, and-1798.2409 
1353 1798.9793and the coroner want me to have a autopsy, and she said wasn't no autopsy gonna be performed on, cause that was her husband.1805.1526 
1355 1805.8305And those boys what went with him was1807.8572 
1357 1808.4766their friend that would come play cards with them, you know, at1811.8522 
1358DTA_int_081812.1631Mm-hm.1812.3797
1359DTA_se2_ag4_f_021812.4316night. And said that she didn't want 'em arrested.1814.7819
1361 1816.9549And so wasn't nothing I could do, cause I was just almost collapsed. I couldn't even stand up.1821.6543 
1363 1822.5095I- it just shocked me so that I just1824.8770 
1365 1825.3203sink. I sent for her to come to the house1827.7123 
1367 1828.7047th- the- the coroner sent me word for to have a1831.5033 
1369 1831.8206autopsy.1832.4796 
1371 1832.7603Cause1833.0441 
1373 1833.3583he couldn't see if he was strangled.1835.4949 
1375 1836.0654And he couldn't- he wanted to find the-1837.9463 
1377 1838.1684they wanted to find the-1839.2821 
1379 1839.6634the cause of him1840.7840 
1381 1841.6841to drown.1842.4896 
1383 1843.7626And so she d- she w-1845.1234 
1385 1845.3095came a told me wasn't no autopsy gonna be performed on him.1848.0807 
1386DTA_int_081848.5719Mm-hm.1848.8191
1387DTA_se2_ag4_f_021849.1829She came to the bed where I was.1851.1112
1388DTA_int_081851.5910Mm-hm.1851.8137
1390 1852.5521Have you ever been in the hospital?1854.2516 
1391DTA_se2_ag4_f_021854.6970Me?1855.0334
1393 1855.4880Yes.1855.9884 
1394DTA_int_081856.2630What for?1856.8827
1395DTA_se2_ag4_f_021857.8709Well I had the appendix1859.2630
1397 1860.1509in, um,1860.6695 
1399 1862.7847in Birmingham.1863.7893 
1401 1864.5124They gave me a operation. It burst and they1866.9533 
1403 1867.1494gave me a operation. [And that's]1868.5934 
1404DTA_int_081868.0311[Mm-hm.]1868.3637
1405DTA_se2_ag4_f_021869.5513[I just-]1869.9999
1407 1870.3233that was, uh, I think about-1871.8793 
1409 1873.3782<ts>1873.5063 
1411 1873.7443about fifty-four, I believe.1875.4800 
1413 1876.8114That was about fifty-four.1878.0532 
1415 1879.2897Go back.1879.7992 
1417 1882.8572He's real bad.1883.8992 
1418DTA_int_081885.0273[Why?]1885.5889
1419DTA_se2_ag4_f_021885.3477[Hm,] do nothing with- why he so bad?1887.3065
1420 1887.6573I don't know. I believe he just spoiled, my daughter just spoiled him /?? up/.1892.0311
1421DTA_int_081892.8671He's just beautiful.1894.2195
1422DTA_se2_ag4_f_021894.6314You think [so?]1895.4705
1423DTA_int_081895.4552[Oh, yes.]1896.7093
1424DTA_se2_ag4_f_021896.4499[Oh.]1896.8465
1425 1897.0395Hm.1897.3782
1427 1898.4064Thank you.1898.9830 
1429 1899.9441If he wasn't so damn hard headed.1902.1112 
1430DTA_int_081902.6116<laugh>1902.9236
1431DTA_se2_ag4_f_021903.0517<laugh>1903.4667
1432DTA_int_081907.2386How old is he?1908.1921
1433DTA_se2_ag4_f_021909.5948He two- was two in April.1911.5963
1434DTA_int_081911.8953Uh-huh.1912.2714
1435DTA_se2_ag4_f_021916.2477He's adopted.1917.2027
1437 1917.5261She e- she wanted a child so bad1919.9190 
1439 1920.9228to1921.5948 
1441 1921.7657sh- n- she got this baby, uh,1923.9838 
1443 1924.2958adopted.1925.0433 
1444DTA_int_081927.6070Is he the only [one?]1928.5213
1445DTA_se2_ag4_f_021928.3240[He was] just-1929.2383
1446 1931.1043lemme see, he was just I think about-1933.0944
1448 1933.5765he wasn't five weeks old.1935.0074 
1449DTA_int_081935.6268When she [got him?]1936.3113
1450DTA_se2_ag4_f_021935.9053[When she] got.1936.6558
1451DTA_int_081937.7817Oh.1938.1097
1453 1939.3355Is this her only child? The only one?1941.3960 
1454DTA_se2_ag4_f_021942.0395Yeah.1942.3602
1456 1943.2630Only one.1944.0837 
1457DTA_int_081947.9998Uh-huh.1948.2988
1459 1949.0097Have, uh-1949.5803 
1461 1949.7634can you tell me about the time, uh, th- the worst time you were ever sick?1953.6154 
1462DTA_se2_ag4_f_021955.4216Worst time1956.3095
1464 1957.2134that I had?1957.9579 
1466 1958.2081You mean?1958.5803 
1467DTA_int_081958.7512That you were ever sick.1959.9807
1468DTA_se2_ag4_f_021962.4346That [I h-]1962.9541
1469DTA_int_081962.6551[When you-] when you were sick.1964.2233
1470DTA_se2_ag4_f_021964.6840when I was sick?1965.5383
1472 1966.3507That was the worst time. I had- when I had the appendix. [I was] so [sick.]1970.4084 
1473DTA_int_081969.4797[Uh-huh.]1969.7499
1475 1970.0464[Yeah.]1970.2873 
1476 1970.7786[Uh-huh.]1971.0660
1477DTA_se2_ag4_f_021970.9556[I] didn't want nobody to call my name, I was so sick.1974.2209
1478 1974.9563I, uh,1975.4666
1480 1975.7779when I went to-1977.1691 
1482 1977.3248to the doctor's hospital1978.8267 
1484 1979.2935in Bessemer,1980.1142 
1486 1980.6970and, uh, it take a lot of money there. And he told me it would take two hundred and fifty dollars. I needed a operation, I had appendicitis.1987.8633 
1488 1988.6962Well they sent me there to the- the government hospital in Birmingham that was s-1993.0822 
1490 1993.5368called, um,1994.4277 
1492 1996.5155<ts> um.1997.5376 
1494 1997.9281Let me see what hospital- Hillman Hospital.2000.0463 
1496 2000.8823And they take me there and they operated. The man examined me that night, the doctor examined me and told me2006.1653 
1498 2006.6474th- that I had appendix and it had burst, and they had to operate on me that night.2010.5139 
1500 2011.3507And they started putting blood in the one arm and2014.1310 
1502 2014.5795they had s- something2015.8518 
1504 2016.0990in a2016.5993 
1506 2016.8823white-looking, like /water/.2018.3484 
1508 2019.6939It was going in the other and I was just so sickly like I was2022.9655 
1510 2023.0761sa- I was going off somewhere, looking like I was2025.5069 
1512 2026.0792just floating or something I was so sick.2028.1081 
1514 2028.8587That's the worst time. And then when they went to putting that tube in my nose, you know,2032.8297 
1516 2033.4338I had to swallow the tube2034.9411 
1518 2035.1158that night.2035.7504 
1520 2036.5986And they got me on the operation table, I reckon about eight o'clock that morning.2040.6909 
1522 2041.8267And they didn't put, um-2043.2668 
1524 2043.5048get down baby.2044.3385 
1526 2045.4887Get down.2046.0074 
1528 2048.1592I didn't put a- uh, they didn't-2049.8739 
1530 2050.1097nurses didn't fix everything right.2052.4407 
1531DTA_int_082053.8053<laugh>2054.1684
1532DTA_se2_ag4_f_022057.1470Didn't fix2057.7420
1534 2058.0623thing right in that, uh,2059.5063 
1536 2060.0524was gonna have, um,2061.2027 
1538 2061.3278bottom up on the bed, you know,2063.4399 
1540 2064.1661for that tube what was in my nose to go in. And she didn't have it fixed right, and it had just come boiling out my mouth. And it- whew.2072.1074 
1542 2072.3301Look like I was gonna die.2073.4864 
1544 2074.8572I just knowed I was going.2076.4163 
1546 2076.6787Phase the way I was feeling, you know.2078.6596 
1548 2079.2637I thought I couldn't be that sick and, you know, get, uh,2082.0074 
1550 2082.8709up again.2083.6527 
1552 2084.3331[I just] knowed I was /down/.2085.7732 
1553DTA_int_082084.3331[Mm-hm.]2084.6688
1554 2086.2775Mm-hm.2086.5551
1555DTA_se2_ag4_f_022087.1074But I had told my daughter2088.6611
1557 2088.7862what's,2089.1157 
1559 2089.5551um,2090.0280 
1561 2090.7664uh.2091.2729 
1563 2091.6176Sixteenth Street, not to let these girls up here know about me being sick and my son.2097.2912 
1565 2098.1127And, uh,2098.5765 
1567 2098.7992when I n- when I knowed anything, they was all walking in the hospital.2102.5772 
1569 2103.6970And the nurse I was- had done got up then was in the-2106.4864 
1571 2106.6243could go to the bathroom. The nurse come in there,2108.9464 
1573 2109.3379said don't get frightened now.2110.6955 
1575 2112.1630/put the-/2112.4460 
1577 2115.4315Told 'em not- me not to get frightened that my children had came, and they was all in the h- room. And I in the ward, and say when you walk in don't get frightened.2125.4453 
1579 2125.6558Cause see I just had been operated,2127.9061 
1581 2128.7077and so when I got in there I didn't get frightened, and my older daughter just fell out, went to crying.2133.4590 
1583 2133.7244<laugh>2134.0517 
1585 2135.0585And that kind of upset me a little bit, and I told her not to cry. I was alright, I feeling better.2139.7446 
1587 2141.2263And that is the worst time I had, when,2143.1279 
1589 2143.4849you know,2143.8511 
1590DTA_int_082144.2446Mm-hm.2144.5059
1591DTA_se2_ag4_f_022145.0318of my /sickness/.2145.9418
1592DTA_int_082146.2042Mm-hm.2146.4553
1594 2146.8968How about when people say2148.4132 
1596 2148.8373if something's gonna happen to you,2150.7481 
1598 2151.3278it's gonna happen anymore because God wants it.2154.1551 
1599DTA_se2_ag4_f_022154.6054[Mm-hm.]2155.2819
1600DTA_int_082154.8991[What do you think] about that?2156.0311
1601DTA_se2_ag4_f_022158.2622Well, um,2159.2080
1603 2160.3491I thinks- I thinks that's real true.2162.8697 
1605 2163.2912Uh, but2163.9571 
1607 2164.2103it look like to me2165.5040 
1609 2166.8525just say whatever God do is for the2169.1569 
1611 2169.4803best and things like that, you [know.]2171.6108 
1612DTA_int_082171.3728[Mm-hm.]2171.7481
1613DTA_se2_ag4_f_022173.5154But just <sigh> looking back2174.8945
1615 2175.0623when my little girl got burnt,2176.7137 
1617 2178.2850that didn't have to be. Looked like2179.9731 
1619 2180.5284uh- i- that would just something- it had just seemed like it was on my account.2184.7885 
1621 2185.4300I just fault myself for it.2187.1294 
1623 2187.8708It just hurt me so bad and everything I said, now.2190.6573 
1625 2191.5276They say, well if, uh,2192.8030 
1627 2193.1325you had just stayed at home, for it wouldn't had happened.2195.9159 
1629 2196.9502/But/ If I had just stayed at home, that what it seem, I didn't stay at home.2200.8175 
1631 2201.3178And-2201.6792 
1633 2201.8365and- and it happened just seemed like I was supposed to, it didn't seem like God was in there.2206.7351 
1635 2207.8091But I know he was, but you know, just, you know, I fault myself so deeply2212.2042 
1637 2213.0280about that.2213.7816 
1639 2214.7793And then my son, he came up to the house2217.2240 
1641 2218.2500and told me that, um,2219.4338 
1643 2220.2454he had some greens2221.7198 
1645 2222.3178planted, and he'd2223.4559 
1647 2223.7457pull up a big,2224.8358 
1649 2225.7084uh,2226.2911 
1651 2226.4376enough greens for me. And brought 'em up to the house and told me to cook 'em for Sunday dinner.2231.3728 
1653 2231.8884And remember him when I eat 'em. You know2234.2721 
1655 2234.4979the green?2235.1325 
1656DTA_int_082235.3949Mm-hm.2235.6329
1657DTA_se2_ag4_f_022235.6939And so, uh,2236.7442
1659 2236.8785that Sunday he was drowned. The same Sunday. Then when-2240.0310 
1661 2240.5436I couldn't cook the green, I would look at them greens and just fall out2243.9158 
1663 2244.2026crying.2244.7367 
1665 2245.7137That idea he brought them that Saturday and I had them all fresh, sprinkled with water, you know, I'd cook 'em just like he told.2251.9064 
1667 2252.4917He said, eat these green and tell mama I wasn't at the house when he came.2255.9677 
1669 2256.7335Eat the greens and then remember me. Just like that. And you know when2260.5429 
1671 2261.2507I went to go in there to pick the greens, and- and a girl come-2264.9341 
1673 2265.5596his wife and said, uh,2266.9914 
1675 2268.7000my son had got drowned.2270.1653 
1677 2270.7663And I said, what you say just like that? She say, oh, nothing he- e- uh, /RD-NAME-2/ has just got drowned a while ago.2276.6565 
1679 2277.2484Just like it wasn't nothing.2278.5337 
1681 2280.0531And then I thought that was the awfulest thing in the world2282.7145 
1683 2283.3125to happen.2283.7000 
1685 2286.0867<ts> I sure-2287.4088 
1687 2289.1233<ts>2289.2728 
1689 2289.6084and see,2290.7320 
1691 2291.4429now if he had stayed at home2293.6924 
1693 2294.0829mm, he would-2294.7053 
1695 2295.2362cause he went on a-swimming. He had done been swimming that morning.2298.4925 
1697 2300.2782And came back2301.0867 
1699 2301.2820and went back to swimming that evening. Some boys came, take him to swimming2305.1432 
1701 2305.7564and he didn't wanna go, and said I done been in swimming. And she told him to go ahead,2309.8273 
1703 2310.4223the boys came for you, now won't you go back.2312.9286 
1705 2313.6725/That's it/.2314.1889 
1707 2314.5886And he did never get back home.2315.9982 
1709 2317.9425Uh,2318.3239 
1711 2320.0547I believe in the Lord a- and everything like that, but you know, just look like2324.5927 
1713 2325.7366things like that2326.7656 
1715 2327.4551hm, I'm n- uh,2328.3887 
1717 2329.3079just don't look like He-2330.3056 
1719 2331.2209He would've suffered my little girl to get burned up like that. And- but they hasn't been any, I just2336.2263 
1721 2337.0470it was the cause of that myself.2338.7247 
1723 2339.5924Her leaving home.2340.5560 
1724DTA_int_082342.3117[Mm-hm.]2342.5961
1725DTA_se2_ag4_f_022342.4399[I] shouldn't have went to see what the teacher say, unless I had taken her with.2346.2301
1726DTA_int_082348.8792Mm-hm.2349.2484
1728 2350.2865Have you ever been in a car accident?2352.2209 
1729DTA_se2_ag4_f_022352.4376N-2352.7030
1731 2352.9288yeah.2353.3750 
1732DTA_int_082353.7290What happened?2354.2703
1733DTA_se2_ag4_f_022355.1233<ts> I mean,2355.9440
1735 2356.2591this girl was2357.2934 
1737 2357.8334taking me home from my younger son's house, and w- I was going home with her one night. And, uh,2363.2324 
1739 2364.2057there2364.7190 
1741 2366.1836a car, uh, sh- uh, was- it was raining,2368.7930 
1743 2369.3544and they all stopped on the expressway. And, uh, the car hit2372.7982 
1745 2373.1355on, uh- uh, the car in front of her stopped.2376.1630 
1747 2376.8342And she went and couldn't stop by being slipping, and slipped onto that car. And it bucked my head, you know, and they had2383.5306 
1749 2383.9486came into the hospital. And she want me to go with the police, and see, I was scared of the police cause I wasn't used to no police.2390.4032 
1750DTA_int_082390.4032Hm.2390.5070
1751DTA_se2_ag4_f_022391.2392And I wouldn't get in the car with 'em.2392.8371
1753 2393.1164And she had to take me to the doctor the next day, cause I was scared to get in the car with the police to go to the,2398.4543 
1755 2399.6717<ts> um,2400.2392 
1757 2402.5161hospital. They wanted to take me to the receiving.2405.4215 
1759 2406.0928They came to the car to get me out and I- I wouldn't go.2409.2392 
1761 2410.0852And so2410.7198 
1763 2410.8876she d- though- without hesitating she said, now I wouldn't have t-2413.8754 
1765 2414.3300pay to take you to the doctor if you had just went on with the police. [<laugh>]2418.7068 
1766DTA_int_082418.4467[Why were] you afraid of the police?2420.0157
1767DTA_se2_ag4_f_022420.1744Well I wasn't u- you know, I was always used to 'em, you know, they beat up so many people down in the south that I didn't, you know, I just didn't wanna go with 'em, I just really didn't.2428.5794
1769 2428.7442I just- I was2429.7543 
1771 2430.3911afraid.2431.2103 
1773 2432.1256N- now I know my boy2434.0835 
1775 2434.4330got arrested.2435.2873 
1777 2436.6389And2437.0943 
1779 2438.3971<ts> they came in the house2439.9745 
1781 2440.7411that night, I was so scared I didn't know what to do.2443.1492 
1783 2443.6862And they taking him on out and put him in jail.2446.0333 
1785 2447.8456And I got up the next morning, I didn't know there was the police was in there. I,2452.5032 
1787 2452.6740uh- I heard 'em talking2454.5026 
1789 2455.0974and my son was here now,2457.2514 
1791 2457.5534he was is in the /small/.2458.9245 
1793 2459.8883And after stopped talking I said, who is all that talking in there?2463.9204 
1795 2464.0516And the boy was scared to come in, tell me the police, and the boy was getting his clothes on.2468.8456 
1797 2469.6359And he told 'em, they know I was easily frightened after my children got,2473.4177 
1799 2473.8235oh, you know, my2474.8700 
1801 2475.0806little girl got burned up, I was easily frightened. And he told 'em, please don't wake mama up. But I heard 'em2480.6137 
1803 2480.9158but I thought it was some boys come in to see him.2483.4764 
1805 2484.1141And I opened the door where the boy slept and- and a-2487.2148 
1807 2487.7457asked where /??/-2488.8083 
1809 2489.1988where's the oldest?2490.3826 
1811 2491.6038And one of the boys said, the police got him and gone.2494.3811 
1813 2495.3025And I went out2496.1477 
1815 2497.0943I said, what was I doing, it was night.2499.2789 
1817 2499.7213I k- I was scared to go by myself, and I came back to daylight.2503.2438 
1819 2504.0127And then, uh,2504.7419 
1821 2504.9799I went to call in the different jailhouses then. And I called /Lipton/, they said they didn't have him there.2510.9433 
1823 2511.7609I called down in Bessemer, and they said th- they didn't have him there.2515.0483 
1825 2516.0432I didn't know what to say then.2517.6389 
1827 2518.8449And so then I called Birmingham, they had him in Big Rock.2522.6656 
1829 2523.0897In Birmingham.2523.9593 
1831 2525.6961And2526.1690 
1833 2526.4101ooh, I didn't know what to do, so2528.2598 
1835 2528.5649before he had went to the Army2530.3079 
1837 2531.0645they, uh, put him in jail.2532.6816 
1839 2533.6435And, uh,2534.1683 
1841 2535.2758when he went to go to the Army2537.0188 
1843 2537.8243I had got a lawyer, and I went to the lawyer and I told him he had to go to the Army. Once he go, or what must he do, you know, and the lawyer told me let him go head home. Probably in two years, if you stay two year2548.3719 
1845 2548.8549there was a- just a small case, they'd throw it out.2552.0127 
1847 2553.2697And so, um,2554.3475 
1849 2555.4612when- I didn't know nothing to do but to go back to that lawyer, when l- when I hear that- to find out the had him in Big Rock. And I went to the lawyer2562.9165 
1851 2563.7015and I said, Mr. /RD-NAME-2/- Mr.2566.1492 
1853 2566.4391/RD-NAME-3/-2567.3910 
1855 2567.6771Mr. /RD-NAME-3/.2568.3338 
1857 2568.8158I said,2569.5825 
1859 2570.2537they got my son this morning. I said, they got him in Big Rock. I said, uh,2574.4070 
1861 2575.4116<ts>2575.4940 
1863 2575.6099what must I do? What- why they got him? What- what's wrong you reckon? And guess what,2579.9798 
1865 2580.3612he said, I had him picked up.2581.7259 
1867 2582.1011I had him picked up. I said, you had him picked up? He said,2584.9303 
1869 2585.3239yes see I told you to bring me money the whole time he was in the Army.2588.9615 
1871 2589.6297I was getting a little check, you know, from my2591.7175 
1873 2592.0439husband's social security.2593.5611 
1875 2594.2842And he said, I told you to bring me money every month, you know, when you take him to the Army and you didn't do it, so.2599.7381 
1877 2600.4246Y-2600.6168 
1879 2600.7693uh, you gotta-2601.7823 
1881 2602.0729to pay me.2602.9059 
1883 2603.5100I said, why do I have to pay you for the-2605.3445 
1885 2605.7442um,2606.2567 
1887 2607.3246lawyer /RD-NAME-3/.2608.3201 
1889 2608.5428I said, what I have to pay you for?2610.1599 
1891 2610.7670He said,2611.3109 
1893 2611.8418because, uh, said, um,2613.5962 
1895 2613.9684I didn't let that trial go through.2615.7754 
1897 2616.1812And that's why you got to pay me.2617.6557 
1899 2619.7274I said, well I ain't got no money now.2621.7663 
1901 2622.8982He said- I said, what must I do?2624.7456 
1903 2625.1446He said, go down there to Big Rock and bust your dern brains out.2628.1873 
1905 2628.5840<laugh>2628.9997 
1906DTA_int_082629.3445[Mm-hm.]2629.6478
1907DTA_se2_ag4_f_022629.5519[Against] the wall.2630.3605
1908DTA_int_082630.9432Hm.2631.1171
1909DTA_se2_ag4_f_022631.3124That's what you do.2632.1614
1911 2633.5069Ooh, I- it hurt me so bad I- I went to crying, and I turn around and started walking on down to-2639.2049 
1913 2639.8486to the courthouse2640.6236 
1915 2641.3109crying and praying.2642.8639 
1917 2643.4894I just praying just like2644.9821 
1919 2645.5832/unintelligible/. Lord help me, I don't know what to do. I ain't got no money, m- they got my son. I just praying all the way to-2652.5931 
1921 2653.4360to Big Rock. And I didn't know just how the goes, it's a good ways from downtown, you know.2658.2697 
1923 2659.1309And I asked a man, show me where- just where the jail was- uh,2663.1774 
1925 2663.8700courthouse. And he2664.8097 
1927 2665.0302showed me, and I went on up there, went up,2666.9646 
1929 2667.6175when I got in the courthouse,2669.4337 
1931 2669.7998my son was sitting off in the front, you know, in- o- on the bench.2673.1293 
1933 2674.6709And they was having some more trials.2676.9654 
1935 2677.5885And so2678.1835 
1937 2679.2682I was sitting there just crying, still crying and praying. I see him, he never did see me.2684.2110 
1939 2684.5130And I was just crying.2685.6145 
1941 2686.2133And after a while they said /RD-NAME-5/ case. Just like that.2689.8601 
1943 2690.8120And the jury said,2691.9287 
1945 2694.0500this2694.3978 
1947 2694.5504case is pronounced SES. Something like that, you know.2697.9875 
1949 2698.6923That means, um, I didn't know what the word meant but they told me that meant they'd throw it out.2703.6663 
1951 2705.6442See the Lord heard my prayer, I said.2707.7045 
1953 2707.9913I didn't have no money.2709.1537 
1955 2709.4649I didn't have nothing, I didn't know what to do. And that's what the lawyer told me, to do.2713.3414 
1957 2714.3757To go down there and bust my brains out.2716.2072 
1959 2716.7228And I didn't know what to do.2718.0042 
1961 2718.6877And I just prayed, I just give up going down there. I said, Lord he in your hand, I'm in you hand, I ain't got nothing.2724.3429 
1963 2724.5412I said, Lord please don't let 'em lock my boy up.2727.0073 
1965 2728.0546I said,2728.5458 
1967 2729.1621I ain't got no money to even bond and take him home with me. I said, I don't know what to do.2733.4131 
1969 2734.6557I said, I'm in your hand now. Just l- just walking around, praying like that.2738.4276 
1971 2738.5649To the Lord, just loud, nobody but me in the-2740.7167 
1973 2740.9852in the- til I met the man s-2742.4161 
1975 2742.7914showed me how to go.2743.7258 
1977 2744.2354And when the judge said that2745.9874 
1979 2746.9699he said, boy. Said, uh-2748.5443 
1981 2749.3200called him boy, just like that, didn't call him his name. He said,2752.0353 
1983 2752.7746/RD-NAME-5/ case. And then the jury got up and said the case was pronounced, SES, something like that.2758.7716 
1985 2759.4642And stood up, said, there ain't nobody here against him or nothing. He said, he- he didn't have no- wasn't nobody there but him.2766.1873 
1987 2767.1553And so2767.7838 
1989 2769.0927<ts>2769.1964 
1991 2769.3887uh, he said, uh,2770.5672 
1993 2771.2476boy you got any money?2772.6083 
1995 2772.9409To go back to Bessemer, you got your fair?2774.5679 
1997 2775.0256And some of the-2776.2712 
1999 2776.4207the, um,2777.1682 
2001 2778.1141the mens was sitting up there on the2779.6479 
2003 2780.1438/bench/, like that, uh,2781.5675 
2005 2784.0317what the mans is? [s- /inaudible/.]2785.5156 
2006DTA_int_082784.9966[The jury?]2785.5945
2007DTA_se2_ag4_f_022785.7014Mm-hm.2786.2842
2009 2786.5038Some of 'em had done gave him fifty cent.2788.5641 
2011 2789.5282And he2790.0805 
2013 2790.2819didn't never see me, he just went on out and run, you know, just as fast as he could go.2794.3139 
2015 2794.7106And I run around to get the the elevator to catch him, you know.2797.7655 
2017 2798.6777After2799.1293 
2019 2799.3185some of 'em told me, your son case i- is thrown out, lady.2802.8250 
2021 2803.0515The lady who was next to me.2804.4520 
2023 2804.9401And I just got up to overtake him, he had done caught the first elevator and gone.2809.1064 
2025 2809.4909And I met Mr. lawyer /RD-NAME-3/2811.4741 
2027 2812.4665just as I s- went to step2814.0927 
2029 2814.5076on the2814.9867 
2031 2815.5336elevator, he stepped out.2817.2239 
2033 2818.0790And he said,2818.8936 
2035 2819.0035hey give me fifty dollar.2820.3093 
2037 2820.6419Give me fifty dollar, that's what he told me.2822.6490 
2039 2823.2056I said, fifty dollars?2824.4995 
2041 2825.7543He said, yeah give me fifty dollars, see what I done? I done had your boy turned loose.2829.6779 
2043 2830.2031Just like that.2830.9064 
2045 2832.9079I said, no sir, you did not have my2835.1848 
2047 2835.5510boy turned loose. I said, God had him turned loose.2837.9560 
2049 2838.8713I said, that's what had him turned loose.2840.6479 
2051 2841.0201And walked around him, got on that elevator. And I ain't seen him since.2844.3679 
2052DTA_int_082844.5357Yeah.2844.8927
2053DTA_se2_ag4_f_022845.6433<laugh>2846.3721
2054DTA_int_082846.3805Mm-hm.2846.6998